Learning2gether

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/104/123/2701

Affordances for learning in virtual worlds
Scott Grant, Monash University

Ever since the early days of people writing about VWs for language learning there has been

an emphasis on the “affordances” that VWs inherently provide for language learning and

task-based learning. I take an historical look at a couple of different variations of concepts

of affordances ….. .more

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Concurrent Sessions 8:30am GMT / 0:30am SLT
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Sat, 8:30am GMT / 0:30am SLT

World Clock http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar830amGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/134/103/1012

The internet as a site of fantasy
Elliot Hughes
This presentation reflects on the extent to which the Internet can be considered a site of

fantasy by investigating the prevalence of sexism in online gaming communities… more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 9:30am GMT / 1:30am SLT
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Word Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar930amGMT

Venue Casablanca

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/104/123/2701

Researching educational functionality of Second Life
Dr. Pawel Topol [Pawlus Twine]

This presentation will be a report from a research project which measured

educational functionality of Second Life. It involved 70 students of humanities

from the University of Poznan, Poland. The project lasted the whole

semester…. more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 9:30am GMT / 1:30am SLT
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Word Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar930amGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

Second Life Calling: Language learners communicating virtually across the globe

CyberAmber Pixelmaid ‘KiwiBelma’
Language learners are motivated to learn when they understand a given context

and are able to relate to the authenticity of situation. Many of these activities are

traditionally achieved through role-playing. In Second Life (SL), ….more

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Sat, 10am GMT/ 3am SLT
1h Break
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Sat, 11am GMT/ 3am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar11amGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

Euroversity Symposium
Panelists: Ton Koenrad, Gary Motteram, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart, David Richardson, Christel Schneider and Stella Hadjistassou
EUROVERSITY is a network of educational institutions in Europe. EUROVERSITY wants to:
– provide an European and global perspective for universities by offering a shared space for shared learning and research activities,
– promote the conducting of joint courses among network partners and sharing of ressources,
– It wants to become a truly European university rooted not in one location but in many …. more

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Sat, 12:30pm/ 4:30am SLT
30min Break
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Sat, 1pm GMT/ 5am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar1pmGMT

KEYNOTE Dr. Liz Falconer
Immersion and play in virtual environments

Venue: Temple Seating

Livestream: https://lancelot.adobeconnect.com/sl
Presentation and Tour

The presentation will discuss examples of how virtual worlds can enable immersion

and a sense of presence through game play and role play. Both these forms of

activity are established methods of physical world language learning, but virtual

environments can add a further dimension of immersion in environments that are

difficult, dangerous or impractical to access in the physical world. The tour which

follows the presentation … more
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Sat, 2pm GMT/ 6am SLT
Break

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Sat, 3pm GMT/ 7am SLT
Holodeck presentation
Dr. Randall Sadler
Presentation and Tour

Venue: Temple Seating

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

Holodecks on EduNation is a free of charge service for our community of

language educators and each year there are new editions to the majestic

number of some 100 holodecks available. Come tour with Dr. Randall

Sadler the latest developments… more

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Sat, 4pm GMT/ 8am SLT

World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar4pmGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/134/103/1012

Fire side chat and Open Discussion

This ‘unconference’ in a relaxed surrounding is set in place to get people talking and networking. Bring your ideas and topics, the fun and not so fun stuff, questions, suggestions and come open minded to share and experience the spirit of collaboration and personal learning networks….more

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Sat, 5pm GMT/ 9am SLT
Break
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 6pm GMT / 10am SLT
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Sat, 6pm GMT/ 10am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar6pmGMT

Venue Casablanca

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/104/123/2701

Comparative Education: Training English Language Teachers on 3D VLE
Dr. Tuncer Can
Presentation + Tour

The presentation will report a research Project on Second Life aiming at

introducing pre-service language teachers with 3D Virtual Learning

Environments and …. more
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 6pm GMT / 10am SLT
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Sat, 6pm GMT/ 10am SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar6pmGMT

Venue Chateau Renoir:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/134/103/1012

CIBOLA: Pedagogical Uses of Virtual Worlds for the Teaching of Language & Culture
Malcolm Alan Compitello, Juliana Luna Freire
This presentation focuses on Cibola, a virtual “living” region replicating important buildings of Latin America and Spain. … more

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Concurrent Sessions Sat 7pm GMT / 11am SLT
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Sat 7pm GMT/ 11am SLT
World Clock; http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar7pmGMT

Venue Casablanca

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/104/123/2701

Presentation and Tour in family Gómez house
Ines Diglione
Familia Gomez is a series of machinima which have been produced over a

period of 2 years with the 15th serial just having been published. This telenovela

is designed for learning Spanish and involves a family and their exchange

student Bettina….more
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Concurrent Sessions Sat 7pm GMT / 11am SLT
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Sat 7pm GMT/ 11am SLT
World Clock; http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar7pmGMT
Venue Chateau Renoir:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

Machinima for Language Learning
Marisa Constantinides
Creating machinima for learning languages provides teachers with a great

opportunity to embed language in a context of use rather than present it to

the learners only through audio – without the benefit of the images and the

features of the context surrounding the language….more

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Sat, 8pm GMT/ 12pm SLT
Break
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Sat, 9pm GMT/ 1pm SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar9pmGMT

Venue: Temple Seating

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/146/132/22

KEYNOTE Gord Holden
Adopting the Baby Giant – Unity 3D
It seems that in every jurisdiction governing language learning, the oral component

of the process has become preeminent. This is understandable, and has encouraged

the development of various 3D immersive environments for providing authentic and

contextual spaces for social interactions in various languages.

Unfortunately, the platforms commonly used…. more

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Sat, 10pm GMT/ 2pm SLT
World Clock: http://tinyurl.com/Sat1Mar10pmGMT
Venue: Temple Seating

http://www.wiziq.com/course/36159-moodle-mooc-3

Learn It Town Symposium
Why Blended Educational Programing using Immersive Environments works with all Cultures
Laura Jeffcoat [Lowri Mills], Shelwyn Corrigan [Wynshel Heir] and others
Presentation and Tour

Seven years of research teaching and managing a Language Learning Community

and 60,000 students from over 121 countries have shown Laura Jeffcoat (Lowri Mills)

what works best with a global community for Education. There is a difference

between “Online Learning” and “Virtual Immersive Learning”….more

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Sat, 12am GMT/ 4pm SLT
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http://tinyurl.com/slanguages2014program

[Program Details and Bios]
http://www.slanguages.org/program/

FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
http://slanguages.org/faqs-frequently-asked-questions/

About SLanguages
http://slanguages.org/about-slanguages/
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Earlier this week

Sun Feb 23 Vance Stevens and Jim Buckingham presented a reflection: MultiMOOC: What was that all about?
https://learning2gether.net/2014/02/23/vance-stevens-and-jim-buckingham-multimooc-what-was-that-all-about/

Sun Feb 23 Ryuko Kubota on Global Conversations in Literacy

http://globalconversationsinliteracy.wordpress.com/upcoming-speakers-2013-2014/1402-2/
In Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)
DR. RYUKO KUBOTA
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
“The Multi/Plural Turn in Research and Practice in Language Studies: Postcolonial Theory, Neoliberalism, and Complicities“

Mon Feb 24 MM3 event: Can Social Networks support Learning Management

Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning has rescheduled the class on ‘MM3: Can Social Networks support Learning Management’

Click here to access the Class

Mon Feb 24 Assessment Strategies for Effective Badge Systems

Presented by Anne Derryberry, Sage Road Solutions

Before a badge is awarded, issuers must verify that a badge seeker has acquired the skills and/or competencies that the badge represents. That verification happens through evidence-based assessment. In other words, not assessment based on a learner’s ability to recall information about how to do something – actual evidence that demonstrates the learner can do that thing. During this session, we will look at various strategies for assessment that generate evidence of competency or skill mastery. Anne Derryberry will lead the session, and will be joined by Joanna Normoyle (UC Davis’ Agricultural Sustainability Institute) and Phillip Ash (CyraCom), each of whom will present the learning program, badge system, and assessment strategies they are designing.

In Blackboard Collaborate

From the MOOC on badges: badges.coursesites.com

Moodle MOOC 3 continued through end of February

Moodle MOOC 3 started on February 1 , and ended on February 28, 2014.

Events take place in WizIQ (click here to acces the course).

The theme of the current MOOC is collaborative learning and connecting online for instruction and learning.

The MOOC will focus on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching through Moodle. The live presentations will include the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning in fully online and blended learning formats.

Click here to enroll or to find a continuation of the information replicated above

Vance Stevens and Jim Buckingham – MultiMOOC and Rhizo14: What was that all about?

February 23, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 2 Comments

Learning2gether Episode 204

Download mp3 (a problem with truncated audio has been repaired):
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/vance-stevens-and-jim-buckingham-multimooc-and-rhizo14-what-was-that-all-about-pkhymwkxef0.mp3

For 5 weeks in January-February 2014 Vance Stevens, Jim Buckingham, and Ali Bostancioglu co-moderated an EVO (Electronic Village Online) session on Multiliteracies with focus on MOOCs, called MultiMOOC, with portals at

On Sun Feb 23 Vance Stevens and Jim Buckingham presented a reflection: MultiMOOC: What was that all about?

as a regular weekly Learning2gether event conceived as a report and reflection on badges and the latest foray into chaos in learning wrought by the EVO session #MultiMOOC, and what has been learned from it, by two of the co-moderators that laid it on. This presentation was a vestige of EVO and the Rhizomatic Learning MOOC #Rhizo14, and took place as a part of Moodle MOOC 3

WizIQ recording: http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1666094-mm3-multimooc-what-was-that-all-about
MM3 program: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iw3DAkEFMv953w9zD7Vs-LzmyoJKH414HLx5pMbSSOg/edit

Vance prepared some remarks on his part of the program in a very rough draft, entitled The Elephant in the Fire Hose:

The elephant in the fire hose from Vance Stevens

Paper.li have fixed a glitch in their system and MultiMOOC is back

Announcements

http://taedtech.ning.com/events/vance-stevens-and-jim-buckingham-at-moodle-mooc-3-multimooc-what-

Earlier this week

Mon Feb 17 1400 GMT Talking Research-Based Teaching Practice: Session #1

Talking Research-Based Teaching Practice is an open discussion around personal experiences and opinions centered on one primary research article:
http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/08/elt.cct040.abstract

In Google Hangout thanks to Benjamin Stewart and the TILL G+Community

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cka09vptj77m2859h8uj9enqfrk?authkey=CKLjkNu029_PqAE

Tue Feb 18 1000 GMT – Talking VTE about the Horizon Report Australian Regional Analysis

Topic for this session is around the NMC Technology Outlook, Australian Tertiary Education 2014-2019, Horizon Report Regional Analysis. Both Robyn Jay and Michael Coghlan are members and are currently considering technology trends and issues in the post school edu space. Robyn and Michael will facilitate the session and gather the responses for input into the NMC process.

For more information see the session wiki page @

http://sridgway.wikispaces.com/talkingvte39

Tue Feb 18 1600 GMT Jennifer Maddrell and Designers for Learning

This is a project kick-off webinar for our first service-learning pilot project at Designers for Learning! Here is the start time in your area … http://bitly.com/d4lconf214 … Information about how to access the webinar will be posted at webinar live | oerforccr

Kim Philip and the client team from Grace Centers of Hope will join the web conference to share with us their goals and needs for the Open Educational Resources for College & Career Readiness service-learning project. Please note that if you can’t make the live sessions, all webinar recordings for the OER for College and Career Readiness service-learning project will be posted on this website -> webinars | oerforccr

Wed Feb 19 0800 EST IT4ALL Charles Goodger MM3 Music and mime, rhythm and rhyme

Integrating Technology 4 Active Lifelong Learning event

Here are the class details:

Class Presenter: Charles Goodger
Class Title: MM3: Music and Mime, Rhythm and Rhyme.
Class Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Class Time: 8:00 AM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))

Click here to access the class.

Feb 21 Rhizomatic Learning Planned Obsolescence

Sat. Feb 22 Peggy George, Lorie Moffat and Tammy Moore hosting Classroom 2.0 LIVE

Time: 9:00am PT/10:00am MT/11:00am CT/12:00pm ET
Location: http://tinyurl.com/cr20live (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 and desktop sharing. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.

Special guest will be Felix Jacomino the Director of Technology at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School, Coconut Grove, FL on the topic of The Many Facets of Successful Technology Integration. We are so excited to be joined by Felix to hear about his experience and leadership with integrating technology in his 1:1 iPad initiative at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Day School in Coconut Grove, Florida. He is also the creator and host of Miami Device, a mobile learning event presented by his school in November of 2014.

Sat Feb 22 Moodle4Teachers showcase

By Feb 20 all participants in Moodle4Teachers are putting their ePortfolios in a showcase

Learning2gether with EVO 2013 – Live Webcast: Share Your Experience

February 16, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 1 Comment

Learning2gether Episode 203

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/evo16feb2014-learningtimes-v-10-001-64k.mp3

Sun Feb 16 1400 GMT – EVO2014 ends with Live Webcast: Share Your Experience

On Sun Feb 16 1400 to 1600 GMT there is a Live webcast where participants in the Electronic Village Online EVO2014 sessions are invited to come share their experience over the five weeks ending today. Electronic Village Online 2014 participants are invited to take the microphone and share what they have done, learned, produced during the past 5 weeks.

Where: Blackboard Collaborate http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/ thanks to an ongoing grant from http://www.learningtimes.com/

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-02-16.0305.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75
LiveStream YouTube recording: http://webheadsinaction.org/live)

Beware audio wonkiness below

Announcements

http://taedtech.ning.com/events/evo2014-live-webcast

This was a part of the 2014 EVO session events calendars Jan 13-Feb 16

There are 18 EVO sessions this year, all listed at http://evosessions.pbworks.com

Here is where they post their events

Crafting the e-Perfect Textbook

events listed at

ICT4ELT

http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions

MachinEVO

events listed at https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112736005348568784414

MultiMOOC 2.014

(events listed here, in this events calendar)

NNESTEVO

http://nnestevo2014.pbworks.com/

Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers

http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/

There were also events taking place in these other EVO sessions

Podcasting for the ESL-EFL Classroom

Dream Act: What Teachers Can Do

EVO Drama 2014: Structuring Drama Work

Developing Business English Teachers

Developing Mentoring Skills

Online Tools for EFL-ESL Civic Engagement Projects

Wonderful Words: Vocabulary Matters

Peacebuilding for Language Learners

CLIL: Using Technology for Content and Language Integrated Learning

Designing and Managing Projects in the ESOL Organization

Use of Mobile Applications in Language Classes

Moodle for Teachers (M4TEVO14)

The official EVO BbC Elluminate Calendar

And check out http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

Earlier this week

Jozef Colpaert, Curt Bonk, Connecting Online CO14, and more

https://learning2gether.net/2014/02/09/learning2gether-with-prof-dr-jozef-colpaert-discussing-12-call-challenges/

Vance Stevens on Once a Webhead, always a Webhead for week 5 of the ICT4ELT EVO session

https://learning2gether.net/2014/02/11/vance-stevens-presents-once-a-webhead-always-a-webhead/

Mon 10 Feb Nik Peachey on Creating a Technically Friendly Environment

check your local time and get the link to the Adobe room here : http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/

Tue 11 Feb Mentoring EVO Webinar with Angi Malderez

http://mentorevo.blogspot.ae/

Wed 12 Feb Marie Delaney – Stress management and well-being for teachers

“Stress management and well-being for teachers : how to manage yourself so you can manage your learners”

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Wed Feb 12 NNEST-EVO Session with Dr. Nathanael Rudolph

http://nnestevo2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70689283/Week5

Listed on the EVO Events calendar http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

as taking place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ict4elt11feb2014-10-001-64k.mp3

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

Thu 13 Feb Russell Stannard

“Video subject” TBC

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Sat Feb 15 Open Mic on the topic of Blended Learning

Location: 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 and desktop sharing. A Google calendar of upcoming shows is available at http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html.

Join us on Saturday, February 15th, when we will be hosting an “Open Mic” show on the topic of Blended Learning

Sun Feb 16 1000 GMT – IATEFL LTSIG Webinar on Maintaining and developing an online community of practice

Maintaining and developing an online community of practice

IATEFL event: http://ltsig.org.uk/

Recordings are made but available only to SIG members

Vance Stevens presents “Once a Webhead always a Webhead”

February 11, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 1 Comment

Learning2gether Episode 202

On Tue Feb 11 Vance Stevens presented at a MultiMOOC and ICT4ELT EVO sessions joint event – Once a Webhead always a Webhead

This was an Electronic Village Online event for Week 5 (Focus) in MultiMOOC EVO session, held jointly with ICT4ELT

Event listing on ICT4ELT portal:

http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions#Week5
The page for Live Session with Vance Stevens from Tuesday Feb11th from 13:00 GMT to 14:00 GMT is ready! Please find the session recording, the slides, chatlog and some screenshots from the session at http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/74860154/Vance%20Stevens%20Live%20Session#Screenshots
The link is also available at http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions#VanceStevens – click on Session Page!

Recording

https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-02-11.0530.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75

In Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

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

Slides http://www.slideshare.net/vances/once-upon-awebhead

In preparation for the event, you can read over the draft book chapter here: http://tinyurl.com/small2014

It explains connections between Webheads in Action, WiAOC, Learning2gether, EVO, Becoming a Webhead, and MultiMOOC

Becoming a Webhead is not offered as an EVO session for the first time in ten years, but its moderators have created an alternative EVO session to follow on the collaborative spirit of BaW – ICT4ELT at http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com. Now that BaW is no longer being offered, its moderators think it important to introduce ICT4ELT participants to the Webheads <http://www.webheads.info>, so they have invited Vance Stevens to join them in a live session in Week 5. This would be also an opportunity for ICT4ELT to get to know Learning2gether, at which, says Jose Antonio Da Silva, “there is always someone presenting something very interesting every weekend.” (Thanks, Jose 🙂

Here is a summary of what ICT4ELT will be covering in EVO Week 5 (Jan 10 – 16, 2014)

Cooperating online & wrap-up.
Revisiting Twitter, wikis, blogs, google docs (one platform of participants’ choice)
International project work with other participants of the course, possible school projects for the future
Finding out about the Webheads community as a PLN – the possibility of joining the Webheads

Announcements

Learning2gether with Prof. dr. Jozef Colpaert discussing 12 CALL Challenges

February 9, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 2 Comments

Learning2gether Episode 201

On Sun Feb 9 Jozef Colpaert discussed 12 CALL Challenges as an Electronic Village Online event for Week 4 (Clustering) in MultiMOOC EVO session and as a Connecting Online 14 conference event (CO14)

What was this about?

This is a Learning2gether event wherein educators meet online each Sunday
- https://learning2gether.net/about/
This is also a MultiMOOC EVO (Electronic Village Online) event
- http://evosessions.pbworks.com
- http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com/
This presentation has also been made a part of CO14
- http://connecting-online.ning.com/
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1Nf2L2Wm5LjH1OcMEr8bh-b_saSh4fJ3g2f7_BfGx0/edit

Where? WizIQ

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1562914-co14-12-call-challenges
WizIQ appear to have resolved the recording problem, working on extracting an audio file as a next step

Announcements

MultiMOOC Google+ Community https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109504049211076695836
http://taedtech.ning.com/events/learning2gether-with-jozef-colpaert-12-call-challenges
The places mentioned in this blog post:
http://advanceducation.blogspot.ae/2014/01/learning2gether-with-everybody.html

Our discussion stems from Dr. Colpaert’s presentation at WorldCALL in Glasgow, July 2013

http://www.worldcall2013.org/index.asp
Program: http://www.worldcall2013.org/programme.asp
Proceedings: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/p3853ngyb94dazq/Short%20Papers.pdf (link broken)

The 12 challenges Jozef Colpaert recently identified and presented at WorldCALL 2013 in Glasgow are classified into three categories:

contextual (academic meritocracy, academic value of CALL, myths/hypes and broad-public perception),
methodological (design, replication, slow research and transdisciplinarity), and
epistemological (open, psychological, smart and sustainable aspects)

As per http://www.linkedin.com/in/colpaert

Shortly after this presentation, on Feb 9 Curt Bonk presented also at C014
on Publishing of an Open Access (free) PDF

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1553436-co14-experiences-of-publishing-of-an-open-access-free-pdf

Curt’s recording also mysteriously disappeared

Curt Bonk posted more information on this talk on Facebook

My talk today for “Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning Conference (CO14)” is uploaded. Talk title: “Sharing Experiences of Simultaneous Open Access (Free) and Low Cost Book Publishing in Amazon CreateSpace.”

Here is the video to my session (hit Coursefeed on the left): http://www.wiziq.com/course/12066-connecting-online-fo…See More

Self-Publishing_Book.pptx

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Tomorrow morning, I will present from 10:30-11:30 EST for a MOOC Research Summit at Penn State. It is an update to my MOOC research talk, “A Mixed Methods Look at Self-Directed Online Learning: MOOCs, Open Education, and Beyond.”

Penn State Sponsor: Coil (Center for Online Innovation in Learning) Research Homepage: http://coil.psu.edu/
Penn State MOOC Research Summit (Monday February 10th) from: http://coil.psu.edu/blog/2014/02/07/upcoming-event-mooc-research-summit/
Link to Adobe Connect meeting: https://meeting.psu.edu/coil#sthash.zt4YqbQ2.dpuf
PDF of my slides: http://www.trainingshare.com/workshop.php#coil1

Curt Bonk’s last book – Adding TEC-Variety
http://tec-variety.com/TEC-VARIETY.Bonk&Khoo.pdf

Dr. Colpaert’s and Dr. Bonk’s events were both part of CO14, the Connecting Online virtual conference organized by Dr. Nellie Deutsch Feb 7-9, 2014

at these links:

http://connecting-online.ning.com/
Its schedule was crowdsourced:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c1Nf2L2Wm5LjH1OcMEr8bh-b_saSh4fJ3g2f7_BfGx0/edit?usp=sharing
It was hosted at WizIQhttp://www.wiziq.com/course/12066-connecting-online-for-instruction-and-learning-conference-co14
The themes for the presentations were:
- Connecting Online to Improve Instruction and Learning: Online Learning and Instructional Experiences
- Experiences with technology in face-to-face and online classes. What worked and what didn’t work for you?
- How do you use technology to promote your online workshops, consultation, and communities?
- Research conducted on e-learning
- Books written on e-learning

Recordings of previous Connecting Online events can be found here:

CO13: http://www.wiziq.com/events/co13.htm
CO12: http://www.wiziq.com/events/co12.htm
CO11: http://www.wiziq.com/events/co11.aspx

Some sample events from the three day conference:

Fri Feb 7 Bob Diotelevi Copyright dot com: Teaching old dogs new clicks
Class Presenter: Dr. Bob Diotalevi
Class Title: CO14: COPYRIGHT DOT COM: TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW CLICKS.
Class Date: Friday, February 07, 2014
Class Time: 12:00 PM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Click here to access the class.

Fri Feb 7 Jason Levine ELT Techniques: The festival redux
Class Presenter: Jason R. Levine
Class Title: CO14: ELT Techniques: The Festival Redux.
Class Date: Friday, February 07, 2014
Class Time: 1:00 PM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Click here to access the class.

Sat Feb 8 CO14 Ramesh Sharma Virtual worlds, social networking, social learning and pedagogy
Class Presenter: Dr. Ramesh Sharma
Class Title: CO14: Virtual Worlds: Social Networking, Social Learning and Pedagogy.
Class Date: Saturday, February 08, 2014
Class Time: 11:00 AM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Click here to access the class.

Sat Feb 8 Mbarek Akaddar at CO14 on Webquests
Mbarek Akaddar’s talk is entitled Using Webquests to Break Down Cultural Stereotypes
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1562772-co14-using-webquests-to-break-down-cultural-stereotypes

The discussion is about using webquests to meet the following objectives:

Develop skeptical attitudes towards stereotypes
Discover inaccuracies of stereotypes
Identify the causes of stereotypes
Suggest different ways to break down stereotypes

Sat Feb 8 CO14 Carissa Peck Getting Twitterpated
Class Presenter: Carissa Peck
Class Title: CO14: Getting Twitterpated with Carissa Peck.
Class Date: Saturday, February 08, 2014
Class Time: 3:00 PM ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Click here to access the class.

Sat Feb 8 CO14 Stephen Downes
A personal learning framework
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1553512-co14-a-personal-learning-framework-with-stephen-downes

As we evolved into the next generation of MOOCs, it will become increasingly important to be able to manage our personal learning activities ourselves, rather than to depend on a particular institution. In this presentation, Stephen Downes outlines and defends this proposition, showing how personal learning support will benefit people from school through formal education through to the workplace.

Sun Feb 9 Dr Revathy Viswanathan at CO14
Dr Revathy Viswanathan kicked off CO14 for Sunday Feb 9 noon GMT with a talk entitled
“Scope for Teacher Development in Digital Era”
http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1571182-co14-scope-for-teacher-development-in-digital-era

Teachers in this digital era have varied teaching experiences in their classrooms. Every session is challenging and educative to both teachers and that is facilitated more by advanced technologies. With the growing trend of using emerging technologies, it has become essential for teachers to update their knowledge of integrating technology in a traditional classroom. It must be stated that universities have to pave way for augmenting the use of new technologies in a classroom by revamping curriculum periodically. In that way it provides opportunity for teachers to develop their teaching and professional skills besides providing exposure to new technological tools to students. In this presentation, the presenter would share her experience of using Wiki and Blogs with her students in teaching written communication. She would further highlight the way those tools had helped her to design materials for learning and also created opportunities for encouraging students to work in online platforms.

And earlier this week, there were also

Feb 2 MultiMOOC session – Ali Bostancioglu

https://learning2gether.net/2014/02/03/ali-bostancioglu-on-technology-professional-development-networking-and-online-communities/

Mon Feb 3 Graham Stanley – Kids, Video Games, Images & ELT
An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/
Recording: http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/p7jxg4o312c/

Nik Peachey

Recording of Nik’s presentation – https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p1om4x6sqa8/
You can also download a copy of the presentation from http://technogogy.org.uk/video.pdf

Nik Peachey | Learning Technology Consultant, Writer, Trainer

My Digital Classrooms Book: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/digital-classrooms-online-video
Winner 2012 British Council ELTon Award for Excellence in Course Innovation:http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-eltons-2012.htm

On Teacher Development: http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/NikPeachey
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICT4ELT
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nikpeachey
Google +: http://tinyurl.com/cwkcp55
http://about.me/technogogy

Hello Little World, Feb 24

Is MOOCs making us stupid?

Here’s the teaser

And now the hangout

It resonates with me where Keith talks about his disorientation since the first MOOC he attended, where he had to figure out how to do it better next time. He concludes, “Almost anything you pick in a MOOC will work for you … One of the things I learned to give up very quickly was trying to get it all. I’m not going to.”

At 25:01 Dave says, “I wonder if that binding that you’re talking about when we look at … one of the first criticisms that people have of the Internet, of Twitter, of MOOCs, abundant things generally … and I see certainly the potential of rhizomatic learning totally bundled with abundance … I wonder if the shaping that normally happens in curriculum is about creating certainty through scarcity — so that we say that these are the things that we’re going to learn, and then as learners we’ve gotten accustomed to not missing anything, being getting all the curriculum because we were supposed to get it all, and whether or not that’s one of the sort of underlying constructs of the paper based world that needs to be opened up for people to be able to learn and think rhizomatically.”

Wed 5 Feb Susan Hillyard – Challenging ELT

“Challenging ELT: Challenging the Methodology to Reach Challenging Students”

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Wed Feb 5 Steve Hargadon and panel on NMC On the Horizon: Social Networks

http://www.nmc.org/events/horizon-social-networks

1700 GMT where you are is

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=TESOLPCI8+Presenter+Hangout+%232&iso=20140301T13&ah=1

Announced on EdTech Mojo http://gplus.to/edtechmojo

Thu Feb 6 Shelly Terrell at Moodle MOOC 3

Shelly Sanchez Terrell presents

Oh the Places You’ll Go: Insights into E-Pedagogy from Dr. Seuss

http://www.wiziq.com/online-class/1437914-mm3-oh-the-places-you-ll-go-insights-into-e-pedagogy-from-dr-seuss

Fri Feb 7 ICT4ELT EVO session with Arjana Blazic

http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions#Week4

Took place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

Download mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ali-bostancioglu-on-technology-professional-development_-networking-and-online-communities.mp3

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

Please go to this link http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/74655704/Tools%20for%20Online%20Testing and watch the recording from Youtube. The slides from presentation, chatlog scripts and screenshots are also available.

Feb 8 David Crystal streamed live by Heike Philp

Heike Philp ‎IATEFL

Livestreaming of Grand Opening of the new offices in Faversham http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/faversham, starting at 11:30am until 1pm UK time (GMT) with special guest David Crystal speaking at 12pm in Adobe Connect.

Sat 8 Feb Barbara Sakomoto – Of Icebergs and Whales

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Sat Feb 8 eBookEVO Hangout – Week 4 overview

Please go to this page when the event starts, http://ebookevo.pbworks.com/hangouts
Sylvia Guinan, André J. Spang, Jackie Gerstein, Debora Tebovich, & Shelly Sanchez Terrell will go over your 4 missions and completing and publishing Chapter 1.

Moodle MOOC 3 continued through end of February

Moodle MOOC 3 started on February 1 , and ends on February 28, 2014.

Events take place in WizIQ (click here to acces the course).

The theme of the current MOOC is collaborative learning and connecting online for instruction and learning.

Ali Bostancioglu on Technology Professional Development: Networking and Online Communities

February 3, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 2 Comments

Learning2gether Episode 200

On Sun Feb 2 Ali Bostancioglu presented on Technology Professional Development: Networking and Online Communities

This was an Electronic Village Online event for Weeks 3-4 (Network-Cluster) in the MultiMOOC EVO session, as well as a regularly scheduled Learning2gether event.

In Googe Hangout, streamed from http://webheadsinaction.org/live

You Tube video link for the recording http://www.youtube.com/embed/KymcI4KM4So

Ali’s slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/malibostanci/language-teachers-technology-professional-development

Language teachers’ technology professional development from Ali Bostanci

Ali Bostancioglu is a PhD student at the University of York, UK, where he is investigating the impact of engaging in online communities of practice on EFL teachers’ technology professional development. He will talk about communities vs. networks and how different social media platforms can best be used in pursuit of technology professional development. His presentation ends with advice for managing both the affordances and potential pitfalls of social media platforms.

We met in Google Hangout on Air, streamed from http://webheadsinaction.org/live.

Those wishing to join us in HoA can find the direct link provided at the URL above shortly before the event, as well as at the ‘more information’ link here:

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/32206114/volunteersneeded#Nextupcomingevents

All Learning2gether events are recorded and archived at http://learning2gether.net

A full catalog and index of Learning2gether events since 2010 can be found here:

http://learning2gether.pbworks.com/w/page/34456755/archiveindex

Tags for this session:

#rhizo14 #multimooc #learning2gether #evomlit #evosessions

Announcements

Earlier this week

Jan 26 and Jan 28 MultiMOOC sessions

Rhizo14 Week 3 Embracing Uncertainty

Download mp3
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/rhizo14-week-3-embracing-uncertainty_001.mp3

This is a really cool hangout. Prior to this Dave had been experimenting with creating breakout rooms during the hangouts, creating gaps on the audio that could easily be removed, but some odd moments on the YouTube videos where he would be puttering about his house and visibly (but not audibly) engaging in the breakouts. Also, the previous recordings came off as monologues, at odds with his so-inclusive Worldbridges endeavors, whereas this one he has invited others into the hangout, admitting voices of others in the MOOC, and thereby embracing uncertainty while pulling off another totally extemporaneous event that models what it intends to get across, that certainty is an attempt to control proceedings by falling back on scarcity; uncertainty in turn embraces abundance.

Tue Jan 28 1830 GMT NNEST-EVO Session with Dr. Valerie Jakar

Listed on the EVO Events calendar http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

as taking place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions#Week3

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

Fri 31 Jan 0800 GMT Charles Goodger – Let’s make a song and dance of it

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Fri Jan 31 1500 GMT Tessa Woodward in IATEFL Webinar

Gary Motteram informed FB of an up and coming IATEFL Webinar Friday, 31 January 2014 at 3pm GMT

Tessa Woodward will be holding a webinar on ‘Enjoying personal and professional creativity’
Tessa will encourage us to consider a number of aspects on the topic of creativity. Join us for this fun and informative webinar which is free of charge and open to all.
http://www.iatefl.org/webinars

Sat Feb 1 1630 GMT ICT4ELT session with Claudio Azevedo

“From Darkness to a Sparkling Connected ELT Community”

Took place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

http://www.worldcall2013.org/index.asp

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

The recording link is available from the Live Session page at http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70684966/LiveSessions

The direct link is here http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/74183399/From%20Darkness%20to%20a%20Sparkling%20Connected%20ELT%20Community

Sun 2 Feb – 1200 GMT Luke Podromou – Self-esteem in the Classroom

“Building Self-esteem in the Classroom – from Principle to Practice”

An EVO Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers event

More information here: http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/

Learning2gether with Karen Price on Perceptual computing in MOOC interaction and assessment

January 28, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 1 Comment

Learning2gether Episode 199

Download Audio mp3:
https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/karenprice_perceptualcomputing_take2.mp3
(Note, the audio has gaps removed where silence occurred in the hangout, because the video being played was not recorded on YouTube; we may try to repair this in time)

On Tue Jan 28 we met with Karen Price who demonstrated some of her work on Perceptual computing in MOOC interaction and assessment. This was presented as an Electronic Village Online event for Week 3 (Networking) in MultiMOOC EVO session

Where? Google Hangout

Live streamed at http://webheadsinaction.org/live
YouTube recording: http://www.youtube.com/embed/jqFr4oRYLz4

A problem with this video, explained by Karen …

Since the frame rate for videos when sharing from pptx in Hangout is pretty poor, opting to show videos via the YouTube app in Google hangout allows users to see videos with normal FPS. However, the moderator must “share” his/her screen /YouTube app for the videos to be captured. Otherwise, only the screenshare (i.e. avatars and pptx) is captured and the videos (which the moderator and Google Hangout members would have seen) are not there. So, anyone who didn’t view the videos at that time via the YouTube app won’t have seen them and won’t have them in their YouTube channel. That’s why I was recommending “annotations” with the archived hangout to enable viewers to see the explanatory videos.

Thinking caps on!

Announcements:

http://fourc.ca/calendar/
And in the places mentioned here: http://advanceducation.blogspot.ae/2014/01/learning2gether-with-everybody.html

Karen’s presentation at the at the 2013 WorldCALL conference in Glasgow

Karen Price presented a 30 min Research and Development paper on 11th July at the 2013 WorldCALL conference in Glasgow, Scotland, entitled Multimodal interfaces: blending gaze, gesture, movement and speech to overcome the limitations of keyboard, mouse & touchscreen. This session expanded on the lines of this presentation with many video examples brought into the Hangout.

Abstract

Human-to-human communication depends upon and integrates gaze, gesture, movement and speech. However, most user interfaces for language learning consist of keyboards, mice or touchscreen interfaces. These click-and-type / touch interfaces exclude many hints and signals, explicit or implicit, which are integral to language interactions. In contrast, multimodal interfaces process two or more combined user input modes such as speech, pen, touch, hand gestures, gaze, head and body movements in a coordinated manner with multimedia system output. For example, the processing of user-generated speech and non-speech sounds, in parallel with the user’s gaze, can generate appropriate listening behavior for a conversational virtual agent, triggering backchannel signals according to the user’s visual and acoustic behavior. (Bevacqua, et al, 2012) The presenter argues that multimodal interfaces do not simply offer the option of using a different mode or channel of communication (e.g. speaking vs clicking a button vs writing), but that their use enables the cross-modal synchronization of timing and meaning that is evident in human-human communication. Additionally, studies document significant improvement in the recognition of speech from accented L2 speakers when multimodal input is processed simultaneously. (Oviatt, 2008) Motion-sensing and gesture detection eliminate controllers and remotes, enabling users to interact with computer monitors, video, games, and music through physical gestures. As TV characters speak, children can participate in on-screen activities by responding and interacting in intuitive, physical ways by jumping, moving forwards or backwards, catching and throwing balls. Moreover, user-specific feedback and error correction can be offered to users in two-way conversations by onscreen characters in response physical and spoken responses to questions and suggestions. This paper reviews the capabilities of a variety of multimodal interfaces and gives participants a glimpse of intriguing commercial and academic applications as well as selected, relevant research in applied linguistics, gaming, and the behavioral sciences.

Program: http://www.worldcall2013.org/programme.asp

Proceedings: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/p3853ngyb94dazq/Short%20Papers.pdf (link broken)

Earlier this week

The official EVO BbC Elluminate Calendar

And check out http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

Sun Jan 26 1400 GMT MultiMOOC and YLTSIG EVO sessions joint event

An Electronic Village Online event for Week 2 (Declaration) in MultiMOOC EVO session

Posted here: https://learning2gether.net/2014/01/27/vance-stevens-chaos-in-learning-and-resolving-that-chaos-through-networking/

Mon Jan 27 0200 ET Badges and Competency-based Learning

Monday, Jan. 27, 2-3:00 ET: Badges and Competency-based Learning – In the Open Badges MOOC session on “Learning Providers” last fall, Richard Culatta, Director of the Office of Educational Technology in the U.S. Department of Education commented that “it’s really about competency-based learning… and badges are a nice way to get there.” Competency-based learning provides a framework for defining learning objectives and shifting the focus to mastery of these objectives rather than “seat time.” Badges provide clear ways of verifying learning, with portable, transparent evidence of mastery. This session will demonstrate how badges are a logical and highly motivational component in competency-based learning.

From the MOOC on badges: badges.coursesites.com

Vance Stevens: Chaos in Learning and its Resolution through Networking

January 26, 2014Vance Stevens Uncategorized 1 Comment

Learning2gether Episode 198

Download Audio mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/learningchaos2.mp3
Thanks to Benjamin Stewart for providing the audio file

Sun Jan 26 – MultiMOOC and YLTSIG EVO sessions joint event

Presented as an Electronic Village Online event for Week 2 (Declaration) in MultiMOOC EVO session as well as a Teaching English to Young Learners and Teenagers YLTSIG EVO event entitled “Chaos in Learning and How to Engage Learners in Resolving That Chaos Through Networking With One Another”

More information here:

http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/times-dates/
http://yltsigevo2014.wordpress.com/vance-stevens/
Adobe Connect recording: http://iatefl.adobeconnect.com/p528x2lwoij/

What:

This is a joint event with Vance Stevens talking about the EVO MultiMOOC session at
http://goodbyegutenberg.pbworks.com.
The discussion is aimed primarily at young learners, and at all learners by extrapolation.

MultiMOOC is about chaos in learning and how to engage learners in resolving that chaos through networking with one another. This presentation introduces a connectivist take on chaos in learning, with its suggestion that sense-making can be enhanced through a network of learners. Taking the Cynefin distinction of simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic problems, MOOCs seem directed at the latter two. We look at some examples of how learning occurs in MOOCs and wind up with some implications for the future.

Chaos in learning: Engaging learners in resolving chaos through networking from Vance Stevens

Announcements

http://taedtech.ning.com/events/learning2gether-with-karen-price
http://fourc.ca/calendar/
And in the places mentioned here: http://advanceducation.blogspot.ae/2014/01/learning2gether-with-everybody.html

Earlier this week

Here are a few of the other events tracked on Learning2gether this past week 2 in EVO and elsewhere

Sat 25 Jan Michael Coghlan in ICT4ELT EVO event

Download mp3: https://learning2gether.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/coghlan-10-001-64k.mp3

Blending Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning Environments from michaelc

Recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2014-01-25.0439.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr&sid=75
From http://learningtimesevents.org/webheads/

http://ict4elt2014.pbworks.com/w/page/70325575/FrontPage

Please don’t miss this great opportunity to discuss and explore synchronous and asynchronous tools with us!

We hope we will have time to listen to a song and a lovely guitar play from Michael!

Sun Jan 19 Crafting ePerfect Textbook EVO session Week 1 Overview

Hangout; see:

http://ebookevo.pbworks.com/w/page/70379800/hangouts

Mon Jan 20 Education Fast Forward

Education Fast Forward – EFF9: “To School or not to school”, #EFF9.

“To school or not to school?” is due to take place on Monday, 20 January 2014 at 10:15am (GMT). The debate is being held at The Education World Forum in front of an audience of ministers. So join us, two amazing speakers, special guests and fellows and tweet comments and questions to #EFF9. Watch on YouTube More information athttp://www.prometheanplanet.com/en/professional-development/best-practice/education-fast-forward/

From the Learning Revolution calendar here http://learningrevolution.com/

Mon Jan 20 EdGamer – Be Smart On Air #7: Alphabet Soup

This one just popped up in my Google calendar

Be Smart On Air #7: Alphabet Soup

https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c8th8vth1tvflkdk0oje7vh4p00

From EdGamer, as per https://twitter.com/edgamer, a podcast show dedicated to Games & Learning hosted by Zack Gilbert and Gerry James

EdGamer is part of the EdReach Network. http://EdReach.us

On Google, it’s the EdReach Network, https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/%23EdGamer

Check out the last episode, EdGamer 97: Medieval Games and Girl Scout Badges

More audio archives available at one of the tabs at this URL

Including the above audio: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/edreach.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/EdGamer-97.mp3

Tue Jan 21 iPad seminar with Joe Dale

Host: http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/webinars

January 21st: iPads, language learning, the MFL twitterati & sharing good practice – a UK perspective with guest Joe Dale (@joedale) from Isle of Wight, England
Learn how iPad can allow students to enhance their language learning by helping them access higher order thinking skills through content creation, redefine their learning according to the SAMR model and cater to their multiple intelligences. Joe Dale (@joedale), recognized expert on technology and language learning, and EdTechTeacher’s Greg Kulowiec will showcase some of the innovative ways language teachers are using iPads to create new opportunities for personalised collaborative learning in and out of the classroom. They will also look at the rise of the MFL Twitterati, a group of language professionals in the UK, who like to share ideas and collaborate on a range of different projects through Twitter, videoconferencing, blogs and face to face meetups to highlight the power of a personal learning network for raising standards in teaching and learning.

Time: 4pm EST (Boston, USA) / 9pm (Isle of Wight, UK, and also GMT)
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Joe+Dale+on+iPads+for+EdTech+Teacher&iso=20140121T21&ah=1
Where? If you register you get an automatic message that allows your credential into http://tinyurl.com/edtechteacherwebinar

Tue Jan 21 TICAL

TICAL – Top 14 Web Resources for Ed. Leaders of 2014, Tune in to hear about the top 14 technology resources of 2014. Websites and apps that are free, easy-to-use, and very practical will be highlighted during this session. Learn about new tools and explore new ways to use some of the more popular resources. This webinar builds on the popular series of articles and workshops that have been presented annually since 2010. Click here to register.

From the Learning Revolution calendar here http://learningrevolution.com/

Tue Jan 21 Personalize Learning

Personlize Learning Webinar #3: The Motivation Equation with Kathleen Cushman, Teachers perceive a crisis of motivation among their students, even more troubling with respect to the knowledge, skills, and habits that crucially affect the futures of low-income youth. But the science of learning suggests a powerful positive approach, which builds on what youth most value and supports their expectation of success. This webinar helps participants analyze their own student-motivation dilemmas, using the research-based “Motivation Equation” protocol and calling on classroom examples from WKCD’s new multimedia book of the same name by Kathleen Cushman. Join the Collaborate session here.

From the Learning Revolution calendar here http://learningrevolution.com/

Wed Jan 22 NNEST EVO Yilin Sun Training

Listed on the EVO Events calendar http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

as taking place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)

http://sharingteaching.blogspot.fr/2014/01/webinar-january-23-2014-from-7-to-830-pm.html

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

Thu Jan 23 Jennifer Madrell Designers for Learning Webcast with Brent Wilson

Jennifer Maddrell will be joined by Dr. Brent Wilson, Professor at the University of Colorado – Denver in the School of Education and Human Development … see:http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/SchoolOfEducation/FacultyandResearch/Pages/BrentGWilson.asp

The webcast will focus on Brent’s perspective on the practice of instructional design, as well as incorporating service-learning as a means of offering applied learning experiences to instructional design students. We look forward to seeing you on January 23rd!

Hangout crashed on Jen and her participants at first, and I myself was experiencing repeated time-outs from Chatwing, but for those who couldn’t make the live session, the recording will be available at

Thu Jan 23 – Marie-Hélène Fasquel Sharing and Teaching Webinar

Marie-Hélène posted her notice here and I noticed also at MachinEVO, but when I saw it at our FB page, I put it in our calendar.

Did anyone from MultiMOOC attend?

Fri Jan 24 NNEST-EVO Session with Dr. Yilin Sun

Listed on the EVO Events calendar http://my.calendars.net/eslhome_conferen

as taking place in Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate)