Edunation in Second Life

Last week, there was some interest in how CALL might develop in virtual environments or as a form of 'virtual reality CALL' as one person put it. Gavin Dudeney (http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/) is currently advertising a 'series of educational talks, visits and other events to be held at the island of Edunation III in Second Life'. You can find details about these events here, if you are interested. Second Life is a kind of Mulit-user virtual environment (MUVE), similar to a lot of the online games our students play, but it's less of a game and more of a virtual world, with it's own economy and social life. The Edunation project seems to focus on providing students with a virtual self-access centre. I haven't tried it out, and I'm not a gamer, so if any of you do visit, leave a comment and let me know what you think of it.