An avatar-to-avatar news conference in Second Life provides a richer experience for journalists and trainees.
Second Life citizens visit virtual campuses and take virtual classes.
A number of universities are using their Second Life presence to engage and attract potential students.
Advocating Second Life as a viable medium for online informal, teacher-driven professional development...
Despite the impressive work of Constance, JSB, and others, to the best of my knowledge no one has ever designed and implemented a university course as a massively multiplayer role-playing game. In addition to helping students gain a working knowledge of the field of open education (i.e., knowledge they can actually put to work), this course is a design experiment exploring the effectiveness of running a university course as a massively multiplayer role-playing game.
SEcond Life relationships spilling over into the real world
Working Lunch's Rob Pittam meets a company which only has offices in the virtual world of Second Life.