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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 LifeĀ®
- 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