Accredited 3D homeschool (middle and high school) This page features a video overview. Looks like they mash up their virtual worlds with a Moodle CMS. What do you think of how they use the virtual world component? Good, bad? other? Not sure what virtual world platform they're using.

Expanding on the Air Force's MyBase effort in Second Life, all new Air Force recruits will have avatars used for distance training. Details workplace applications useful in the general workplace as well as military. Good example of how today's learners will function in tomorrow's workplace.

Second Life interview with Skoolaborate's founder, Westley Field. Good overview of exemplary Teen Grid education project now involving 40+ schools globally.

See page links as well at Viewer 2.0 box top right with MORE links.

Hospitals, medical schools and health foundations are staking out space in the online community Second Life, in order to train medical and nursing students in clinical skills and to improve hospital efficency and response to emergencies.

Open Sim allows younger students. Here's one example. From website: "If you didn't already know, Open Sim is the free, open source server software based on Second Life. It enables you to run your own sims (or have someone else run them for you) anywhere you want: on your desktop, behind your firewall, at a data centre even in the cloud! These sims can be stand-alone, connected to a grid (though not Second Life itself yet) or now Hypergrid enabled, which allows them to be both stand-alone yet reachable by teleport from other sims and grids."

Ning site is dedicated to teachers exploring the potential of using MUVEs for teaching and learning about Social Studies. This is the group Virtual Pioneers in Second Life. Many links to great educational projects for K12 teachers and ISTE.

Examples of workplace uses of virtual worlds for training simulation and prototyping. Links and examples.

Some interesting concerns, considerations and questions by a teacher on the edge of virtual worlds.

lokiboy is a great example of an avatar blog - blurring the boundaries between 2D and 3D onlines spaces. Shadow of the 13 is an in-world roleplaying mystery - complete with clues and an online website. (See post)

Realistic physics interactions are currently a bit of a limitation in Second LIfe. However, this demo shows what's in development for the near future. How could this emerging capability be leveraged to help students learn?

Second Life Viewer 2.0 (now the default viewer for Second Life users) allows new capabilities to share and embed many types of online media. This blog post explains and points to some beginning examples of this powerful feature.

This is the official Second Life YouTube channel. Featured here are many vidtuts - including the series here: Viewer 2 Beginner's Tutorials. These are GREAT how-to resources! Please check them out!

San Diego State University's Aztlan Island in Second Life even calendar. Please respect other class meetings!

How does this teacher's experience compare to yours? Can virtual world learning experiences mitigate ANY of these constraints or concerns?

Ernst & Young Simulation using Second Life. Nice video showing the entire process. Very good example of using 3D social simulations to train in processes and procedures. Notice the coaching opportunities.

Basic Second Life interface skill tutorials for Viewer 2.0

Example of high school student rapid prototyping - Senior project

Canadian First People's stories project with 3D component, website and learning activities. Good example of 3D supported instruction!