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Virtual Realities in education:

"NMC Campus: Seriously Engaging" - a 15 minute overview of the New Media Consortium's campus in Second Life, and how people work and interact there.

"The Scientific Research Potential of Virtual Worlds," William Sims Bainbridge, et al. Science 317, 472 (2007) DOI: 10.1123/science.1146930

"Learning in Immersive worlds: A review of game-based learning," Sara de Freitas, prepared for the JISC e-Learning Programme