Virtual worlds are increasingly being used in education, with over 75% of UK institutions now having some activity in places like Second Life. While usage has grown steadily, challenges still remain in getting widespread adoption, measuring impact, and securing long-term funding. The document provides an update on virtual world usage in UK education and calls for academics to submit their work to various online resources to help document and publicize the space.

1. Virtual worlds in education The A story so far…

2. My first positive experience

3. My inspiration…

28. I think there is a real danger that as we ‘sanitise’ virtual worlds for use in education, we destroy the magic that makes them what they are

29. thank you