The Education Grid is a free public utility provided by the Immersive Education Initiative and its members. Members have early access to the Education Grid, where they can conduct classes and meetings within a growing collection of virtual worlds. Initiative members can also use the Education Grid to build custom virtual learning worlds, simulations, and learning games. Virtual learning environments on the Education Grid may be hosted by the initiative, by member organizations (such as high schools, colleges and universities), or at multiple locations for fail-safe redundancy.
Education Grid is hosted by Essex University (United Kingdom), University of Oregon, St. Paul College, New Media Consortium (NMC), Common Need, and Sun Microsystems.