1. Web Conferences for Language
Educators
Heike Philp
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Januar 2003
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2. About let‘s talk online
2003 Jan let‘s talk online started as live online language
school
EU funded LANCELOT, 23 EU partners to develop
a teacher-training course for language
2005 Sept
teaching in virtual classrooms
Training center LANCELOT School GmbH
2007 Sept
EU funded AVALON 26 EU partners to explore
2008 Jan Second Life for language learning
2009 Nov Virtual Round Table Web Conference
2010 Dec EduNation Islands, 30 residents incl. 6
Universities
2011 May DaFWEBKON (for teachers of German)
SLanguages Annual Symposium
2012 May let‘s talk online sprl registered in Brussels
EU funded CAMELOT (proposal)
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3. Q: What is web 3.0 going to be like?
Web 1.0 = Read only
Web 2.0 = Read and Write Web
Web 3.0 = ?
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4. Web 3.0
Web 1.0 = Read only SPEAK
Web 2.0 = Read and Write Web
Web 3.0 = Read, Write and ...
> Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication
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5. Web Conferences and Webinars
Virtual Round Table Web Conference
SLanguages
DaFWEBKON
AVEALMEC
Story Sharing Web Conference
LT SIG Webinars
TESOL Webinars
EVO Sessions
IHTOC
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6. 5th Virtual Round Table WebCon 2012
#vrtwebcon
277 presenters
2697 unique visitors in 95
countries
1830 members signed up on the
NING site www.virtual-
round-table.com
18000+ recording clicks
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7. 6th SLanguages Annual Symposium 2012
#slang12
174 presenters
1356 unique visitors in 95
countries
714 members signed up on
the NING site avalon-
project.ning.com
5200 + recording clicks
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8. 1st DaFWEBKON 2012
#dafwebkon
38 presenters
415 unique visitors in 95
countries
349 members signed up on
the NING site avalon-
project.ning.com
4000+ recording clicks
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9. EVO Sessions
Teachers of English to Speakers of Others Languages
TESOL Convention 20-23 March 2012 Dallas, USA
www.tesolconvention.org
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10. AVEALMEC
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11. American TESOL Webinars
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12. IH TOC 3
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13. How to get started?
Which plattforms work well?
Where is the difference of virtual classroom/ virtual
world?
What do you have to watch out for? Number of
attendees?
Any other questions?
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14. Brainstorming
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15. Simulcasting
Adobe into Second Life
Second Life screenshared in
Adobe
Adobe Connect / Livestream
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16. Web Conferences 2013
2013
14 Jan – 17 Feb EVO Sesssions
9/10 Feb Story Sharing Web Conference
3/4 March DaFWEBKON
3-5 May Virtual Round Table Conference
June AVEALMEC
27-29 Sept Slanguages Annual Symposium
15/16 Oct CEFR Web Conference
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Heike Philp
Twitter @heikephilp
heike.philp@letstalkonline.com
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