Other Virtual Worlds
Second Life and Wonderland are not the only virtual world environments by any means. Below is a partial list of interactive environments with at least 1 million registered users.
* Sun's DarkStar and Wonderland platform and client - open source projects
* Croquet Project Consortium - open source
* There.com
* Twinitiy
* Habbo Hotel - the world's largest virtual hangout
* Utherverse
* Gaia
* Stardoll - design a celebrity avatar
* Meez - create and export your own 3D avatar
* vMTV - MTV's Virtual World chatroom
* Active Worlds
* Entropia Universe
* Kaneva - a Virtual World for gamers
* Hipihi - Chinese Virtual World
* Cybertown - Civilization for the Virtual Age
* IMVU - 3D chat
* moove online
* 3B - your personalized 3D space in the 3D browser
* Gogofrog
* Club Marian
To view research on current Virtual Worlds including demographic breakdowns, case studies, and diagrams please visit KZero
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Research on Virtual Worlds in Education
KZero - virtual world research and case studies across multiple areas
Wonderland 0.5 - documentation on the progression of the 0.5 client
References on SL use in education - developed in Virginia Tech
Virtual Worlds Biblioographic List
Annotated bibliography of Second Life On-Line Resources - developed by Purdue Uinversity
The University of Michigan 3D Lab - From their website "In response to increasing demand, the UM3D Lab has begun investigating the popular online world called Second Life." Feb. 1, 2007
The SimTeach 12 - The Who, When, Where and How of Second Life as a Teaching Tool in 2006
Compiled by Jeremey W. Kemp, MEd, MSJ, December 2006, www.simteach.com
Conklin, M. S. (2005). 101 uses for second life in the college classroom
Second Life as a Teaching Platform - among SLresidents
Chris Dede, Second life chat
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Videos
These videos highlight the potential of Virtual Worlds in Education.
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Engineering - civil and mechanical
Autodesk
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/118/118/23/?title=Autodesk%20island
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- tutorials and examples on importing architectural plans and building
- integration of Maya and SL
Eolus One - Building Information Management (BIM) models - Oliver Goh (Eolus McMillan)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/EOLUS/60/141/31
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- virtual worlds communication interface (VWCI)
- a tool for monitoring building automation
Gateway Technical College
http://www.gtc.edu
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- civil engineering training through Merlin's
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Institute
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of Technology in SL
- many write ups on their SL training but have not been able to locate campus, have found the group associated with it however
Public Works Island - Pam Renoir, Owner (Pam Ock)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Public%20Works/43/54/31/
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Texas
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Engineering
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Extension
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Service
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(TEEX)
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-
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Texas
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A&M
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(TEEX
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Clary)
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- Bridge maintenance
- URL www.teex.org/eu
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- SLEngineer Magazine
Russ College of Engineering and Technology, University of Ohio
http://slurl.com/secondlife/OHIO%20Outreach/119/201/32/
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- engineering classroom
Transportation Models
Berkurodam
http://slurl.com/secondlife/gualala/169/30/24/?title=Berkeley%20BART%20ver.%201.1
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- Simulater Geographic Information Systems - SIMGIS
- guiding construction and monitoring traffic through the use of georeferenced maps
- originally designed to track snow plow routes through the Downtown Berkeley area of California
Creative Research Lab (CRLab) - University of Montana - Terry Beaubois, Director
http://www.montana.edu/crlab/
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- traffic flow studies of West Oakland, CA
- urban renewal projects
- URL http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=451110 
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;
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STEM
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work
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in
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Second
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Life
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SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY-ENGINEERING-MATH
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Universities
Elon University:
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Elon,
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NC
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Northern Michigan University,
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BIOME
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sim
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(Contact:
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Clowey
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Greenwood)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/BIOME/143/171/34
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Drexel
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University
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(Contact:
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Horace
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Moody)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/125/178/25
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Chemistry
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Corner
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/241/177/23
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The University of Denver, Science School sim - (Contact: zazen Manbi)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20School/180/152/29
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University
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of
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Ohio,
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Russ
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College
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of Engineering and Technology
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
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Organizations
Svarga by Laukosargas Svarog
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/7/124/22
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/7/124/22
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http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2006/05/god_game.html
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SciLands
http://www.scilands.org/
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National
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Oceanographic
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and
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Atmospheric
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Administration
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(NOAA)
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Earth
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System
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Research
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Laboratory
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(ESRL)
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sims
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(Contact:
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Hackshaven
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Harford)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Okeanos/64/217/30
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http://www.secondlifeinsider.com/2006/08/18/noaa-comes-to-second-life/
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Second
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Health,
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NPL
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(Contact:
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Davee
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Commerce)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/125/207/27
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http://secondhealth.wordpress.com/
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Exploratorium
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(Contact:
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Patio
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Plasma
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or
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Pepto
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Majestic)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Exploratorium/147/118/21
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http://www.exploratorium.edu/worlds/secondlife
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Institute
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of
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Physics
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Experimental
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Plots
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(Contact:
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Phenomenon
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Young)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rakshasa/201/14/26
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Science
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Friday
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(NPR
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radio
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show)
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(Contact:
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Ira
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Flatley)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20Friday/215/233/22
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The
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Second
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Life
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Planetarium
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(Contact:
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Chaac
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Amarula)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/13/30/23
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Cybrary
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City,
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Stanford
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Science
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&
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Engineering
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Libraries
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(Contact:
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Susan
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Lightfoot)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/212/118/24
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Seifert
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Surface's
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Math-Related
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Creations
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Mathematical
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Sculpture
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Garden:
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Future/73/69/240
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Hypercube:
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkby/225/229/24
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Crooked
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House:
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Future/121/150/506
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International
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Society
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for
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Technology
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in
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Education
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(ISTE):
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Washington,
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DC/Eugene,
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OR
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http://www.iste.org/secondlife/
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/90/80/30/
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http://secondlife.iste.wikispaces.net
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Public
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Works
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Island
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Public%20Works/43/54/31/
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People
Aimee Weber's
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Lab
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(Contact:
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Aimee
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Weber)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Emerce%20Een/149/224/31
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Eclipse
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Building
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by
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Aimee
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Weber
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and
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The
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Exploratorium
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(Contact:
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Aimee
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Weber)
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/97/66/28
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Foreign Language Landmarks
Universities
Campus Hamburg
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus%20Hamburg/111/100/21
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University
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of
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Hamburg
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(Universität
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Hamburg)
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Contact:
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Magister
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Euler
- Crossmedia-Projekt:
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Eventmanagement
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im
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Sport
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus%20Hamburg/67/203/22
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- Students@work:
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Projects
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for
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and
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from
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Students
Contact:
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Tyke
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McMillan
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aka
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Torsten
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Reiners
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(
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)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus%20Hamburg/71/58/21/?title=Students@work
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- Institute of Information Systems (Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik)
Contact: Tyke McMillan
[http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus%20Hamburg/71/58/21
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[
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]
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Sungshin
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University
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-
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Korea
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/joongang/144/235/21
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Link
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Campus
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University
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-
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Rome,
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Italy
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Link%20Campus%20Island/237/129/28/
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Contact:
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Grazia
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Torsiello
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(Frizzetta
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Winx)
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-
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Email:
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g.torsiello@unilink.it
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Hong
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Kong
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Polytechnic
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University
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-
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Hung
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Hom,
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Kowloon,
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Hong
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Kong
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http://slurl.com/secondlife/Polyusotel/128/128/0
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School
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of
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Hotel
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&
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Tourism
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Management
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http://virtel.shtm.polyu.edu.hk/sotel/
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Contact:
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Paul
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Penfold
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(Paul
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Allandale)
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Email:
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hmpp@polyu.edu.hk
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Language
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Lab
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http://www.languagelab.com/en/
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Universita
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degli
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studi
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di
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Cagliari
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-
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Itlay
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http://people.unica.it/secondlife/
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URLs
Foreign Language Volunteers
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:Languages_spoken_by_Volunteers
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