Prism(lab)

Dr Steven Warburton

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I am an e-Learning manager at King’s College London and a Fellow of the Centre for Distance Education at the University of London where I am Chair of the research strategy group. I am currently working on a number of projects that include: a study of social software in distance education settings; developing a virtual library space (bibliospace) using social referencing software; and as part of the EMERGE project team supporting a UK wide community of practice in user innovation and development in the area of Web 2.0 and emerging technologies. My research interests are focussed on questions of identity in online learning, the dimensions of space and time in multi-user virtual environments such as Second Life, social presence, social networking, the changing notion of community and finally the sociology of emotion and the links between affect and the learning experience.

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Margarita Perez-Garcia

Researcher in education science, working with MENON Network, where i coordinate several projects on digital identity and reputation, user-centric implementation of Europass ePortfolio, on-line job search user behaviour, social directories, social sectoral libraries, social technologies in education and ePortfolios. I also also work in the field of learning difficulties, in particular school performance and early school leaving. I promote the use of open source technologies and i am an activist in the field of citizens’ digital rights and gender equality. My current research interests are focussed on the gap between epistemological conceptions and pedagogical practices and design of educational artifacts in massive multi-user virtual environments.