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Virtual worlds offer unique characteristics that facilitate ef-fective online learning and the exploration of digital cultures. Communication departments can benefit from using these spaces to educate their students in the logistics of virtual worlds and as a way to better understand how the process of interpersonal communication functions in both online and face-to-face environments. These case studies offer details on how the communication departments of four universities im-plemented Second Life into their curriculum. The discussion includes how to introduce virtual worlds to students and cre-ate environments for collaborative work and creative design, along with addressing issues of identity and understanding interpersonal communication in a virtual space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]