摘要：AbstractIn this paper, we aim to describe initiative of bringing together educators who have similar interest from the different universities in Turkey to share information, experiences and their studies and to improve their skills and knowledge regarding pedagogy and virtual worlds. For this purpose, we formed “Virtual Worlds Platform for Educators (VWPfE)1” in Second Life (SL), which may constitute an example of educational implementations in virtual worlds in Turkey. Educators come together on a regular basis through weekly themes, brainstorming, presentations and open forums for the academic meetings at Infolit iSchool island2in SL.We believe that VWPfE has an important potential not only to enhance educators and students’ awareness regarding virtual worlds but also to constitute inter-university co-operations and joint educational activities. We anticipate with this implementation that VWPfE could be a common bridge between institutions in Turkey in the near future to make a supportive community for educators to network and work toward their goal, to increase educational opportunities for learners of different institutions by delivering joint courses via virtual worlds and to address issues for wider audiences at conferences through virtual worlds.
关键词：community of practice;e-learning;education;second life;virtual worlds
