DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).
If you’re considering the usage of virtual worlds like Second Life, check out this terrific presentation from David W. Deeds on Slideshare. He looks at best practices, what worked, what didn’t, and who should use virtual worlds.
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/a-teachers-guide-to-using-virtual-worlds-in-education…
Nice and clear Master’s thesis describing the applicability of 3D worlds in higher education. Good synthesis of various materials, including tables of didactic approaches to environment, problem categories of using Second Life in education, etc.
http://www.vmwork.net/material/Palomaki_-_2009_-_Applying_3D_virtual_worlds_to_higher_education.pdf…
This excellent article looks at how educational institutions seem to be moving away from Second Life to create virtual worlds that focus on the specific needs of teaching and learning. The article suggests that there is still a long way …