The Serious Virtual Worlds report focuses on virtual worlds for educational uses, and explores the ‘serious’ – as opposed to leisure-based – uses of virtual worlds.

One of the problems with this area is that there is a plethora of virtual worlds available and practitioners do not always know which one to use and in which contexts. In order to help practitioners to identify the worlds that are the most relevant for their particular learning context, the report presents an overview of the available virtual worlds, describing in particular the serious virtual worlds that have educational potential or have been used in education and training settings.

Read the full article at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/seriousvirtualworldsreport.aspx. 

Download a pdf version of the report at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/seriousvirtualworldsv1.pdf.