Virtual worlds (especially Second Life) have earned both tremendous media attention and millions of eager participants in recent months. Can these new 3-D environments transform online learning? Three eminently qualified observers—Jay Cross of Internet Time Group, IBM's Tony O'Driscoll, and Eilif Trondsen of SRI-Business Intelligence—see great potential in online "learnscapes." In an eLearn Magazine exclusive, they offer a thoughtful analysis of a phenomenon that is really just beginning to take hold.
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