Welcome to CAVE island. CAVE is an acronym for Community of Academic Virtual Educators. Within an island space in the virtual world of Second Life, five unique and influential organizations bring their significant resources to bear for teaching and learning. The partners include:

• Boise State University's Department of Educational Technology
• AECT_SL
• iNACOL
• ARVEL SIG
  
• and the ICT Library.

Perhaps the most exciting element of this unique virtual world space is the metaphor derived from the community's name. The island itself has a system of caves created by its partners that will entice any virtual world explorer. Participating in embedded virtual world-games and scavenger hunts, participants can explore secret and beautiful subterranean caverns, tunnels, and rooms.

Boise State University's Department of Educational Technology (EDTECH) has been teaching and preparing virtual educators for nearly a decade. Adjacent to EdTech Island (the virtual campus for Boise State), CAVE and its partners leverage the resources of this world-renowned institution, its faculty, as well as its master's and doctoral researchers and students to assist with management of CAVE.

AECT_SL, the virtual worlds committee of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology also calls CAVE Island home. In addition to unique office meeting and class rooms in AECT_SL's spacious "cloud nine" facility, the AECT_SL campus is host to numerous teaching and meeting spaces.

iNACOL is the International Association for K-12 Online Learning. Exploring the virtual world of Second Life, iNacol's focus is to level the playing field for students through online learning and ensure all students have access to world-class education and quality online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success.