EVO opening kick-off webcastathon hosted by Jeff Lebow, Mbarek Akaddar, Nina Liakos, Jose Antonio, Nellie Deutsch, and Vance Stevens

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Learning2gether Episode 309


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The EVO opening kick-off webcastathon hosted by Jeff Lebow, Mbarek Akaddar, Nina Liakos, Jose Antonio, Nellie Deutsch, and Vance Stevens took place on Sun Jan 10 at 1400 UTC, coinciding with Learning2gether Episode 309.
It’s on YouTube at
https://youtu.be/2MfLWuXslFg

Sessions at EVO, or Electronic Village Online 2016, begin Jan 10 and run through Feb 13. The opening webcast is our traditional start to the event and Jeff Lebow is our traditional MC. At this event, EVO moderators briefly introduced their sessions.

Learn more about the EVO Electronic Village Online Sessions which formally begin after kickoff Jan 10 at the Call for Participation at http://evosessions.pbworks.com

Join the conversation on our Google+ event page
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cugnniv760veee3aqcui7oqfjts

Schedule of presentations:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vvUAfyjcsTPPAiv_tELeMVhQQxpVab1sh28L_k2SKtM/edit#gid=0

Where to meet? http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Bb Collaborate (Elluminate) Recording
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2016-01-10.0124.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr

Text chat transcript from BbC recording
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11kxjWBiG3NkfQcJT0MnntnxmGjkvXJLzgjYceWMYwJs/edit?usp=sharing

Announcements

 

Earlier this week

Sun Jan 03 Learning2gether with Benjamin Stewart on his Academic Writing Workshop for EFL/ESL educators

https://learning2gether.net/2016/01/03/learning2gether-with-benjamin-stewart-on-his-academic-writing-workshop-for-eflesl-educators/  

Sat Jan 9 Open Mic on Classroom 2.0 LIVE

Happy New Year!

We are energized and excited to return after our winter break with our Annual Anniversary Celebration. In this first webinar of the New Year we will be celebrating our 7th Anniversary on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as well as holding an Open Mic show on a topic all of us feel passionate about—professional development! We chose this topic because we felt it was broad enough to include everyone whether you participate in PD either f2f or virtually or provide PD opportunities. (conferences-f2f & virtual, EdCamps, webinars, videos/blog posts, etc.) Join us, take the mic and share your PD experiences, resources and advice about what works… what doesn’t… what are some options, etc. Bring your ideas, resources, and questions! Paula Naugle will facilitate the conversation and we hope you’ll come prepared to share with your headset/earbuds on to take the mic and add to the conversation. We’ll have an awesome Livebinder prepared with professional development resources and will look forward to adding your resources to the Livebinder.

We are looking forward to celebrating our Anniversary and to taking a few minutes at the beginning of the show to recognize our amazing 2015 special guest presenters, participants and Advisory Team members with a quick trip down memory lane with a few special memories all the way back to 2009! We are especially excited that Steve Hargadon, our founder and mentor, will be joining us to participate in the conversation!

More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link athttp://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.

On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent “Hour of Code Extensions” session with Vicky Sedgwick. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.

When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors: The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!

Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

Learning2gether with Benjamin Stewart on his Academic Writing Workshop for EFL/ESL educators

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Learning2gether Episode 308


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On Sunday Jan 03 Learning2gether kicked off the new year 2016 with Benjamin Stewart who introduced us to his Academic Writing Workshop for EFL/ESL educators

What is this about? 

In this session, Benjamin Stewart introduces a five-day workshop beginning January 11, 2016, to be conducted face to face with on-site participants in Mexico via the wiki here:
http://academicwritingpd.pbworks.com/.

There, and at the Google+ event page for this event, Benjamin poses the question: As an EFL/ESL educator, what issues do you face? Participants of this workshop will be asked to develop a thesis around this essential question as they develop an argument with supporting claims and logical reasoning patterns.

This Learning2gether event will take place in Hangout on Air. As usual with L2g Hangouts, you can join us in the HoA at a link that will be provided just prior to the event (once the presenters are in the HoA). You can also follow the stream at its YouTube link and interact with us in our Chatwing text chat space.

Chatwing text chat

Halima Ozimova
hello
is the event in 19 minutes from now?
Maria Colussa
Hello friends! It´s good to see you all here on the very first week of the new year!
greetings from scorching hot Santo Tomé, Santa Fe, Argentina!
Vance Stevens
Hi, yeah we’re about to start, this is the direct link
This is the direct link to the HoA, when you come in please mute your mic
(link posted, no longer valid)
Benjamin Stewart
Hello all!
Sorry, having to reboot…
Vance Stevens
we’ll be streaming shortly and chatting here
Gordon Craig
Thank you! I’m here
Benjamin Stewart
Hello Gordon, booting up, be right there…
Vance Stevens
take your time
benjamin is having sound problems, but is back
we’ve started, if you’re in the stream say hi in the text chat here
Links Benjamine is talking about are available at
http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32206114/volunteersneeded
here: http://academicwritingpd.pbworks.com/. Here, and at the Google+ event page for this event,
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cbifv62nbssgaj1612rvamt2t3s
Glenys Hanson
Hi!
Vance Stevens
Hi Glenys
and benjamin outliner requires permission
Glenys Hanson
I can see the Outliner on Diigo.
Gordon Craig
I too can’t access outliner. No permission
Do you need to create an account to access the information?
Glenys Hanson
I use Diigo tho I’m not logged in at the moment.
Gordon Craig
https://www.diigo.com/outliner/8nfnwz/Academic-Writing?key=ec2k4ac9yf#
Vance Stevens
thanks Gordon
google search on Thesis statement generator / creator
https://www.google.com/search?q=thesis+statement+generator+purdue&oq=thesis+generator+pu&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l2.14193j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8#q=thesis+statement+generator
Gordon Craig
http://eolf.univ-fcomte.fr/?page_id=149
Maria Colussa
ok!
http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708567/FrontPage
Vance Stevens
Feel free to join Benjamin’s Teachers for Interactive Language Learning Google+ Community
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106289715383230353120

How this works at showtime

If space is available (up to 10 people) you can join us in the HoA directly at its live link posted\ at show time and also posted to Twitter by @vances using hash tag #learning2gether and at the Webheads in Action live event page at http://webheadsinaction.org/live
Archived  here: http://webheadsinaction.org/learning2gether-episode-308-benjamin-stewart-his-academic-writing-workshop-eflesl-educators

You can also watch the stream and chat with us live

Announcements

Earlier this week

Learning2gether 307 Sun Dec 27 1500 UTC Maha Abdelmoneim shows us Blab.im

https://learning2gether.net/2015/12/27/learning2gether-with-maha-abdelmoneim-showing-us-blab-im/

Learning2gether with Maha Abdelmoneim and Peggy George showing us around Blab.im

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Learning2gether Episode 307

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As we often do with Learning2gether, we experimented today with a new tool mentioned by Maha Abdelmoneim at the end of Learning2gether episode 306, which she graciously offered to show it to us today.

We were fortunate to have been joined by Peggy George and briefly by Maria Colussa, both of whom were extensive users of Blab, and who both provided valuable insights into the tool, especially regarding its social affordances and the commitment of the developers to interacting with Blab users.

Here is the Blab recording, and a YouTube recording of it:
https://blab.im/maha-abdelmoneim-learning2gether-307-a-tour-of-blab-by-maha-abdelmoneim

Join the conversation at the Google+ event page
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c5gnu7t258racaa6pnfc31aju2s

There are many reviews of Blab.im available through Google; e.g. http://www.marc-levy.com/blab-im-tutorial/

Here are some of the things we know about it

  • It supports only 4 cameras at a given moment, but participants can come and go (very fluid, Maha says)
  • It supports additional registered participants in comment mode
  • To join you have to register through a social network site such as Twitter and agree to the Terms of Service there.
    You’ll then be able to participate in the stream and make comments to all who are there
  • You can later revoke any permissions given to third party apps to use your Twitter acct here https://twitter.com/settings/applications
  • You can view the stream without signing in, but you cannot interact there, only view
  • However, all participants will be able to interact with non-registered viewers in Chatwing: http://chatwing.com/vancestev,
    so all are welcome to come along and see what’s happening.

During the conversation we learned much more about the tool, especially from Blab users Peggy George and Maria Colussa. I took notes on remarks Peggy made in Chatwing:

Here are the chat transcripts from Blab and Chatwing,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VA5-ihK6NWG3_fQU7KcfUkRlSYBNwKFxR4TvG2vb-Bc/edit?usp=sharing

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Announcements

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Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 306 – Sun Dec 20 1500 UTC Shaping the Way We Teach English

https://learning2gether.net/2015/12/20/robert-wachman-organizes-a-discussion-of-shaping-the-way-we-teach-english-with-developers-deborah-healey-and-jeff-magoto/

 

Mon Dec 21 Edunation Office Party – Tired of going out?

 

Why not indeed?

 

Robert Wachman organizes a discussion of Shaping the way we Teach English with developers Deborah Healey and Jeff Magoto

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Learning2gether Episode 306


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On Sun Dec 20 Robert Wachman arranged for us to host a discussion of the value of the Coursera courses, Shaping the Way We Teach English, Parts 1 and 2,  developed and conducted by Deborah Healey, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith and Jeff Magoto (sponsored by the University of Oregon and the United States Department of State).

Featured participants included course developers and instructors Deborah Healey and Jeff Magoto; volunteer Community Teaching Assistants Magdalena Brzezinska, Rebecca Casas Sagot, Gilda Battagliese, Robert Wachman, and StWwTE participant Tiziana Angiolini. And there were of course many participants from the Webheads in Action and Learning2gether communities.

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Robert sees this discussion as a continuation of the discussion of MOOCs begun in Learning2gether Episode 301, November 17, 2015
https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/19/the-annual-global-education-conference-why-online-teacher-trainers-should-know-about-cmoocs/

In that episode, features of the Shaping courses were mentioned by Elizabeth Hanson-Smith toward the end of a follow-up discussion meant for Electronic Village Online moderators.  Links to archived audio and video recordings of these discussions may be found at the link above.  (For the follow-up discussion scroll down to find “Post-show: EVO moderators met…”

Robert has made an audio excerpt of Elizabeth’s comments which you can hear below:

and you can download this audio if you wish:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11-17-onshaping.mp3?

The excerpt is taken from 33 minutes into the original recording, where you can hear Elizabeth finish her sentence at 37 minutes, “and to me that’s a very fruitful use of a very short course in 5 weeks.” The original recording is made available here for your convenience:


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https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015nov17gec_postshow-64k.mp3?

Background materials and springboards for discussion:

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Pictured: Deborah Healey, Jeff Magoto, and Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

The Shaping the Way We Teach English Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was launched through a partnership with University of Oregon and Coursera in 2014. This MOOC is for English as Foreign Language (EFL) educators, both those who are intending to pursue this field as a career and those already working in the field who would like to revise and refresh their methods and approaches.  The free materials and approaches presented complement college courses such as Introduction to Methods for Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) or Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

This MOOC consists of two distinct 5-week parts, separated by a one-week break.  Participants may enroll in both parts of the course, or enroll in only one part, treating the part as an independent 5-week course.  Participants will enhance their English language teaching expertise by sharing ideas with others through interactive discussion forums, peer reviews, online group projects, and watching videos highlighting best practices in English language teaching.

Part 1: The Landscape of English Language Teaching:
https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping1landscape

  • Week 1 Oct 5: Authentic materials to enhance student motivation
  • Week 2 Oct 12: Pair and group work for collaborative learning
  • Week 3 Oct 19: Critical and creative thinking to drive learning
  • Week 4 Oct 26: Learner feedback and assessment to evaluate student progress
  • Week 5 Oct 30-Nov 5: Language in context and using content to structure language learning

Part 2: Paths to Success in English Language Teaching:
https://www.coursera.org/course/shaping2paths

  • Week 1: Nov 9-15: Integrating skills and using tasks to motivate learners
  • Week 2: Nov 16-22: Alternative assessment to demonstrate language ability
  • Week 3: Nov 23-29: Incorporating individual learning differences in instruction
  • Week 4: Nov 30-Dec 6: Effective classroom management
  • Week 5: Dec 7-13: Reflective teaching

This video helps to introduce the program to teachers who want to enrich their pedagogical background and improve their classroom practices:
https://youtu.be/kLpwuQsNiLg

All the Shaping content videos are on YouTube, e.g.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLpwuQsNiLg

Shaping the Way we Teach English does not appear to use  a #tag, but it can be searched on Twitter
https://twitter.com/search?q=shaping%20the%20way%20we%20teach%20english&src=typd

Finally, there was this opportunity to be a Community Teaching Assistant

Have you taken the Shaping the Way We Teach English MOOC ? We are looking for Community Teaching Assistants to facilitate the latest iteration of the course!

Finding ways to make online courses interactive and localize the content is what can make MOOCs successful. Read more about this opportunity in the Community TA Handbook. We don’t anticipate this taking more than 2 hours a week of your time. Please note this is a volunteer opportunity, but you will gain valuable skills you can add to your toolkit and professional development.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please fill out this  brief questionnaire (https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_73NMORBiC4bPb01) so that the University of Oregon MOOC staff can contact you with further information. You’ll also have to register for this course.

Opportunity to host MOOC camps in your community

Another way to assist other teachers in your community is by setting up MOOC camps. These are face-to-face meetings held at least once a week during the course with anyone in your community taking the course. It’s a great way to discuss topics and assignments and brainstorm ways to apply new concepts to your local context. Feel free to organize MOOC camps with your colleagues!

Visit American English Webinar Series at: http://americanenglishwebinars.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Where was this held? 

Join the conversation at this Google+ event
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cd533df60ghfuj3nhlb2srui6oc

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Announcements

Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 305 – Sun Dec 13 Mika Mokko interviews Vance Stevens for her research study

https://learning2gether.net/2015/12/13/mika-mokko-interviews-vance-stevens-for-her-study-on-attitude-activity-and-influences-of-esl-teachers-who-have-built-and-maintained-successful-plns/

 

Sat Dec 19 0900 PST Vicky Sedgwick and Extending the Hour of Code on Classroom 2.0

Date: Sat., December 19, 2015
Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing and closed captioning. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.The official “Hour of Code” week is over but there are tons of resources and activities available for continuing coding/programming experiences throughout the year! We are very excited to have Vicky Sedgwick joining us as our special guest presenter for this session. Vicky has been a leader in integrating coding activities in her school and as a frequent presenter on this topic. She will share her stories, resources and experiences for extending these programming opportunities with your students.Vicky Sedgwick currently works at St. Martin’s Episcopal School in Winnetka, CA as a K-8 technology teacher. As a former software designer and computer programmer, Vicky is very excited about the current STEAM movement in education especially when it comes to introducing K-8 students to the world of computer science and coding. She loves to share about computer science and coding not only with her students. but also with other teachers as co-moderator of the #csk8 Twitter chat and as a presenter at conferences and other events. Vicky is especially looking forward to having her students work more with Sphero, mBot, Dash & Dot, and Parrot mini drones this year. Connect with Vicky on Twitter at @visionsbyvicky.More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pm Eastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link athttp://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent “Music Can Move Us” session with Dr. Lodge McCammon. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors: The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at:
http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

 

 

Mika Mokko interviews Vance Stevens for her study on attitude, activity and influences of ESL teachers who have built and maintained successful PLNs

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Learning2gether Episode 305 


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Vance recently responded to the following call from Mika Mokko, Department Of Literacy, Culture, And Language Education, Associate Instructor and PhD Candidate, Indiana University. Her dissertation study is a case study research involving two semi-structured interviews, the first one between 60-90 minutes in length and the second one between 30-60 minutes in length, as well as observation of interactions online within the subject’s PLN.

I am a fifth year PhD candidate in the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University looking for participants for my dissertation research. I would like to invite current ESL teachers who utilize a PLN (with a minimum of three tools such as Twitter, blogs, Nings, etc.) on a weekly basis for L2 professional development to participate in my study. This case study research aims at investigating the attitude, activity and influences of ESL teachers who have built and maintained successful PLNs to enhance their L2 professional development.

Mika asked those interested in participating to please fill out a short demographic survey: http://goo.gl/forms/MfYj23xbf3

This webcast records and shares the first of the proposed interviews with me, Vance Stevens.

Mika has graciously agreed that we can share this interview with the Learning2gether community.

Where was this held?  

Mika hosted the discussion in Adobe Connect, recording: https://connect.iu.edu/p316ectcqun/

There is also a Google+ event page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/csmtmds7pja8ifhqoh6su18l80g

Chatwing chat log from http://chatwing.com/vancestev

Announcements

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In March 2019 I encountered Dr. Mokko giving a presentation at the TESOL conference in Atlanta on the results of the study of which I was a small part.

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Earlier this week

EFL Magazine Online Teaching Summit – Saturday & Sunday December 5 & 6

and

Learning2gether Episode 304 – Nellie Deutsch demonstrating Zoom Meetings

https://learning2gether.net/2015/12/06/learning2gether-with-efl-magazine-online-teaching-summit-and-nellie-deutsch-showing-us-zoom/

Wed Dec 9 Stephen Ridgeway and Talking VET Episode #41 reflections for 2015

TheTalkingVTE #41 recording is here:
https://youtu.be/DFvJ295r4Ow

For more information see the wiki

http://sridgway.wikispaces.com/talkingvte41

Learning2gether with EFL Magazine Online Teaching Summit and Nellie Deutsch showing us Zoom

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Learning2gether Episode 304

Learning2gether had a longtime arrangement to meet with Nellie Deutsch on Dec 6 on Zoom Meetings vs. Virtual Classes. When I became aware that she was also deeply involved in the two day EFL Magazine Online Teaching Summit hosted by Philip Pound Dec 5 and 6 I asked her if she was sure she wanted to keep her commitment. After all she was involved in setting up WizIQ for the conference and was constantly listening in and interjecting where needed Saturday and Sunday. Plus, the time she had agreed to demonstrate Zoom, she was also due to speak at EFLMOTS the following hour. In the end, she did it all, and seamlessly.

In this video you can see the result from the perspective of a participant who recorded in Camtasia and posted to YouTube: https://youtu.be/QqV0VAU3sS4

Nellie shared the mp4 she produced as host of the event in Zoom  and I posted that to YouTube: https://youtu.be/R-3f3Cz8WYs

Here is how we introduced Nellie’s Learning2gether event

Dr. Nellie Deutsche will showcase Zoom.com and compare it to virtual class platforms such as Adobe Connect, BB Collaborate, Mconf/BBB and WizIQ and how you can get them all for free. There will be a discussion of the pros and cons of each.

There was a Google+ event page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ch3h8kg2hb3vjkmrpm750qej3ao

You could Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android:
https://zoom.us/j/5318007710

Or join by phone:
+1 415 762 9988 (US Toll) or +1 646 568 7788 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 531 800 7710
International numbers available:
https://zoom.us/zoomconference?m=hu9uDMCPxtRUeKzOPrqWNOXr4WPbRlxa 

Nellie’s ZOOM tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RCfwpBq5A8&list=TLcgzNkPs_SvwwNTEyMjAxNQ

Nellie’s tutorials comparing online tools

Here is the text chat copied and saved from the Zoom meeting

05:49:01 From Vance : I hear you Nellie, can you hear me?
05:56:30 From jeff : Howdy, Wife is sleeping, so I can’t make too much noise and I still need to do some prep for the rapidly approaching Monday morning, but wanted to stop by to check things out.
05:56:42 From jeff : Very nice first impression of Zoon
05:56:50 From jeff : Zoom
05:58:24 From jeff : 11pm
05:58:34 From jeff : wife crashed a bit early this evening
05:58:39 From jeff : Yes. Korea.
06:03:33 From jeff : It is Jeff Lebow
06:04:01 From jeff : Trying to at least get my webcam recognized, but having some issues. Must be some rust in the system 🙂
06:06:53 From jeff : Options/Annotate
06:07:17 From jeff : In full screen mode
06:11:17 From Vance : thanks
06:19:10 From Chris Fry (Barcelona) : There appears to be a chat facility, too
06:19:45 From Vance : we’re following chat
06:21:03 From glenyshanson : Hi Chris!
06:23:28 From Chris Fry (Barcelona) : I’m really impressed by the quality of the video
06:24:45 From Chris Fry (Barcelona) : I’m just downloading the app on my Tablet
06:25:10 From jeff : Me too. Great video and audio quality. Seems very light as well.
06:27:16 From jeff : I need to step out, but thanks very much for introducing this Nellie and Vance. I haven’t had such a good first date since my first ‘Hangout’.
06:27:29 From Vance : great 🙂
06:27:52 From Morteza Barin : so should we pay for using it in our teaching and learning
06:28:21 From Nellie Deutsch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzhbOhy7Qxo
06:29:03 From Nellie Deutsch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4nZu_XtdOU
06:29:45 From Nellie Deutsch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baPEopK39jM
06:33:15 From glenyshanson : Thanks Nellie, Vance and everyone.
06:33:16 From Chris Fry (Barcelona) : E:\Users\Chris\My Documents\Zoom\2015-12-06 15.32.25 Nellie Deutsch’s Personal Meeting Room 5318007710

Click to enroll in a self-paced online course with ongoing support and coach by your side to learn about, schedule, and practice teaching in virtual classes with BigBlueButton and WizIQ on Moodle
http://www.integrating-technology.org/enrol/index.php?id=136

Link here to previous conversations between Vance Stevens and Dr. Nellie Deutsch

https://learning2gether.net/2011/10/16/nellie-deutsch-in-conversation-with-vance-ste/

Announcements 

 

EFL Magazine Online Teaching Summit – Saturday & Sunday December 5 & 6

In order to participate, you need to register and wait for an email with subject Online Teaching Summit

Once you sign up, look for a mail from Philip Pound. It should look like this.

As far as I can tell it’s the only way to get the link to access this conference live

 

Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 303 Sun Nov 29 1400 to 1900 UTC – Moodle MOOC 7

https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/29/learning2gether-with-moodle-mooc7/

Thu Dec 03 1800 UTC Globinar – Amélie Silvert on how to Empower students and give them a voice

This is a copy / paste of Jürgen Wagner’s post-paratory email, which sums up well this event

Click on this hyperlink to display the full version of this follow-up mail.

According to our server there was a maximum of 69 simultaneous attendees last night, but …

The follow-up e-mail is sent to 200 registrants from 38 different countries   

Algeria – Argentina – Austria – Chile – Croatia –
Czech Republic – Egypt – Estonia – France – Germany –
Great Britain – Greece – Guyana – India – Iran –
Italy – Jordan – Luxembourg – Macedonia – Mexico –
Morocco – Netherlands – Peru – Poland – Portugal –
Romania – Russia – Saudi Arabia – Slovakia – South Africa –
Spain – Switzerland – Togo – Tunisia -Turkey –
Ukraine – United States of America – Uruguay

Register for further Globinars at:

http://lpm.lpm.uni-sb.de/Webinar/index2.php 

Please, REMEMBER to enter your feedback into the following padlet: 
http://de.padlet.com/wagjuer/webinars 
Best wishes

Jürgen Wagner

Meanwhile Nellie Deutsch wrapped up her Learn to Blend and Flip your Classes with Technology from January 5 – December 4, 2015

The course offers new, veteran, and future teachers theoretical and practical knowledge on how to teach and learn using technology. The topics of the course will focus on applying the science of learning, ways to transform teachers, promote a learning partnership with students, will how to set up team and motivate students to become lifelong learners, and finally to teach small chunks in a live online class or micro teaching in pairs. Teachers will develop a philosophy of education statement and learn how to share it with the world.

Link to enrol: https://www.wiziq.com/course/92339-teaching-with-technology

 

Learning2gether with Moodle MOOC#7

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Learning2gether episode 303

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Full program here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YfwWbwgP7jwJaMfJ8H2YPVuRL8awTvyDst9DCyOqPA/edit

Access the entire MM7 YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8JUcjyABKxnUx16xSOK7schb2QJMnrfK

Learning2gether Episode 303 Sun Nov 29 1400 to 1900 UTC – Moodle MOOC 7

Learning2gether meets Moodle MOOC 7, EVO, and gamification in TPD

 

The mp3 is taken from the YouTube version of the presentation, which the audience could not actually hear. The audience could hear only Nellie, but Nellie’s sound does not appear on the YouTube recording, so there was a separation of sound tracks where the live audience did not hear Vance, and you hear only Vance on the mp3. There was a lot of discussion of this problem during my presentation, which caused distractions in the audio you can hear on the YouTube video, but I have edited these out in this recording, so that what is left is 45 minutes of the substance of Vance’s presentation.

 

Vance Stevens has been presenting lately on gamification in teacher professional development in the context of EVO Minecraft MOOC. Today’s talk expands the context to the 16th iteration of Electronic Village Online, currently in preparation, and its varying approaches to TPD. EVOMC16 takes an approach which appeals to its moderators, which is to learn about gamification through experiential play. Vance will talk about how this works in EVO Minecraft MOOC, and how anyone is welcome to join us in January, 2016.

Moodle MOOC #7 schedule entry

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Vance Stevens

Minecraft as a model for gamification in teacher training

Minecraft is popular with young learners and enjoyable for teachers. Strong arguments have been made for its adaptability to a range of learning contexts including languages, particularly English. All players can be story-tellers who act out and record narratives set within the game in ways that engage them to develop their language skills.

This presentation will examine what teachers (who are learning about the game through the experience of playing it as learners) are learning about designing worlds within the game that will meet their curriculum objectives and create an engaging and enjoyable experience for learners and how they can be made aware of the affordances of Minecraft by creating such spaces for one another and interacting in those spaces with young learners who in effect become their teachers.

Announcements

 

Also in the program before and after Vance’s presentation Nov 30

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Susan Hillyard

blogspot: http://susanhillyard.blogspot.com.ar/

From “I Can’t” to “I Can” Multisensory Activities for Inclusion in ELT Classrooms

As English language classrooms become more and more diverse, often with students who have a variety of learning difficulties, so the teacher must develop new relationships, new resources and new strategies. Much work is being done around the world recently, to offer every student, no matter their disability, the possibility of enjoying their rights and being included in the general curriculum offered to their peers.

However, many teachers are voicing their anxiety and their feelings of helplessness or lack of support in dealing with the added burden of inclusion in classrooms which already have too many students and few resources. They may believe they are not trained to deal with students who have special needs and feel at a loss as to how to approach the situation.

In this live on-line session we will define SEN, explore teachers’ beliefs and teachers’ feelings related to the inclusion of students with different learning difficulties in the English language classroom. The range of anticipated SLDs

(Specific Learning Difficulties) will be discussed and a few myths exploded. Finally we will try out some multisensory strategies so that teachers can change the refrain of all from “I can’t” to “I can!!!!”

Susan Hillyard has work experience in seventeen countries as a teacher, Head of Department, Director, speaker, workshop facilitator, consultant, researcher, Professor and on-line tutor. She was Prof. Language IV in Lenguas Vivas and UTN  Teacher Training Colleges, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has co-authored  a Resource Book for Teachers Global Issues for OUP and also TDI-TKT On-line Course for Pearson, New York. She has been involved  with two Theatre in Education troupes, based in Buenos Aires, as diction teacher, backstage hand and as an adviser. Former Coordinator, English in Action, teaching English through Drama  in Special Education, Ministry of Education, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, training 20 teachers through blended learning courses to teach English through Drama in Special Education.

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Halina Ostankowicz-Bazan: Culture of Learning

Typically, when we think of culture, we think of an existing, stable entity that changes and evolves over long periods of time. In a New Culture, we should explore a second sense of culture, one that responds to its surroundings organically. It not only adapts, but it also integrates change into its process as one of its environmental variables. By exploring play, innovation, and the cultivation of the imagination as cornerstones of learning, the authors create a vision of learning for the future that is achievable, scalable and one that grows along with the technology that fosters it and the people who engage with it.

The result is a new form of culture in which knowledge is seen as a fluid and evolving, the personal is both enhanced and refined about the collective, and the ability to manage, negotiate and participate in the world is governed by the play of the imagination.

A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change ,

by Douglas Thomas (Author), John Seely Brown (Author)

Halina Ostankowicz-Bazan is a teacher from Poland. She teaches Polish as a second language and English. She also conducts lectures in English on Polish History and Culture for students from all over the world.

 

Mon Nov 30 1700 UTC Moodle MOOC #7 closing ceremony

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/3187961-mm7-closing-ceremony

 

 

More about Moodle MOOC #7

Sun Nov 1 1600 UTC Moodle MOOC 7 begins and ends Nov 30

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Schedule in progress here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19YfwWbwgP7jwJaMfJ8H2YPVuRL8awTvyDst9DCyOqPA/edit

You’re invited to enrol in the free bi-annual Moodle MOOC in November 2015.

Syllabus | Webinars| MM7 Moodle Course| YouTube Playlist| Get your Certificate| Moodle Training

Moodle MOOC 7 (MM7) is scheduled to take place from November 1 – 30,  2015 on Moodle for Teachers. The purpose of the MOOC is to connect for instruction and learning, reflective practice, social and collaborative learning, cultural exchange and peace, personal and professional development, community building, best practices and challenges involved in teaching with technology, student engagement with the content, peers, and the facilitator, and learning to teach online with Moodle course and learning management system.

MM7 includes webinars and Moodle training. The presenters of the webinars will focus on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching with technology, education technology, professional development, and topics that pertain to teaching and learning online and/or on mobile devices/smartphones.

The Moodle training will take place on Moodle for Teachers (M4T) Moodle website and will focus on active learning, reflection, sharing, and collaboration. The aim of the course is for the participants to learn through meaningful connections and social interactions. Participants, who wish to receive a certificate of participation, will be required to document their learning experiences by keeping a blog, wiki, website, or any other artifact that will include a description and reflection of the live sessions and/or recordings.

The Moodle training will include Moodle, Google Drive Docs, blogs, Google Apps, Mobile Devices, Virtual Classes, and other online learning environments for face-to-face, blended, and fully online learning. In addition, participants will learn to use Movenote, Screencast-o-matic, PresentMe, SlideSpeech, Plotagon, Smore, Quizlet, eMaze, Slideshare, Evernote, Movenote, and other technologies for effective and engaging student-based activities. The live presentations will include the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats.

Meanwhile …

‎Nellie Deutsch‎ has created Moodle MOOC 7 on Facebook 

Instead of having a Moodle MOOC group or face for each Moodle MOOC, I thought it may be more practical to have one group for all the Moodle MOOCs around the world. So spread the word and join educators, technology developers, and Moodlers for the next Moodle MOOC in the month of November on Moodle for Teachers for free teacher development and training on how to teach and learn online using Moodle and other technologies.

Here’s the link
http://moodle4teachers.org/course/view.php?id=87

Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 302 Sun Nov 22 Ali Bostancioglu returns with details of his research into Webheads in Action

https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/22/learning2gether-about-details-of-ali-bostancioglus-research-into-webheads-in-action/

Mon 23 Nov 1800 UTC Globinar – Henry Rademacher From Newbie to Near-Pro: Making the most of Moodle tools in a listening course

Post-paratory information from Jürgen Wagner regarding this and future LPM GLOBINARS 🙂

Find further free webinars for teachers of foreign languages

Sat Nov 28 and Sun Nov 29 EVO Moderator at the end of Training Week 4

The EVO session moderator training syllabus schedules live sessions of week four as follows:

  1.  Week 4 wrap-up chats were held in the Webheads Virtual Room

Where: http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/,

Learning2gether about details of Ali Bostancioglu’s research into Webheads in Action

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Learning2gether Episode 302


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On Sunday November 22 Ali Bostancioglu returned as promised to report to us on the full details of his study of Webheads in Action, for which he is soon to be awarded his PdD. As many of you know, Ali interviewed a number of Webheads in the data-collection phase of his study, but was unable at the time to divulge his hypothesis nor the true purpose of the questions in the interviews. In this session, Ali revealed how the study was designed to support his hypotheses.

This event took place in Hangout on Air. As usual with L2g Hangouts, participants could join us in the HoA at the link provided just prior to the event, or follow the stream at its YouTube link and interact with people in the HoA in our Chatwing text chat space.

Where: Google Hangout on Air

Recordings

Here is Ali’s abstract for his case study:
English as a foreign language teachers’ technology professional development through online communities of practice

An online community of practice (OCoP) is a group of people, who are brought together by a shared interest and with the aim of deepening their understanding of an area of knowledge through regular interactions facilitated by computer mediated communication (CMC) tools.

In response to critiques of current professional development (PD) approaches such as workshops and cascade training which are conducted in short periods of time allowing for only limited follow up and feedback opportunities, OCoPs can be beneficial and a viable alternative for teacher PD. This is because an OCoP potentially provides teachers with those elements of effective PD, cited in the literature, such as collaboration, opportunities for mentoring, and sustainability over time.

However, research on adopting an OCoP approach for teacher PD has been limited. Therefore, conducted within the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching, the present study aimed to 1) investigate EFL teachers’ PD in learning how to integrate technology in their teaching and 2) identify what factors contribute towards creating successful OCoPs.

The Webheads in Action (WiA) community has been chosen as a case for this study since WiA has previously been established to be an OCoP in which EFL teachers from different countries participate. A mixed methods research strategy was adopted which combined questionnaires and interviews. Initially, the questionnaire was administered to 69 members of the community. 24 of those members (4 core, 9 active, and 11 peripheral) participated in follow up interviews. Additionally, members’ interactions in the public group page were collated over a period of nine months in order to triangulate findings.

The results suggested that member participation in the community led to perceived technology professional development (TPD) of EFL teachers and that the more a member participated and collaborated with other members, the higher their reported TPD was; a finding which underlined the importance of co-construction of knowledge in this process.

Two major themes emerged in relation to factors affecting member participation in this long standing OCoP. The first one was identified as dynamism inherent in the community which manifested itself as new topics that kept members interested and participating, a flow of continuous member recruitment to the community and leaders who responded to community needs when necessary. The second was the creation of a sense of belonging to the community which was achieved through various means such as having an initiation process, providing an inclusive community environment, fostering trust through community norms, and meeting other members face-to-face.

In conclusion, this study showed that OCoPs can be a viable alternative form of teacher PD and highlighted the importance of not only the professional but also the socio-affective dimension for designing and sustaining OCoPs.

Ali has met with us twice before to discuss his research

Announcements

 

Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 300 Sun Nov 15 1400 UTC Bron Stuckey and Vance Stevens with Marijana and Filip Smolčec on EVO Minecraft MOOC at SLanguages

https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/15/minecraft-mooc-rocks-slanguages-2015/

Learning2gether episode 301 – Tue Nov 17 1400 UTC Vance Stevens explains cMOOCs and xMOOCs to EVO moderators training via GEC online conference

https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/19/the-annual-global-education-conference-why-online-teacher-trainers-should-know-about-cmoocs/

 

Sat Nov 21 Classroom 2.0 with Katie Ann Wilson on Augmented Reality in the Classroom

Date: Sat., November 21, 2015
Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate (http://tinyurl.com/cr20live)Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore will be hosting another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom 2.0 “LIVE” shows are opportunities to gather with other educators in real-time events, complete with audio, chat, desktop sharing and closed captioning. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.If you’ve been curious about augmented reality, what it is and how it can be used to engage learners in your classroom, this is the webinar for you! We are so excited to have Katie Ann Wilson on Classroom 2.0 LIVE as our Featured Teacher for the month of November sharing her experience and passion about augmented reality in the classroom! This will be an excellent opportunity to learn about some of the amazing ways Katie Ann is effectively integrating augmented reality in her teaching! We’ll get a chance to play and learn how she creates “triggers” and some of the best tools for creating AR experience along with some of the AR ideas and projects she has created for her students.Katie Ann is presenter and trainer with a passion for educational technology. Her 1st day in her career in education was her son’s 1st day of kindergarten which was over 13 years ago. Throughout her career she has presented at several regional, national, and international conferences. She founded the Augmented Reality for Educators Google+ group as well as the Twitter chat #AR4Learning. She has reached over 100,000+ educators and students with her blog The Diary of the Techie Chick. Feel free to join her growing social media outreach either through her Facebook page or through Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.More information and session details are at http://live.classroom20.com. If you’re new to the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! show you might want to spend a few minutes viewing the screencast on the homepage to learn how we use Blackboard Collaborate, and navigate the site. Each show begins at 12pmEastern (GMT-5) and may be accessed in Blackboard Collaborate directly using the following Classroom 2.0 LIVE! link at http://tinyurl.com/cr20live. All webinars are closed captioned.On the Classroom 2.0 LIVE! site (http://live.classroom20.com) you’ll find the recordings and Livebinder from our recent “Open Mic: Productivity Tools for Teachers” session with our facilitator Paula Naugle. Click on the Archives and Resources tab.When tweeting about Classroom 2.0 LIVE, be sure to use #liveclass20. Special thanks to our sponsors: The Learning Revolution and Blackboard Collaborate!Classroom 2.0 LIVE Team: Peggy George, Lorie Moffat, Tammy Moore, Steve Hargadon

Visit Classroom 2.0 at: http://www.classroom20.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

These two events on Sun Nov 22 at Moodle MOOC 7

Mbarek Akaddar – What do you know about Trello?

Trello is a powerful management tool with a lot of useful features! You may decide  to use it as a platform to manage your session when you discover it! If you want to learn more about Trello, please join Mbarek Akaddar in a Moodle MOOC Session Sunday at 14:00 GMT at WizIQ

WizIQ Link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/3187868-mm7-introducing-trello-with-mbarek-akaddar

You can view this presentation on YouTube here:

‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkwxWck5xcI&list=PL8JUcjyABKxnUx16xSOK7schb2QJMnrfK&index=14

Marijana Smolcec at MM7 – Socrative and Kahoot

WizIQ Link: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/3240689-mm7-kahoot-and-secretive-as-online-tools-for-testing-with-marijana-smol%C4%8Dec

You can view this presentation on YouTube here:

‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMNCIPuE77A&list=PL8JUcjyABKxnUx16xSOK7schb2QJMnrfK&index=12

The annual Global Education Conference: Why online teacher trainers should know about cMOOCs

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On Tue Nov 17 1400 UTC Vance Stevens scheduled a presentation at the annual online Global Education Conference to explain why EVO moderators in-training should know about cMOOCs and xMOOCs. Thus the presentation was both a GEC and EVO Moderator Training Week 3 event, as well as episode 301 of Learning2gether. The presentation was entitled:

Why online teacher trainers should know about cMOOCs

GEC Conference Presentation Page
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/forum/topics/why-online-teacher-trainers-should-know-about-cmooc

Bb Collaborate Recordings:
https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.29421151A07A2C185103F42F98946F

EVO 2016 Moderators event page
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Vance Stevens will explain how the cMOOC model is relevant to EVO sessions, following on the article by Bates (2014). The talk is directed at EVO moderators but has been scheduled as part of the Global Education Conference being held Nov 16-19. This event takes place in Bb Collaborate (Elluminate) but not in the Webheads one being used by EVO. The GEC BbC room must be vacated before 1500 UTC. Therefore Vance proposes a follow-on discussion in BbC Webheads Virtual Office

Full Session Description:

Electronic Village Online (EVO, http://evosessions.pbworks.com) is a series of “class roots” professional development sessions that have been put on by teachers for other teachers over 5 weeks in January and February each year since 2001. They are organized and implemented by volunteer coordinators and session moderators from countries all over the world, and are offered for free to participants from around the globe as a service to the profession. Thus EVO significantly increases opportunities for building education-related connections worldwide.

Although anyone can propose to give a session, there is a quality control procedure. Proposals are vetted and those with potential are provisionally accepted pending session moderators’ completion of training each November. The training is designed to ensure that each session included in the general call for participation in December meets standards expected of trainers in the profession. This system invites innovation and creativity in how sessions are mounted, as each should not simply train teachers in a skill or expertise, but should model how such training can be applied to learners.

One such model is MOOC, in particular cMOOC. A MOOC is by definition a massive open online course. The term MOOC was coined in 2008 by Dave Cormier and / or Brian Alexander, who were involved in the seminal MOOC that year called Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, the first of many of what became known as cMOOC (http://nova.campusguides.com/c.php?g=112312&p=725994). Many people however associate the term MOOC with the xMOOC model initiated by Peter Norvik  and Sebastian Thrun in 2011, the latter of whom went on to start Udacity. Coursera appeared soon after, followed by EdX, whose name Siemens co-opted in making the distinction between cMOOCs (or connectivist MOOCs) and xMOOCs (Siemens, 2012).

Some who have engaged in online training for the past decade or more are considering whether what they have been doing might have fallen under the definition of MOOC all along. EVO, now in its 15th year, could conceivably claim to be a precursor MOOC by virtue of its comprising a set of courses conducted entirely online, leaving behind permanent artifacts on open access, and reaching thousands of participants each year.

As instances of online courses, both xMOOCs and cMOOCs utilize what has become known as flipped learning, an idea that many consider to have been first implemented on a wide scale in Khan Academy courses in 2004 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipped_classroom). However, this common feature of MOOCs belies other significant differences.

In guiding development of future EVO sessions, it’s worth looking at what characterizes and distinguishes cMOOCs from xMOOCs. This presentation lists affordances of the former which resonate with what normally happens in EVO sessions; e.g. use of social media, participant driven content, distributed communication, and no formal assessment, as specified in an article by Bates (2014) which is being used in EVO training this year.

Furthermore, EVO is all about networking and communities of practice. The sessions strongly build content not only from a set syllabus in each course but in most cases from the discussion and creativity brought to each subject by participants from diverse perspectives from all over the globe. Thus EVO can benefit from considering its activities to be informed by elements of the cMOOC framework.

This presentation will suggest that teacher training has much to gain from the cMOOC model of learning through exploring a topic and negotiating social consensus as opposed to the xMOOC model of learning through prescribed and guided training. Online courses (e.g. EVO sessions) should have elements of guidance as well as social networking, but this presentation suggests, as does Cormier (2008), that the community can be instrumental in setting the curriculum, and that learning in a setting where learning outcomes are not clear from the beginning (as in learning languages for example) can draw for success from the cMOOC model. When this model is transposed onto courses that take place in an international arena, further benefits from fertile cross-cultural perspectives accrue from adopting the cMOOC approach.

Post-show: EVO moderators met to discuss cMOOCs and xMOOCs


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BbC Text chat transcript
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jb3e0JCt6yU-bm-BiSP3VFCLDceasTxVjVegLGiW-wg/edit?usp=sharing

Tue Nov 17 1500 UTC Vance Stevens had suggested a discussion of MOOCs and badges in Webheads Bb Collaborate. It was envisioned as a discussion among moderators and anyone else interested of how the points made in Vance’s GEC talk might apply to EVO sessions
Where? Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
http://webheads.learningtimesevents.org/

Those in attendance besides Vance were Nina Liakos, Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Elizabeth Anne, and Nellie Deutsch

Recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=75&psid=2015-11-17.0627.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr

Mon Nov 16-19 free annual GEC Global Education Conference

The recordings for all the sessions include links to the original Bb Collaborate session recording, the mp3 rendered from the recording, and the mp4 as well. The media files may either be played in the browser or downloaded to your computer:
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/page/2015-recordings

Vance’s take: The annual Global Education Conference, http://www.globaleducationconference.com/ is a unique and refreshing annual event that brings together teachers from all over the world as presenters and participants, The conference takes place online Nov 16-19, four days around the clock, so SOME presentations will be convenient to attend, AND even if you do miss it, the presentations are recorded, so like the K-12 Online conference, they’re just sitting on a server somewhere waiting for us to get around to checking them out going back through years of archived recordings.

If you want to attend, just tune in. The schedule is set to multiple time zones. If you want to present, that too is simple. Follow the instructions, which are essentially to join the presenters’ Ning, create a discussion (this will be your proposal), copy the template, paste it to the discussion, fill in the details, make sure it will be in the pending discussions group (it’s in the instructions) and submit. Someone will approve it or at least look at it quickly and get back to you with advise on how you can make it comply with the mission statement (I was told to include wording on how my proposal promoted international connections with teachers) and you can resubmit and get approval a day or two later. Your proposal will be moved to the accepted group and you’ll be forwarded to a tool that will let you schedule it. It’s brilliant how it works, and how inclusive it is yet high quality, as often happens with crowd-sourced professional endeavors.

Learning2gether interviewed Lucy Gray in September, where she told us more about how they organize these conferences, https://learning2gether.net/2015/09/13/learning2gether-with-lucy-gray-and-peggy-george-about-global-collaboration-day/

There follows Steve Hargadon’s email promotion, well worth a glance.

To say that Lucy and I love this conference would be an understatement (and see the quotes below from a previous year). It’s a very unique and incredible opportunity for educators and students around the world to connect with each other, and whether you’re presenting for the first time or the 100th, we’ve structured this event to allow the maximum personal connecting possible: from submitting proposals into our social networking platform and being able to connect immediately and directly with others; to sticking with the Blackboard Collaborate session platform because it makes conversation among the audience not just easy, but inevitable!

Conference Hash tag #globaled15

OK, now on to volunteering!

Reason number 2 (out of a gazillion) to love this conference is the incredible outpouring of volunteer help during conference sessions. If you haven’t been a “volunteer moderator” for GlobalEdCon before, we’re telling you, seriously, it’s a great experience. Not only might you be the lifeline to someone presenting for the first time and who’s super-nervous, but you get to experience the camaraderie of being in the volunteer lounge with other terrific folk from all over the world–and friendships are most definitely built in the process! There’s already something magical just from helping others, plus add to that the excitement of making sure every room is covered each hour and helping answer questions or troubleshoot together, and you will find this experience builds a special bond with a very special group like-minded and globally-generous souls.

Steve Hargadon
Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Global Education Conference

What others have said about this conference

This is the event of the year where educators worldwide can come together to inspire and be inspired.
-Torsten Otto
Hamburg, Germany
The conference allows educators around the world to become part of the story and fabric of who we are as human beings.
-Lori Zataveski
Delran, New Jersey, USA
It’s a fascinating learning journey; it enables to connect and share experiences that will inspire educators all over the world!
-Ikram Eseghir
Kenitra, Morocco
The conference is one the best things ever to happen to individuals who want to develop their capacity in research, teaching and learning. It saves one the time, money and other resources that would have been spent to travel abroad for a conference of international status.
-David O.
Nigeria
Great piece of work…if we had more teachers taking up such ideas, the world would be a transformed place to live in full of geniuses. Love it all.
-Ibrahim Bahati
Kampala, Uganda
It offers the world’s educators huge opportunities to learn from each other and to improve their daily practices.If two heads are better than one, then how about thousands of heads?
-Abdeljallal Elhariri
Agadir, Morocco
The conference was indeed enriching. The use of this technology to connect with others ourside of our school to inspire them to rise to the challenge of understanding and taking a stand to support indivduals that are homeless is commendable. I am proud of these students and the dedication, preparation and research they have displayed throughout the cycle of the project and beyond.
-Lenora Scott
Riverdale, Maryland, USA
A great opportunity to share outstanding ideas with other online participants and new connections and friends made for future online communication and collaborative problem solving with teachers and students! Invaluable experience! Thanks!
-Mark Wickens
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Just when I thought I heard everything — new doors opened — hundreds of new ideas flooded through, and once again, I probably will not sleep tonight as my mind recalls all that I have learned and replays it over and over as I attempt to drift off to sleep so I will be refreshed for early morning sessions!
-Cookie Schultz
Orlando, Florida, USA
It is an honor to be among these globally connected teachers. I am humbled and incredibly motivated all at the same time!
-Heidi Hutchison
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The conference has broadened my vision as a teacher educator.
-Sebastian Panakal
Cochin, India
Love the Global Education concept and the fact that teachers are sharing with each other around the world.
-Rich Cantrell
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Most impressive, proactive and reflective on the trends and paths of learning that each global teacher must know.
-Ibrahim Bahati
Kampala, Uganda
A very unique way to share experiences and perspectives on education with people from all over the world without barriers.
-Paulina Borja
New York City, USA
The power of networks and community is exemplified here. What a way to spread learning and models among passionate educators around the world.
-Anonymous
Seattle, Washington, USA
Amazing experience. Amazed at how much work and how many things can be achieved when we connect.
-Maria Colussa
Argentina
I am always blown-away by the fact that there are so many of us at this conference from around the globe that share several common goals. This gives me hope for the future! It’s uplifting. Thank you to all that make this conference a reality.
-Lorena Martinez
Brownsville, Texas, USA
This is one of the most valuable virtual conferences I’ve been too, especially learning about emerging technologies and applying ideas to other projects I’m doing.
-Marie-Ella Williams
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Great sharing of innovative learning ideas – and wonderful to connect with educators from around the globe!!
-Dr. Eva Malisius
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Fantastic. I thought I would be going through withdrawal since the Rabini Trust did not sponsor the International Bahai SED Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA this year, but this conference has not only filled my “void” for education and networking, but kindled the flame of learning and teaching in my heart! Can’t wait to tell my friends about this wonderful conference.
-Cookie Schultz
Orlando, Florida, USA
GEC is the most real, vibrant and alive virtual experience.
-Claudia Popescu
Brasov, Romania
Inspiring, motivating, and a great opportunity to learn from teachers all over the world.
-Ana Espinar
Ribarroja, Spain
Love the ability to learn on my time.
-Anonymous
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
I have found this one of the best conferences I have attended this year.
-Alison
Bantry, Ireland

Visit The Global Education Conference Network at: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network

GEC suggested solutions to problems with Bb Collaborate? 

The conference organizers have a document that’s easy to navigate with a “before starting” section you might look at,
https://tackk.com/gecguide. The guide suggests you follow these steps to troubleshoot BbC

  1. make sure your computer is running a compatible version of Java
    http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&task=knowledge&questionID=1473,
  2. See the Collaborate Help FAQ http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336
  3. or join the live Conference Chat, http://www.globaleducationconference.com/chat

The following were other GEC sessions by colleagues appearing regularly on Learning2gether

Thu Nov 19 ( 0200 UTC) Benjamin L. Stewart hosts a Global Education Conference session

Note, this event is at 8 pm (20:00) on Wed Nov 18 where Benjamin is presenting from, in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Here is the link to the recording:
https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.5CFF79B187BCC3AC1AF6F869E6D1AE

Presenter: Benjamin L. Stewart, PhD, English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) educator and researcher

School or Organization Name: Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
Language in Which You Will Present: English (and Spanish if necessary)
Target Audience(s): Anyone interested in teaching English to speakers of other languages and those interested in connecting with others with the same interest, and those learning English as an additional language.
Short Session Description: Making the TESOL educative experience transparent through writing
Full Session Description:  During this session I will share two different writing classes, which were designed for English-as-a-foreign language (EFL) trainers, and will explain how transparency and technology together afford a more educative experience when setting out to improve both skill and pedagogical development.  I will explain situational and instructional considerations when teaching openly online, and will provide opportunities for attendees (both educators and learners alike) to connect with others who have similar interests.
Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:  Composition | Academic Writing

Tags: 2015EFA, 2015Students, 2015Teachers

 

Mon Nov 16 2300 UTC Rita Zeinstejer on Fuel Engagement with Humour at GEC conference

Rita Zeinstejer will be presenting on Monday 16th, at 23 hs  GMT, on “Fuel Engagement with Humour “, when she’ll talk about the importance of integrating humour into Language Learning, as much as we have already integrated drama and video ;-), with examples of appropriate tools and activities.

Link to the recordings:
https://sas.elluminate.com/drtbl?sid=2008350&suid=D.2A42F124BE2EA91F4ADB03FF388692

 

 

Minecraft MOOC rocks SLanguages 2015

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Learning2gether Episode 300

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2015nov15evomc_slang15.mp3?

On Sunday Nov 15, Learning2gether celebrated its 300th episode on the 2nd day of the SLanguages conference. Under the skillful wizardry of Heike Philp, four co-moderators of the proposed EVO Minecraft MOOC session met in Adobe Connect, where Bron Stuckey and Vance Stevens introduced Minecraft, explained its pedagogical significance and appeal to young learners, and extended that appeal to teachers using Minecraft as a vehicle for understanding gamification in the course of their professional development. Filip and Marijana Smolcec, also with us in Adobe Connect, shared a screen where young Filip proceeded to demolish forests for resources and build a shelter as night set in, which he survived despite giant spiders overhead, and emerged at dawn to watch them burn.

This and in fact all recording links from the SLanguages conference are available in this post, and below you can find a YouTube embedded recording of Shelly Terrell’s presentation on badges given as an EVO Moderators training session just prior to the Slanguages event.

Title of talk: Minecraft as a way to Gamify Learning

Recordings:

Find us on the program here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1USVsLxTnRcis-lysMDpCNnS8I8rKIzZPG0MX7qaEeRw/
and http://slanguages.org/program/

Session description (presenting EVOMC16 in the context of EVO)

Electronic Village Online is an annual 5-week event sponsored by TESOL where teachers share expertise with one another through carefully crafted professional development training sessions. In 2015 one of the new sessions was Minecraft MOOC, which proved so stimulating to its participants that another is planned for 2016 with an expanded panel, including two of the presenters of this SLanguages event.

Dr. Bronwyn Stuckey spoke about teacher use of Minecraft and its popularity with young learners. She explained what Minecraft is and what it looks like in learning, mentioned case studies of teachers using it in learning, and showed how teachers can use Minecraft to gamify their curriculum.

Some of Bron’s projects mentioned during her talk:
http://globalclassroom2013-14.wikispaces.com/Minecraft+Life+Forms+Project
http://minecraftexperience.net/

Vance Stevens examined what teachers (who, in EVO, are learning about the game through the experience of playing it as learners) are learning about designing worlds within the game that will meet their curriculum objectives and create an engaging and enjoyable experience for learners. The presentation explored how teachers can be made aware of the affordances of Minecraft by creating such spaces for one another and interacting in those spaces with young learners who in effect become their teachers.

Marijana and Filip Smolčec shared a view from in-world Minecraft, Filip at the controls, showing us how to accumulate resources, survive a night, and emerge in the morning to watch the spiders and creepers burn.

Our presentations showed how Minecraft can be adapted to a range of learning contexts including languages, particularly English. The game lends itself to task-based language learning, as all players are by definition builders, and also in that all players can be story-tellers who act out and record narratives set within the game in ways that engage them to develop their language skills.

Vance’s slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/vances/evo-minecraft-mooc-at-the-2015-slanguages-online-conference

 

Click here to find the chat transcript of the Minecraft session from Adobe Connect
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lqb0jnlyM00XIXjkytjyyJ0C3c9ACBmx_I9z-eHNlTw/edit?usp=sharing

The transcript is too long to be pasted here. Scrolling through it on a mobile device is like spinning a roulette wheel with your thumb.

 Announcements

Sat-Sun Nov 14-15 8th SLanguages Annual Symposium

Location: EduNation in Second Life
Organized By: Heike Philp
Event Description:
8th SLanguages Annual Symposium
14-15 November 2015
CALL for Papers
All experts in the field of innovating teaching and learning of languages in virtual worlds are invited to contribute their own professional or academic efforts and to present them in a scientific paper and presentation. Submission deadline 15 October 2015.
http://slanguages.org/call-for-papers/
SLanguages Annual Symposium takes place for the 8th time on EduNation in Second Life and is dedicated to language teaching and learning in virtual worlds. It is free to attend and all of the sessions will be streamed and recorded in Adobe Connect.
One of the highlights of this year’s conference will be a film festival on machinima created by language educators during the CAMELOT project.
We look forward to your submissions.
// Twitter hashtag: #slang15 //
http://www.slanguages.org

See more details and RSVP on Virtual Round Table Web Conference:
http://www.virtual-round-table.com/events/event/show?id=3109966%3AEvent%3A77366&xgi=4sHwnMDtfBlnrD&xg_source=msg_invite_event

Heike Philp followed up as follows:

This is to announce that the recordings of the 8th SLanguages Annual Symposium are now available on the SLanguages.org website under http://slanguages.org/program-overview-2/.

We enjoyed a breathtaking 28h program jam packed with the latest in virtual reality (VR) and virtual worlds (VWs). Amongst others we explored 7 different worlds: Unity3D, ActiveWorlds, Escape sim in Digiworldz (OpenSim), Edmondo (Opensim), Minecraft, AvayaLive™ Engage (formerly web.alive) and of course our great locations in Second Life.

We managed to livestream all of these different worlds, so that the conference participants were able to see everything through Adobe Connect which in itself premiered the first triplecast ever: a share pod in Adobe Connect screensharing Unity3D on Gord Holden’s desktop, me screensharing Second Life on my desktop and Adobe attendees were able to see both worlds on their screen. The Second Life window showed Gord’s head with his lips move when he was speaking,  like a 3D webcam. Very funny. I am especially proud of this technical masterpiece because at VWBPE conference, they also explored different 3D environments but everyone had to create accounts, wait for approval, download virtual world software,  download and install audio streaming software, cope with new complex interfaces and I wanted to save our participants the disappointment which happened to me, managing only to hear the last 5min of my beloved keynote speaker.

We had a great list of true experts in virtual worlds present their latest developments and their presentation were greatly enriched by a whole long list of machinima showcasing teaching in action, artist work and documentaries. Don’t miss out on watching these machinima (all listed on program) as well as the recordings – a truly stunning multi-media experience.

Next, there will be

  • our annual EVO session in Jan/Feb 2016, this time all about games in virtual environments (EVO ViLLAGE = EVO Virtual Language Learning and Games Environments),
  • 5th DaFWEBKON for teachers of German beginning March
  • and Virtual Round Table will be back again end of April, for the 8th time after a one year break.

 

Sun Nov 15 Letizia Cinganotto at SLanguages the Italian experience in Edmondo
This was a presentation about the Italian educational Open Sim

 

Sun Nov 15 Shelly Terrell on Badges and Certificates for EVO moderator training and others interested


Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/evo-mods-training-nov-15-2015-shelly-terrell-on-badges-yg-pxpo1ruy.mp3?

Chatwing and recording in Hangout on Air
http://evo-training.pbworks.com/w/page/103029493/Week3live

Shelly’s slides: http://ge.tt/2qbYjmR2/v/0  

Session event page: 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cke5dle3k1tnrc6vcvjea2fu9tg

Earlier this week

Learning2gether Episode 299 – Sun Nov 8 David Winet on Virtual Reality Headsets and Robots for Teaching and Learning

and EVO Moderator Training Week 2

https://learning2gether.net/2015/11/08/learning2gether-with-david-winet-on-virtual-reality-headsets-and-robots/

Wed Nov 11 1100 UTC Cristina Costa shared a class on Digital Identification

Christina Costa shared a Hangout on Air Event with her Google+ circles called “Brainstorm Session”

The event led to a YouTube stream at this URL https://youtu.be/4ZqjkaxAWcU

From other videos in the sidebar it was possible to infer that the Twitter tag was #TELstrath

https://twitter.com/search?vertical=default&q=%23telstrath&src=typd

It was instructive watching how Cristina lectured from Hangout and took questions from the class in Twitter 🙂

At this tag you can find samples now of Cristina’s students’ digital essays, linked from there in attractive display.

What a thoughtful way to showcase your students’ work.

Vance Stevens ‏@VanceS
I learned about something I can use with students today, an animation tool called
https://www.moovly.com/  thanks @cristinacost on #TELstrath

Thu Nov 12 1800 UTC Rita Zeinstejer Globinar on Video Learning and Teaching Revolution

 

Full poster available here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8905964/Breeze/rita_video_learning.pdf

Rita is just back from Dublin where she attended Digital Ireland 2015. There she met Russell Stannard and gave a reduced version of the presentation she intends to expand on here. Her slides from Dublin appear below.

Meanwhile …

Nellie Deutsch wrapped up her Action Research Webinar series Feb 10 and ongoing for 41 weeks through Nov 14

https://www.wiziq.com/course/90468-action-research-projects-to-improve-instruction-and-learning

For an overview  of similar events: http://www.wiziq.com/teachblog/whats-ahead-2015/