Me, us and IT

• DOI: 10.14742/apubs.2017.788
• Publication Date: 2024-05-11T21:16:24Z
• Authors: Sue Gregory; Brent Gregory; Denise Wood; Scott Grant; Sasha Nikolic; Mathew Hillier; Merle Hearns; Lisa Jacka; Marcus McDonald; Torsten Reiners; Sharon Lierse; Blooma John; Suku Sukunesan; Emily Rutherford; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Des Butler; Helen Farley; Pauletta Irwin

The adoption and pedagogical use of technologies such as virtual worlds to support teaching learning, research in higher education involves a complex interplay technical, organisational personal factors. In this paper, eighteen educators researchers provide an overview how they perceive world can be used from the perspective themselves individuals ‘me’, their educational organisations members Australian New Zealand Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) community practice ‘us’, well technology that underpins learning environment ‘IT’. Drawing on Linstone’s (1981, 1984) Technical, Organisational Personal (TOP) multiple concept framework for analysis, authors discuss perspectives personal, technical aspects through have impacted education. potential employing TOP inform future into is explored.