Minecraft Education Edition also makes use of tutorial worlds in its lessons, in addition to a companion app called Classroom Mode for educators, who can use the app to monitor student activity.

Roblox, the massively multiplayer online game favored by the under 13 crowd, is following in Minecraft's footsteps with a move into the education market.

Home Children Minecraft and Roblox: The digital playground of today’s gen Joni Mitchell said it right in her song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that ‘ They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’.

It's home to more than 29 million games made with the firm's Roblox Studio tool, built by around 2 million developers - suggesting there are some extremely prolific creators on the platform.