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Opportunities for Students

We at Dekita.org[[1]] advocate open and participatory uses of Web technology in EFL/ESL teaching and encourage courses in which students involved in authentic, personally meaningful ways on the live Web. The goal of the Dekita EFL/ESL Exchange is to highlight such courses worldwide and maybe drive some traffic their way. If you are running such a course, let everyone know about it!

[Go to Dekita.org/Exchange [[2]]for specific directions on joining an exchange.]

Tutor Mentor Connection [[3]] The T/MC seeks to connect people from around the world with information and networks that help support the growth of comprehensive, voluteer based tutor/mentor programs.

[The TM/C is currently engaged in linking blogs of tutor-mentoring operations around the world. Reading about other programs can help solve problems and initiate change.]

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Opportunities for Teachers and Professional Development Staff


Join the Online Idea Exchange http://www.aeprofessional.org/community/ - brought to us by Adult Education Professional (AEPRO), the Online Idea Exchange is a joint project between The Center for Literacy Studies and the Ohio Literacy Resource Center. Developed in response to feedback and requests from developers, participants, facilitators and others in the field, The Idea Exchange is a free forum where adult educators interested in Distance Education can share their experience, ideas, questions and knowledge.

Open Weekends at KNOWPLACE


Our Vision Behind Open Weekends @ knowplace

Open Weekends @ our knowplace family of sites offer you the opportunity to sample various leading-edge topics presented by members of our international online community. The format is asynchronous discussion forums so you can participate at your convenience. Synchronous sessions may be offered as well. Open Weekends are offered to you at no charge as our way of introducing you to our online community. We ask that you introduce yourself in our Open Weekend and at the end of our Open Weekend you post us a knote about what you have learned or experienced.

May 2007 Open Weekends

Have you thought of working in Moodle with your clients or students? This is an opportunity for you to learn a few tips and tricks of working with Moodle. Which tools for which job? How do I...? Offered regularly once a month by Mike, you will have the opportunity to access resources, to play in the Moodle Sandbox and to have fun. The sandbox is wiped clean after each weekend, but if you would like to host an Open Weekend, we will create a Moodle space just for you and support you as you develop its content.

Facilitator: Mike McLeod http://knowMOODLE.ca http://knowmoodle.ca/


Through our interaction, both asynchronous in knowplace and live in Elluminate Live, you will come away with an appreciation for the level of interaction possible through technology, and more importantly some tips that will help you in your professional life online. Randy has been a proponent of self-directed learning, a facilitator, consultant and trainer for schools, districts and non-profit groups for the past decade. He has provided senior management leadership in public and private organizations for 20 years, and devoted over 10 years to marketing, fundraising and training in the public sector in government and non-profit organizations and in the corporate sector with businesses and his own consulting practice. Randy holds a doctorate:leadership in computer-mediated learning technologies.

Facilitator: Randy LaBonte http://knowplace.ca


Kenneth Wyrick does the second of a two weekend series on ADL/SCORM. The Shareable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning, and as such is a specification of the Advanced Distributive Learning Initiative from the U.S.Secretary of the Office of Defense. Now to regular people, SCORM is a sort of way to standardize how all e-learning should take place. In other words, SCORM ensures that any SCORM compliant training content will fit in the scheme of any LMS (Learning Management System). It is a type of sharable e-content and instead of us stumbling about trying to explain it, why not join Kenneth Wyrick and let him tell you all about it. The advanced session will take you beyond just understanding whot ADL/SCORM is, and show you how to actually write SCORM compliant content yourself.

Facilitator: Kenneth Wyrick http://knowMOODLE.ca < http://knowmoodle.ca/


An online community hosted by knowplace where career and employment specialists meet monthly. Well, not just specialists actually everyone with an interest in the world of work is invited to join us. The more the merrier! We're going to network, share resources, discuss issues, explore the trends in our field, discover new tools / processes for working smarter, not harder. We will also help each other keep pace with new information and reduce the stresses of a "statistics-driven" working environment. In short,we will support ourselves as we do our clients! This weekend session is asynchronous - you check in when convenient, introduce yourself and share your ideas, dreams and frustrations. You need only a sense of adventure and a willingness to collaborate to participate. Previous online experience not required.

Facilitator: Carole Cotton http://knowCOACH.ca http://knowcoach.ca/


In conjunction with the Second Annual Webheads in Action Online Convergence, Knowplace will offer a glimpse of the concept of Un-Conference. "Un-Conference" is a much less structured on-line form of interactive, collaborative, exploration of educational subjects. The session will have both synchronous and asynchronous elements. The main theme will be "The Future of Educational Technology". Any person can submit a topic for discussion and any person can respond to any topic. If the topic does not interest you, or you don't feel motivated to respond, move to a topic that appeals more or start your own. Please attend one of the synchronous sessions. (Listed in the session)

Facilitator: Elderbob Brannan http://knowplace.ca/ Co-Facilitator: Michael Coghlan


Confused by all myriad of open source and freeware tools whizzing through cyberspace? Why not help each other out. Bring an open source or freeware tool with you and share your tool. This workshop will offer an opportunity to discover "the inside scoop" on the tools others have found valuable OR maybe even those we want to avoid! Helen, who is a "tool person" indeed, will facilitate this workshop.

Facilitator: Helen Kershaw http://knowplace.ca


Do it yourself broadcasting with free podcasts. A quick overview on podcasting with free tools like iTunes, Juice, Audacity and blip.tv. Learn what a podcast is and how you can publish your own podcast episode on the Internet.

Facilitator: Marian Heddesheimer http://knowplace.ca


How to Access Our Open Weekends in our knowplace Family of Sites

  1. First time to knowplace family of sites? You'll need to create an account in each knowplace family of sites you wish to participate in.
  2. Once you have created an account, you can enter the course at 12 a.m. Pacific Time (Vancouver, British Columbia) on the day it is scheduled to start. Are you wondering what time that is for you? World Clock < http://timeanddate.com>
  3. If you are asked for an enrolment key, you have arrived early (or we are a little late in opening it); this can happen and we will try to open the weekend as soon as possible.

All our Open Weekends begin Friday at 12 a.m., PT and end late Sunday afternoon. The "three-day" weekend provides time for you to review the course materials and/or read and post to the discussions later on Sunday. The facilitator(s) will be checking into the workshop throughout the weekend and when convenient to their time zones.

For further questions or assistance, please contact elderBOB@knowplace.ca

-- Frances Long
... learn and share together online

http://knowplace.ca
http://www.capcollege.bc.ca/continuinged/
http://knowmoodle.ca
http://knowschools.ca
http://knowcoach.ca
http://knowtips.ca
http:///moodlemoot.ca

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