Education and Training

 

Interactive Virtual Worlds offer considerable benefits to the education sector, providing a unique and exciting platform for educational organisations to recruit, collaborate, teach and showcase the offerings of the facility.

 
 

Below are some examples of the benefits your organization may receive from creating a virtual presence:

  • Increase recruitment by enabling national and international students to visit your facility by recreating the campus in the virtual world. You can also hold globally accessible open days to increase your organisations geographic reach.
  • Increase the ease of communication between staff and students by developing interactive forums which can provide a location for live debates and discussion groups.
  • Create a flexible service offering for distance learning allowing students to attend lectures virtually but still receive the interactive benefit of attending a lecture in real time.
  • Create a globally accessible platform which will allow your organisation to showcase its educational and performing art and design talents.

See below some examples of how educational facilities have used virtual world technology:

Manchester Building Schools for the Future Programme

As part of a multi-billion pound government initiative, Manchester’s Building Schools for the Future team commissioned Second Places to develop a learning island in the Second Life Teen Grid.

See below some examples of how educational facilities have used virtual world technology.

To find out more as to how Second Places can help your organisation to meet its needs please contact us.