Salmon, G. (2009). The future for (second) life and learning. British Journal of Educational Technology, 40(3), 526-538. This article by Salmon discusses current (as of 2009) trends in 3D virtual technologies for learning. The most popular of which is Second Life, an interactive online environment created by Linden Lab that is similar to a Massive Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG). SL is a 3D multi-user virtual environment, which differs from a game in the way that it does not