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| Friday, 18 May 2007 | |||
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| 04:00 | Jeong-Bae Son Vance Stevens, Andrew Lian, Debra Hoven Klaus-Dieter Rossade, Siew Ming Thang |
Computer-mediated communication: CONNECTing in a multiliterate flat world
 This panel explores CMC with reflections of panel members’ experiences in CMC. Issues such as the potential and recent deveopment of CMC, the use of synchronous conferencing tools, blogs and wikis, th .. [+] |
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| 08:00 | Elaine Hoter Asmaa Ganayim Miri Shonfeld |
Bulding Bridges between cultures in Conflict
 Can the internet be used to connect cultures in conflict? The presenters of this presentation, three women from three very different cultures developed a course between 3 very different colleges of ed .. [+] Venue: Other venue |
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| 09:00 | Glenda McPherson Malcolm Jolly |
Using Second Life for competency outcomes in vocational education
GippsTAFE, a tertiary vocational education institution has been using Second Life for vocational training with young people and interior decorating students. The young people created a 'holiday resort .. [+] |
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| 11:00 | Graham Stanley Kyle MAwer |
Digital Gaming & Language Learners: From Space Invaders to Second Life
There is a growing interest in engaging today’s learners, the so-called digital natives (Prensky, 2001) through the use of computer games. In this session the presenters will be taking a look at the r .. [+] |
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| 13:00 | Vance Stevens Nelba Quintana, Rita Zeinstejer, Doris Molero, Sasha Sirk |
Writingmatrix: CONNECTing students with blogs, tags, and social networking
Writingmatrix is a worldwide collaboration project involving students blogging in countries including Argentina, Venezuela, and Slovenia. The project utilizes tagging and social networking to make it .. [+] |
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| 14:30 | Paul Scott Catherine Chapman |
Contact us: Interactivity and BBC Learning English
The BBC Learning English website has provided opportunities for user participation and online community building since its launch in 1996. This show and tell presentation will trace the development of .. [+] |
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| 16:00 | Godet Celine | Using Moodle and Spip in the EFL classroom. The example of the Intercomstudents project.
The participants will be shown a way of using the e-learning platform Moodle and the collaborative work environment Spip together with the various tools they offer for the teaching of the foreign dail .. [+] Venue: Learning Times |
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| 17:00 | Nina Liakos | Engrade.com: An Open-source Online Gradebook
Engrade.com is an open-source, user-friendly online course management tool. The presenter will explain how to register; how to create a class; how to post grades, attendance, and assignments; and how .. [+] |
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| 19:00 | Dafne Gonzalez Arnold Mühren |
Seven Innovative Dimensions of e-Learning
More and more educators worldwide are developing blended and entirely online courses. E-Learning in different formats is rapidly becoming a mainstream component of education. However, not every e .. [+] Venue: Alado |
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| Saturday, 19 May 2007 | |||
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| 02:00 | Mona Younes | Using ARCS Model to motivate Adult Arab Learners in an online setting (IOL as a Case Study)
Multiple obstacles hinder the interactive engagement of Adult Arab Learners in an online setting: their previous lecture-type educational experience, cultural sensitive issues, like the intermingling .. [+] |
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| 04:00 | Thomas Leverett | How blogging is changing the academic ecosystem
Many professional educators and academics who are active online have begun blogging about their experience and research. This presentation explores the changes in the academic ecosystem that are enco .. [+] Venue: Tapped In |
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| 05:00 | Perry Christensen Hitokazu Matsushita |
iPods: Shuffling the Way We Teach
The iPod of today is the souped up version of the cassette recorder of yesteryear. With it, an ever expanding array of educational and authentic materials becomes available in a convenient and portabl .. [+] Venue: Alado |
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| 10:00 | Peter Travis | Podcasting Skype Interviews with Advanced Learners of English
This presentation will explain the development of the Splendid Speaking podcasts, which feature interviews with advanced learners of English carried out with Skype, the computer programme for making t .. [+] |
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| 13:00 | Moira Hunter | The AEIOU of Real-Time Language Learning - Attract, Engage, Involve Online Users
During this discussion, participants will interact and collaborate throughout the event, culminating in a group learning experience of reflection upon : - the appropriateness of live online lang .. [+] Venue: Other venue |
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| 14:00 | Dafne Gonzalez Teresa Almeida d'Eça |
Professional Development through Collaboration in Wikis
Collaboration and interaction are crucial for learning to take place. Wikis are ideal spaces to achieve this interaction and collaboration. In this session, the presenters will describe how they have .. [+] Venue: Alado |
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| 15:00 | Andrew Pincon | Seamless Web 2.0 collaboration tools for Business and Non Profit Education Professionals
The Digital Workforce Education Society (DWES)organization provides a variety of technology to principally adult learners in a number of countries. DWES provides the technology infrastructure and dig .. [+] Venue: Alado |
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| 16:00 | Moira Hunter Geoff Kaye |
A ‘Test Drive’ in a Synchronous Classroom : Hands-on Workshop
A synchronous classroom allows individuals to communicate, collaborate and connect in real-time with other online learners in different geographical locations in one comprehensive platform. The rich f .. [+] Venue: DiscoverE |
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| 20:00 | Anne Fox | Using podcasts in the EFL classroom
Talk-radio podcasts, such as Absolutely Intercultural, which are not overtly pedagogical, can be much more than passive, extended listening practice. The workshop, run by one of the show’s co-producer .. [+] |
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| 22:00 | Sedat Akayoglu Arif Altun |
Wikis and Hands on Collaborative Writing Activities through PBWiki
Wikis are asynchronous tools designed to work online collaboratively on a project or an assignment. Wikis can be edited, modified and deleted by the internet users. This feature makes wikis more inter .. [+] |
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| 23:00 | Elizabeth Hanson-Smith | Trends in Digital Media 2007
The world of CALL is changing rapidly, but there are three major trends that can be perceived as significant and likely to remain so over the next several years. This presentation will discuss these t .. [+] |
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| Sunday, 20 May 2007 | |||
| Time | Presenter(s) | Event | |
| 00:00 | Karen Garcia | Tagging and broadcasting with feeds: Going beyond aggregates and syndication
This activity features a demonstration of innovative uses of Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds used to aggregate blogs, publish social bookmarks on webpages and learning environments as a means to .. [+] Venue: Learning Times |
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| 01:00 | Sara Rofofsky Marcus | What Does It Really Mean? Cultural Differences in Asynchronous Communication
The presenter will begin by discussing how cultural differences might impact misunderstandings in the online communication. Rather than assuming the worst, participants will become aware of what trul .. [+] |
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| 12:00 | Heike Philp | The LANCELOT Project
The LANCELOT Project In September 2005 the development project LANCELOT funded by the European Commisssion in the framework of LEONARDO DA VINCI, Language Competence II started its 2-year development .. [+] |
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| 13:00 | Gavin Dudeney | Tour of EduNation in Second Life
Gavin Dudeney, builder at EduNation in Second Life, takes us on a tour of his creation, including one of the virtual homes of Webheads in Action [+] |
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| 16:00 | Konrad Glogowski Christopher D. Sessums |
Personal Learning Environments - Exploring Professional Development in a Networked World.
This presentation will explore Personal Learning Environments – a new paradigm in teacher professional development brought about by the emergence of the read/write web. Participants will learn how thi .. [+] |
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| 20:00 | Barbara Dieu Patricia Glogowski |
Open and Participatory Webpublishing
Interaction in the target language has been traditionally teacher controlled, limited to the physical or virtual classroom (LMS) and constrained by programs and time. Nowadays, blogs and other intern .. [+] |
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| 23:00 | Carla Arena Erika Cruvinel Ronaldo Lima |
Blogging with Students: Ideas to Enhance Communication
This workshop is about blogging. Blogging ideas that work. Participants will learn about successful collaborative experiences using blogs as the means to enhance communication and develop students' so .. [+] |
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| 23:59 | Elizabeth Hanson-Smith Dafne Gonzalez, Barbara Dieu, Aiden Yeh, Buthaina Al-Othman, Susan Marandi |
Going the Distance: Online and Blended Models of sustained Professional Development
A wrap-up discussion by subscribers to the AALPD elist. We will have been discussing online and blended learning during the preceding two weeks, and participants will visit various WiAOC sessions and .. [+] Venue: Tapped In |
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