Using Virtual Worlds in Education (Part 2)

Investigating VW alternatives to Second Life, for educational applications

Last week, I focused on education related uses of the premier Virtual World application - Second Life. This week I am looking into other Virtual World environments that are being used for education and instructional applications.

There are dozens of Virtual World applications in existence today, and some have areas devoted specifically to use by/for education. There are also a handful of VW apps that are intended solely for use in the educational field. Of these many tools, I was surprised to find only one application (Edusim3D) that appeared to me to be worthy of serious consideration. All of the other applications and information I came across left me with the impression that none of them offered anything truly worth considering in comparison to the highly functional known entity that is Second Life.
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