Every day more organizations are moving their training to islands in Second Life and other virtual worlds. The article by Stephanie Simon for the Wall Street Journal, tells how hospitals are conducting this new method of training in Second Life. "Avatar II: The Hospital -Health-care facilities are discovering that practicing in the virtual world can have major benefits in real life."
Take a look at their video demonstrating how doctors and nurses are being trained for medical emergencies. As a learning professional, it's been fun watching the conservative professions like law and medicine move from boring, power-point slideshows to interactive, immersive training in virtual worlds like Second Life. Jonena View Video