These are virtual worlds that are either explicitly designed to educate their users, or have been used in educational environments.
| Virtual World |
Developer |
Registered Users |
Status |
URL |
| ALFY |
|
|
Active |
http://alfy.com/ |
| AWEDU |
AWEDU |
|
|
http://edu.activeworlds.com/ |
| Abyss Museum of Ocean Science |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 |
| Activeworlds |
|
|
|
http://www.activeworlds.com |
| Agape World Fellowship |
Roots and Wings Ministries |
600600 asof2009 |
Active |
http://www.agapeworldfellowship.org/ |
| Biointeractive |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
|
Active |
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive |
| Club BK |
|
|
Active |
http://clubbk.com |
| Creating Music |
|
|
|
http://www.creatingmusic.com |
| DDM collective in Second Life |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/6/52/34 |
| Digital perfection |
|
|
In Development |
http://digitalperfection.info |
| Discovery Education Network in SL |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/91/101/22 |
| Dizzywood |
|
|
|
http://www.dizzywood.com |
| Edusim |
Cobalt Workgroup & Greenbush ESC |
19901,990 |
In Development |
http://edusim3d.com |
| Eeko World |
PBS |
|
|
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/ |
| Etopia Village |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Etopia%20Island/192/55/22 |
| Fould Whispering, Strange Matters |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Macbeth/44/54/54 |
| Genome Island |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/174/4/23 |
| Global Kids on the Main Grid |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching/226/160/25 |
| Handipoints |
Handipoints, Inc. |
|
|
http://www.handipoints.com |
| HealthInfo Island |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Healthinfo%20Island/132/140/23 |
| ISTE Island |
ISTE |
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/91/58/31 |
| InfoIsland, Librarians in Second Life |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20International/114/238/34 |
| International Schools Island |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/International%20Schools/83/61/25 |
| International Spaceport Museum |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/50/80/24 |
| Island of Svarga |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/7/124/22 |
| Ivory Tower of Prims |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/70/25/ |
| Jo Jo Fit |
|
|
Active |
http://jojofit.com |
| Jokaydia |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia/105/148/23 |
| Kidscom |
|
|
|
http://www.kidscom.com |
| Literature Alive |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/191/205/22 |
| MinyanLand |
Minyanville |
|
Active |
http://www.minyanland.com |
| Mokitown |
Daimer Chrysler |
|
|
http://www.mokitown.com |
| Moo Canada Eh? |
Industry Canada |
|
Active |
http://moo.ca |
| MyNOGGIN |
Viacom |
|
Active |
http://www.mynoggin.com |
| NOAA Island |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27 |
| New Media Consortium Campus |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/136/91/23 |
| OSGrid |
OpenSim project |
1200012,000 |
Active
Open Beta
In Development |
http://osgrid.org |
| Ohio University Second Life Campus Learning Kiosks |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/81/202/27 |
| OpenLife |
3DX |
5500055,000 |
Open Beta |
http://www.openlifegrid.com |
| Panfu |
|
|
Active |
http://www.panfu.com |
| PolyU Resort Island |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/HKPolyU%20Resort/121/167/26 |
| Project Wonderland |
Sun |
|
Active
Open Beta
In Development |
https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/ |
| Quest Atlantis |
Indiana University |
2000020,000 |
Active |
http://QuestAtlantis.Org |
| Rainbow MOO |
|
|
Inactive |
http://it.uwp.edu/rainbow/ |
| Reactiongrid |
ReactionGrid Inc |
28002,800 |
Active |
http://reactiongrid.com |
| Resilient Planet |
The JASON Project and Filament Games |
35003,500 |
Active |
http://www.jason.org |
| SchMOOze University |
|
|
|
http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu/ |
| Sciland Virtual Continent |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/SciLands/29/35/23 |
| Second Life |
Linden Lab |
1700000017,000,000 |
Active |
http://www.secondlife.com |
| Second earth |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%201/130/127/29 |
| Slenz Project |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koru/128/128/27 |
| Sloodle project |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sloodle/129/119/22 |
| Smartycard |
|
|
Active |
http://smartycard.com |
| Tapped In |
SRI International |
1500015,000 |
Active |
http://www.tappedin.org |
| Terra Incognita |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Terra%20incognita/156/100/33 |
| The Imaging Place |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emerson%20Island/119/136/62 |
| The exploratorium |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Exploratorium/159/120/23 |
| Timeline of Earth |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/livingintheuniverse/ |
| UC Davis Virtual Hallucination Facility |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/44/22/?img=http%3A//nwn.blogs.com/nwn/images/vr_hallucinations.jpg |
| Virtual Alamo |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island%204/245/183/30 |
| Virtual Milano |
VRInternal 3D interactive |
|
Active
In Development |
http://www.vrinternal.com/vrmilano/index.html |
| Virtual Morocco |
|
|
|
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca/145/67/26 |
| Webkinz |
|
|
Active |
http://webkinz.com |
| Whyville |
|
38893873,889,387 |
Active |
http://www.whyville.net |
