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The New Media Consortium is one of the main advocates of educational/research applications of Second Life. Here they provide a good introductory video to give you a glimpse of a SL workshop they held on the topic of creativity. http://sl.nmc.org/2007/12/16/oldie-but-goodie-video/
IBM Second Life collaboration page: http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/isv/marketing/industrynetworks/benefits/second_life.html
Second Life Science: http://theforcethat.blogspot.com/2007/02/virtual-science-in-second-life.html
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