One real life
industry which benefits from virtual worlds and Second Life is the education
industry. As a real life educator myself, I have attended real life educational
conferences, panel discussions, and have taught university level courses in
Second Life.
While the loss of the educational discount for sims in Second
Life, forced many educational organizations to close their sims or to leave for
more affordable virtual worlds, Second Life still has many educational
organizations who are using Second Life on a daily basis for things such as
professional development to instructing students.