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==Owning and renting land in virtual worlds==

Owning or renting land in a virtual world is necessary for educators who wish to create learning environments for their students. Educators can then use the land to create permanent structures or temporary structures embedded within [[#Holodecks|holodecks]]. The land can also be used for students undertaking building activities. Students may also use public sandboxes, but they may prefer to exhibit their creations more permanently on owned or rented land.

Most language educators own or rent land in a virtual world, or they may implement a standalone [http://simonastick.com/ Sim-on-a-Stick]. Use of [http://immersive-worlds-tool-ranking.grouply.com/message/474 Extended UPnP Hypergrid Services] now allows virtual world visitors to access PC-based OpenSim standalones. This approach offers control over who is allowed to have access to the venue and the visitor permissions.

The Immersive Education Initiative revealed (October 2010) that it would provide free permanent virtual world land in OpenSim for one year to every school and non-profit organization that has at least one teacher, administrator, or student in attendance of any Immersive Education Initiative Summit.<ref>Korolov, Maria (2010) "Initiative: free land for educators migrating from Second Life", ''Hypergrid Business'', 15 October 2010: