Description: Japan-based EFL teacher, presenter, author, and developer since 2006.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed the way that we work and learn. The “new normal” in the 21st century is for students to engage with their teachers and peers in both physical and virtual learning environments. In the summer of 2022, Paul Raine and Raquel Ribeiro explored 6 different virtual worlds, and evaluated their viability for language teaching and learning. Only virtual worlds that run in a web-browser and have a free trial were selected for this project. In this article, we present the resul
The following virtual worlds are review in this article:
*In April 2023, Wonder announced it would be shutting down. We list the platform here for informational purposes only. **In December 2022, Orbital announced it would be shutting down. We list the platform here for informational purposes only.