Learning can be increasingly untethered to home, work or school spaces by means of integrative cloud services coupled with 3D worlds, and mobile, collaboratively driven use of digital third space. A 3rd-space, portable and modular design is described and demonstrated for use in administering and supporting learning in 3D. 3rd-space environments can be designed for enabling multi-purpose, multifunctional devices and tools for learner-centered design and collaborative social learning. The framework ...