Connecting Online 2010 (CO10)

Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning
Connecting Online 2010
Feb 5-7

Welcome to CO10 the annual live online conference. The conference will be of interest to educators, administrators, students, and community members who value the importance of integrating technology into the
curriculum to improve instruction and learning. Online learning involves various skills on the part of the instructor and learner.
These include social and communication skills, social networking, independent learning strategies, critical and higher order thinking skills, creativity, and effective online and face-to-face facilitation.

The Conference will be conducted on IT4ALL Moodle course:
http://www.integrating-technology.com/course/view.php?id=139
(enrollment key is CO10 ) and WiZiQ.

The themes for the presentations are:

1. Connecting Online to Improve Instruction and Learning: Online Learning and Instructional Experience
2. Experiences with technology in face-to-face and online classes. What worked and what didn't work for you?
3. How do you use technology to promote your online workshops, consultation, and communities?
4. Research conducted on e-learning
5. Reviewing or promoting books on e-learning

 First presenter on Friday:

JENNI PARKER

Jenni is a sessional lecturer at Edith Cowan University (ECU), in Western Australia. Prior to working for ECU Jenni worked in the government sector and was involved in implementing an online learning system (LMS – Moodle) for 2,000 staff across the state and for co-managing a number of projects for developing online resources for schools and the vocational education and training (VET) sector. Before that she ran her own training business and her major contracts were with registered training organisation (RTO’s) providing training services to the corporate sector.

Jenni has a BA in Training and Development and a Graduate Diploma of Creative Industries (Interactive media development). This year she will commence a Master of Education (by Research) and will be doing a design research project on "authentic e-learning".

Title of presentation:
Learning WITH technology : using tools to support online learning in higher education.

Description of presentation:
A reflective look at a novice lecturers foray into creating an engaging learning experience for students in a higher education environment.
WiZiQ Live Online Session: Friday February 5, 2010 9 AM (EST)

• Discussion Forum

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Browse Social Networking forums and start connecting experiences!

Browse our forums and start connecting experiences!

Forums opening on November 1st    Registrations close on Oct 31st  Register now!

Unveiling Connectivist Learning

The aim of this forum is to explore and discuss issues related to connectivism by sharing our own experiences, resources and discoveries. Join us.

e-moderators: Carla Raguseo (ARCALL) and Elvina Castillo (AVEALMEC) Join us!

Communities of Practice

You may  hear educationalists use the term Community of Practice to refer to communities of practice, classes, groups, professional bodies, teams, networks, etc. as communities at some stage. But, Is there any difference among these definitions? What is a  community of practice?

e-moderators: Nelba Quintana (ARCALL) , Evelyn Izquierdo and Nahir Aparicio (AVEALMEC) Join us!

Social Networks and ELT

This forum is aimed at the discussion on the use of Social Networks in English Language Teaching and learning, and especially focuses on the way their features can contribute such processes.

e-moderators: Maricarmen Gamero (AVEALMEC), Jennifer Verschoor  and Paula Ledesma (ARCALL) Join us!

Second Life, Social Networks and ELT

This forum  aims at reflecting on the power of virtual world to connect with others and its potential in offering people different and more authentic experiences to learn.

e-moderators: Miguel Mendoza, Dafne Gonzalez and Evelyn Izquierdo (AVEALMEC) Join us!

Note: You´ll be able to enter any of these forums from Nov. 1st onwards. Register now!

Ultimo dia de registro para el Social Networking 2009

The pre-conference activity will start on 1st November 2009: discussion forums will be available in Moodle. Join today and start exchanging ideas and connecting to our network. Register in our Moodle site and look for our Forums Section.

From November 5-8, 2009, we will be running the Social Networking 2009 Conference. This open-knowledge event will be completely online and free and it is aimed at encouraging practitioner to reflect on the role of communities of practice as a social network in ELT.

This event is being jointly organized by AVEALMEC and ARCALL, two Latin American associations, one based in Venezuela and the other in Argentina, interested in promoting the use of ICT in the language classroom.

For this event, we invited conference speakers from different parts of the world:

* George Siemens -Canada
* Etienne Wenger -United States of America
* Vance Stevens -United Arabic Emirates
* Nik Peachey -United Kingdom
* Charalambos Vrasidas and Maria Solomou -Cyprus
* Nicky Hockly -Spain
* Erika Cruvinel and Ronaldo Lima –Brazil
* Rita Zeinstejer and Paula Ledesma -Argentina
* Nellie Müller Deustch –Israel
* Carla Arena –Brazil
* Graham Stanley –Spain
* Jennifer Verschoor, Evelyn Izquierdo and Erika Cruvinel –Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil

During four days, our guest speakers will be sharing their experiences and expertise with participants and will help us grasp a better picture of how social networks can be used in the language teaching and learning field. We will be discussing about the concepts and theories around social networks, communities of practice and the Web 2.0, as well as about the use, advantages and drawbacks of social networking tools.

Join us and participate in this amazing learning experience!
Further information here: http://avealmec.org.ve/

Spread the word! Let´s get socially connected!

AVEALMEC (Asociación Venezolana para la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje de Lenguas Mediados por el Computador)
ARCALL (Argentinian Computer-Assisted Language Learning Association)

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