Tim Savage, BA, Sociology, HDIP IT, Education, MSC, Computer Science, is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Statistics in Trinity College, Dublin University. He is a member of the Centre for Research in IT in Education (a joint initiative between the School of Education and the School of Computer Science & Statistics).

1. There’s A Lot Of 3d Thinking Going On Down There: educational design and adoption in virtual worlds Tim Savage – MetaMeets 2010

2. The Emperors new clothes? So again I put the question out to Second Life-based educators reading this blog: When will we start to see rigorous efficacy studies around educational projects in SL? New World Notes – Wagner James Au Most prior research has looked at gross level, short term effects. We are interested in measuring the effects of methods using [virtual environments] as compared to [non-virtual environments] Office of the Director of National Intelligence

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13. The Need for Balance Replication Adoption Innovation Learning Gain

14. Credits and References Hilary Mc Loughlin – Research Fellow, TCD Carina Girvan – IRCSET PhD Scholar TCD Lecturers and students at TCD who participated in our experiences Carina Girvan, Timothy Savage, Identifying an appropriate pedagogy for virtual worlds: A Communal Constructivism case study, Computers and Education, 55, (1), 2010, p342 - 349