Here is a summary of the contents of the latest issue of the ALT Journal, which is a Special Issue on Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds (Volume 16, Issue 3), guest-edited by Maggi Savin-Baden and Robert Ward. The links below will take you to abstracts of each article, unless you are on the network of an organisation with a subscription to the ALT Journal, in which case, with luck, the links will take you directly to the full text of the article in question.

1. Editorial
Authors: Frances Bell; Maggi Savin-Baden; Robert Ward
http://tinyurl.com/9hxua6

2. From Multi-User Virtual Environment to 3D Virtual Learning Environment
Authors: Daniel Livingstone; Jeremy Kemp; Edmund Edgar
http://tinyurl.com/85545d

3. From cognitive capability to social reform? Shifting perceptions of learning in immersive virtual worlds
Author: Maggi Savin-Baden
http://tinyurl.com/7jjcmp

4. Problem-based learning spanning real and virtual words: a case study in Second Life
Authors: Judith Good; Katherine Howland; Liz Thackray
http://tinyurl.com/82v5vr

5. Observations of expert communicators in immersive virtual worlds: implications for synchronous discussion
Author: Michael Hamilton McVey
http://tinyurl.com/88dnpr

6. Laying the groundwork for socialisation and knowledge construction within 3D virtual worlds
Authors: Shailey Minocha; Dave Roberts
http://tinyurl.com/9pqsuz

7. Uncanny spaces for higher education: teaching and learning in virtual worlds
Author: Siân Bayne
http://tinyurl.com/97fe5m

8. Machinima interventions: innovative approaches to immersive virtual world curriculum integration
Authors: Andrew John Middleton; Richard Mather
http://tinyurl.com/8zbw5u

9. Collaborative virtual gaming worlds in higher education
Authors: Nicola Whitton; Paul Hollins
http://tinyurl.com/987vmr

10. An investigation of the role of background music in IVWs for learning
Authors: Debbie Richards; Eric Fassbender; Ayse Bilgin; William Forde Thompson
http://tinyurl.com/7v4ha3