3rd Virtual Round Table Conference #vrt10

The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference is a live online conference dedicated to language learning with technology. It is aimed at educators and language teaching professionals in language schools, institutes or other language related organisations.
It is held entirely online using virtual classroom technology and provides a superb opportunity to profile one’s company as being truly ‘state-of-the-art’ in understanding and promoting Internet-based learning.
The VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE conference will present a number of web tools and best practise on how to use these tools in class for the benefit of our language learners.
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Personal Learning Environments, Network and Knowledge 2010 #PLENK2010 and #edtech20

PLENK2010 will be offered as a connectivist course, therefore offering participants to acquire the experience of developing and working within a learning network while studying the body of relevant research.
In a connectivist course course materials and course content are defined by participants as the course progresses, rather than prior to the course by instructors. Though the course outline defines a set of selected topics, these function as signposts for an iterative process of search, practice and reflection, as described here: http://connect.downes.ca/how.htm
To facilitate this process, course facilitators will maintain the following levels of course support:

• a course wiki, which may be edited by participants, describing the course outline
• a daily newsletter, which will aggregate student blogs, Twitter posts, and discussion posts
• each Sunday readings and resources will be posted to the wiki and (on Monday) to the Daily
• a Moodle discussion forum, read and responded to by course facilitators
• Wednesday Elluminate session, usually featuring a relevant guess speaker
• Friday Elluminate session, as a weekly review with course facilitators

The course may not be limited to this level of support as course participants are encouraged to develop their own course supports and to share those supports with other participants. Examples of such supports in previous courses have included concept maps, Google groups, Second Life sessions, in-person meetings, course-meetups, and more. Facilitators will participate in these additional supports as possible given time and facilities constraints.
In the last five years, the twin concepts of the personal learning environment (PLE) and personal learning network (PLN) have been offered as alternatives to more traditional environments such as the learning management system (LMS) and institutionally-based courses.
During that time, a substantial body of research has been produced by thinkers, technologists and practitioners in the field. Dozens of studies, reviews, conference presentations, concept papers and diagrams are now available.
The purpose of this course will be to clarify and substantiate, from the context of this new research, the concepts of personal learning environments and networks. Course facilitators and participants will analyze the research literature and evaluate it against their own experience with the intent of developing a comprehensive understanding of personal learning environments and networks.
Personal Learning Environments, Networks, and Knowledge is a course sponsored and organized by the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute (TEKRI) at Athabasca University.
 PLENK2010 started in September 13, 2010 and will end in November 14, 2010

1. Course Details
2. Weekly Activities
3. Learner Assignments and Evaluation
4. Resources and General Information
5. Research in Personal Learning Environments
6. Week 1: A tour of PLEs and PLNS - diagrams, discussions, examples - September 12, 2010
7. Week 2: Contrasting personal learning with institutional learning - September 19, 2010
8. Week 3: Understanding the neXT/eXtended Web - September 26, 2010
   
9. Week 4: PLE/PLN and learning theories - October 03, 2010
10. Week 5: Evaluating Learning in PLE/Ns - October 10, 2010
11. Week 6: Using PLEs successfully - skills, mindsets, and critical literacies - October 17, 2010
12. Week 7: PLE/Ns Tools - What Exists, What is Being Built? - October 24, 2010
13. Week 8: PLE/Ns and personal knowledge management- October 31, 2010
14. Week 9: PLE/Ns in the classroom (PLE/Ns and blended learning) - November 7, 2010
15. Week 10: Critical perspectives on PLE/PLN - November 14, 2010
16. Live Sessions / Recordings

Facilitators:
George Siemens, TEKRI
Stephen Downes, NRC
Dave Cormier, UPEI
Rita Kop, NRC
Facilitator Bios

Good news . New twitter is on the way .

 Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages and it is also an online tool that lets you write brief text updates – tweets  ( in 140 characters ) . Twitter is the best microblogging tool for sharing using social media in nowadays education . In only 140 characters twitter revolutionize the concept of global sharing  and worldwide collaboration . Twitter  has  thousounds of tools and applications who make from twitter numer 1 web 2.0 tool for sharing around the world . Read more on our  blog . Read more here . 
News from  the Twitter blog about a Better and  New Twitter .
 


Twitter has always been about getting a lot in a little. The constraint of 140 characters drives conciseness and lets you quickly discover and share what's happening. Yet, we've learned something since starting Twitter—life doesn't always fit into 140 characters or less.

Here are some highlights:

• New design. The site has a cleaner timeline and a rich details pane that instantly adds more impact to individual Tweets while still maintaining the simplicity of the timeline. And, experience infinite scroll -- you no longer have to click “more” to view additional Tweets.
• Media. Now, it’s easy to see embedded photos and videos directly on Twitter, thanks to partnerships with DailyBooth, deviantART, Etsy, Flickr, Justin.TV, Kickstarter, Kiva, Photozou, Plixi, Twitgoo, TwitPic, TwitVid, USTREAM, Vimeo, yfrog, and YouTube.
• Related content. When you click a Tweet, the details pane shows additional information related to the author or subject. Depending on the Tweet’s content, you may see: replies, other Tweets by that user, a map of where a geotagged Tweet was sent from, and more.
• Mini profiles. Click a username to see a mini profile without navigating from the page, which provides quick access to account information, including bio and recent Tweets.

These changes will roll out as a preview over the next several weeks starting with a very small percentage of registered accounts tonight. During the preview, you'll be able to switch back and forth so you have time to grow accustomed to the way things work. Eventually, everyone will have the updated version of Twitter.com. We are incredibly proud of the work the Twitter web team has accomplished. We hope you are too!

HAPPY TWEETING TO ALL 

Blogging about moodle course ,, New Era Teaching and Learning " #edtechbc #edtech20

,, New Era Teaching and Learning " 
http://www.bcedtech.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=19

The course is structured in next themes :

Making Web 2.0 Work for You

An Introduction to Digital Storytelling.

Using Blogs as Learning Hubs 

Video Conferencing

Flash for eLearning

WebQuests on Moodle 

Making Learning Mobile 

“New Era Teaching and Learning” will be a moodle extravaganza with webinars and tutorials and monitored discussions.  It will be a 'show and tell' of examples of best practice in online teaching and innovative uses of online tools and technology.

The course it  is free for educators all over the world new to teaching in an online environment as well as for advanced online users and students.  It will bring people together from around the world to learn from each other, collaborate and get online teaching ideas and support.

Ursula Franklin says that an analogy of the perfect society is a potluck supper. "A society in which all can contribute, and all can find friendship, that those who bring things, bring things that they do well... All share their talents and all belong." Her analogy fits perfectly with this course.   It will be a Professional learning Potluck.  Participate at your convenience.  The course will be archived to use the resources for continued professional development.

We currently are parteners  from countries including Romania ,   Latvia, Turkey, Ecuador, Zambia, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Ireland, USA, Australia, Morocco, Peru, Lesotho, South Africa, Spain, Mexico, Israel, New Zealand, France, UK, Japan, Canada and Kenya.

Free project in the clouds for teachers around the world #edtech20 and Gr8 beautiful tag clouds in education 2.0 #edchat

Free project in the clouds for teachers around the world : ,, Teach, learn, play using free tools and applications web 2.0 and social media in a e-Safety mode in education 2.0 " #edtech20 .