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Hi!

     First of all, I want to let you to know about the topic of my Action Research project which is:
What if I do an inductive session for a group of trainers inside Second Life? Are they going to be comfortable with the new technology? Are they going to use it as an immersive educational environment and a delivery method for their courses?

     The reason I have chosen these 5 RSS feeds is because I think that they will enrich my knowledge and my view about the use of Virtual Worlds as immersive educational environments.

     It is also important to learn about how and when 3D virtual worlds can be used as an effective platform and a delivery method to work in collaborative way which can also promote collective action.



For example:
1. Virtual Worlds News, which link is Virtual Worlds News: Education feeds information about all the news around 3D virtual Worlds and also provides me with information about different types of conferences that are going to take place in the near future.

2. There is another site that also encloses a great amount of information for my Action Research Project. The link is Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable  This is a great site because it gives you the opportunity to know about meetings and roundtables that take place inside Second Life, which you can be part of and where it takes place a lot of sharing and collaborative work of many educators.
If you couldn't assist to the roundtable you are able to read the transcripts which can be considered like archives of the sessions. This is a link that provides the transcript of the roundtable that took place in June 22, 2010: Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable June 22, 2010

3.  I have always been passionate about the impact of technology over education but now that I am more informed,  I can tell you that I am crazy about how wonderful technology tools are innovated day by day.  The Metaverse Journal which link is The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News is a great site that gives you a lot of information of new resources, new literature releases about 3D virtual Worlds, and news about these immersive educational environments. There was a great article about a new release that the UK University of Derby and Aston University did about Problem-based learning in Second Life: new resource : The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News and there are more great articles about this, I highly recommend you to visit this great site.

4. Another great site to follow is Maxping which link is http://maxping.org/ It is a great site to have continuos refresher content about the use of 3D Virtual Worlds. They have really great articles.

5. Well... this site is amazing! The name is metanomicas and its link is : Exploring the serious uses of virtual worlds | Metanomics. You have great podcasts, news, video conferences about a diverse of topics that surround the use of 3D virtual environments. There is a great video that I would like to share with you about Learning in 3D-Immersive environments in Training and Education: Learning in 3D - Immersive Environments in Training and Education |

     So, I just want to finish by saying that I am really pleased to introduce to you these great sites that I have chosen as great feed sources that will nourish my Action Research Project with fresh ideas.