Welcome to the AVALON project website, your route into virtual worlds for language education!

The information presented in this website (click on the right-hand menu for specific topics) is addressed to anyone interested in virtual worlds for educational purposes and in particular to:

• Language teachers
• Language learners
• Teacher trainers
• Learning technologists
• Decision makers in the field of education

The AVALON website provides you with access to:

• Information about the use of virtual worlds for language education
• Information on how to Get Started in the virtual world of Second Life®
• An Online Community of educational experts and language teaching practitioners who are using virtual worlds for language education
• Guidelines for teaching in virtual worlds
• Resources for Teachers
• Resources for Teacher Trainers
• Resources for learning technologists
• Tested Course Scenarios for use in virtual world environments
• An Open-source archive with selected 2D and 3D content from the project