Virtual Learning
Examples for the use of virtual learning (added May 31, 2012):
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS USES SL
FOR HELPING THOSE WITH AUTISM
http://www.dailyrx.com/news-article/autism-social-functioning-target-new-virtual-reality-training-program-being-developed-a
http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2012/05/second-life-autism-therapy.html
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON USES SL TO SUPPORT RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/second-life-professional-development-alina-padilla-miller
UNIVERSITY
OF LEICESTER (U.K.) USES SL FOR GENETICS EDUCATION
http://www.24dash.com/news/education/2012-05-09-Virtual-lab-gives-students-rare-insight-into-genetics
http://www.techcentral.ie/18897/virtual-lab-reinvents-second-life-as-learning-tool
USING
SL FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION
http://7thspace.com/headlines/412548/experience_with_using_second_life_for_medical_education_in_a_family_and_community_medicine_education_unit.html
SOUTH
AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH USES SL FOR HEALTH EDUCATION
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/health-in-the-third-dimension-20120516-1ypwf.html
VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES USES SL MACHINIMA TO TRAIN NEW
DRIVERS
http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2012/05/second-life-machinima-helps-vermonters-start-driving/
MESH IN SL
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/05/30/free-for-all-looking-at-second-lifes-mesh-with-bernhard-drax/
AGENCIES EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES OF VIRTUAL WORLDS
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=885&sid=2844058
VIRTUAL WORLDS CAN END LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE LEARNER
http://phys.org/wire-news/98175244/virtual-worlds-can-end-the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-learn.html
NEW
ISSUE OF JOURNAL OF VIRTUAL WORLDS RESEARCH
http://jvwresearch.org/