"SciLands, a cooperative effort among researchers across the globe, is the latest swath of land in the virtual community. Groups already aboard include the University of Denver, England's National Physical Laboratory and the Spaceflight Museum Planning Group, a collection of space-flight enthusiasts who created the Second Life destination known as the International Spaceflight Museum."
Proponents of learning via Second Life see it as a way to engage students, give them a level of independence otherwise not possible and even lead to more nuanced distance-learning courses.
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