SL Pletarium Drome

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Serena%20Carmel/148/113/413
This is what SC shared:

The SL Planetarium Dome allows visitors to learn about planets and other stars and galaxies. It has a keyboard console and monitor where you can select to view a clip about a topic. Listed on the menu of clips were Nebulas, Hubble ...Once selected, the clips will play on both the monitor in front of you, as well as a giant monitor at the back. The probably allows more people to watch the same thing at the same time. In this way, one can take a group of students on a field trip to learn about the planets and some of the exploratory journeys available. The source of these clips are from NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs.

Besides merely watching videos (which are not all that clear compared to ones that one can play on local PCs and projectors), you can also board a space ship that will take you on a journey to different destinations, such as to the planet Jupiter. The sequence of going onboard the spaceship, the countdown to flight, the separation of the capsule from the booster rocket once the orbit is reached, and the sight and sounds of the destination are fascinating. The space capsule can sit more than one person, so again, this can be a class excursion.

It may be difficult to replicate this animated experience plicated on many traditional conventional elearning platforms, so therein lies the value of virtual worlds for learning.

It is possible to ride in the capsule with one or more of these strangers to explore the universe together. Again, this free-flowing, unscripted scenarios are not not possible in elearning environments such as Elluminate.