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Learning2gether Episode 515
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Promotion of Blue Ocean webinars, and feedback for this event
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On Friday, April 30, 2021, Vance Stevens gave a presentation on the importance of learning about blended and hybrid eLearning through engagement in communities of practice
And here is the transcript of this video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14MGJfY_gv_ICMlZee_P3L8pvgkUE37jwiNkR3mFgL3o/edit?usp=sharing
The following was posted April 30, 2021, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlueOceanLanguageSchool
What an honour to have an international TESOL expert with over 150 publications in the field !!
Thank you Vance Stevens..
Vance Stevens lives in Penang, Malaysia. Founder/coordinator of Webheads in Action and Learning2gether.net, he has produced over 500 podcast episodes since 2010. He has been On the Internet section editor of TESL-EJ since 2002. and has over 150 publications, many available at http://vancestevens.com/papers/, dealing with students using computers to learn languages and teachers learning to teach using technology by engaging in communities of practice and in participatory cultures. He has co-coordinated TESOL/CALL-IS Electronic Village Online (EVO) since 2003, and has co-moderated EVO Minecraft MOOC for the past 7 years. He was recently awarded the 2019 CALL Research Conference Lifetime Achievement Award.
You can follow the presentation slides here: http://bit.ly/blue2021vance
Results from the Poll Everwhere survey and from the Padlet wall are included in the slides.
It was good to see Mike Kenteris and Benjamin Stewart there.
Mike shared this page in an effort to get into a finer definition of CoPs
https://msp2l1160225102310.blob.core.windows.net/ms-p2-l1-160225-1023-13-assets/18261_8%20Learning%20Communities%20and%20Support_v3_en-US.pdf
Zoom Chat Logs
20:08:34 From Vance Stevens : http://bit.ly/blue2021vance
20:11:10 From Vance Stevens : https://pollev.com/vancestevens602
20:17:48 From Mona Zubi : Could we get all the links in the chat please?
20:17:58 From Mr Mike KEDU : http://bit.ly/blue2021vance
https://pollev.com/vancestevens602
20:18:07 From Mona Zubi : Thank you!
20:18:33 From Sundos Ismail : I can’t have an access to the links
20:19:01 From Blue Ocean : try the one Mona put on FB
20:20:17 From Mona Zubi : You might need a VPN 😊
20:20:52 From Sundos Ismail : Okay… I’ll try thanks
20:28:53 From Benjamin : personal learning network
20:53:28 From Vance Stevens : https://padlet.com/vancestev/ebh7f8uhx7q9bkqa
21:05:49 From Mr Mike KEDU : https://msp2l1160225102310.blob.core.windows.net/ms-p2-l1-160225-1023-13-assets/18261_8%20Learning%20Communities%20and%20Support_v3_en-US.pdf
21:09:33 From Benjamin : Thank you Vance for a great talk!
21:10:10 From Benjamin : To be autonomous: build a personal learning network.
21:11:02 From Benjamin : Perhaps those in your PLN are those you work with while others might come from building professional relationships with those outside your workplace.
21:11:20 From Benjamin : A PLN involves setting personal and professional goals.
21:12:26 From Benjamin : Connecting with others and sharing and reflecting on your own teaching and learning practice is key.
21:17:26 From Benjamin : Thanks everyone!
Promotion of Blue Oceans webinars, and Feedback
April 16-May 7 – 2nd international online TESOL conference – Blue Ocean Language School in Damascus
The second international online TESOL conference organized by Blue Ocean Language School in Damascus with many international speakers in the line-up took place in Zoom, hosted by Safwan A. Kadoura
The conference schedule was posted here (in the comments)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2944769308907551/permalink/4191426734241796
Safwan’s post announcing the event was shared to these Facebook Groups
- Learning2gether – https://www.facebook.com/groups/learning2gether
- Webheads in Action – https://www.facebook.com/groups/webheadsinaction/
- EVO Multiliteracies MOOC – https://www.facebook.com/groups/evomlit/
- Learning with Computers – https://www.facebook.com/groups/6577061586/
- TALIN – Teaching and Learning in IsolatioN – https://www.facebook.com/groups/talin2020
Here is the Facebook stream of my presentation:
https://www.facebook.com/BlueOceanLanguageSchool/videos/150465703749434
You can attend via the conference Zoom link or choose to watch live on our Facebook page
Recordings are accumulating here: https://www.facebook.com/BlueOceanLanguageSchool
Here is
Amany AlKhayat’s presentation on May 3, 2021, on artificial intelligence and integrating ICALL into English language teaching and learning, posted to Facebook here
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=4256411611059106&ref=watch_permalink
Earlier Events
Sat 17 April 1400 UTC Vance Stevens Keynote on Virtual Words at Virtual Conferences
Sat 24 Apr 1430 UTC – Wesley Fryer – Lesson ideas and tips for language teachers using Scratch and Minecraft
Recording, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT86IqWtosg
Wed 28 Apr noon UTC – Claire Bradin Siskin on Demystifying Digital Literacy and Autonomous Learning
The ELC PD Committee at University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Ibri, Oman cordially invites you to join a webinar on Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 04:00 pm Oman Local Time (GMT+4)
Claire Bardin Siskin (USA) will speak on the topic: Demystifying Digital Literacy and Autonomous Learning
The event took place in MS Teams: https://tinyurl.com/4jyrh4r6
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