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Hinweis der Redaktion
Virtual worlds in learning are becoming increasingly popular and there is an extended belief that VW can be used as VLEs basically for 4 reasons. VW allow for multimodal communication: voice chat, text chat, private and public. There is a strong social dimension as users are represented by avatars. The residents of VW are usually quite friendly and willing to help newcomers. Apart from interacting with other avatars, you can interact with objects (e.g. when you open a door) or with the environment itself (you can contribute to create the environment). It is an immersive experience: the environment really makes you feel like if you really were in that place.