Revisiting Multiliteracies in Collaborative Learning Environments: Impact on Teacher Professional Development. September 2006 — Volume 10, Number 2 * On the Internet * By Vance Stevens Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE Editor’s foreword: At this time last year I wrote an article for the On the Internet column, “Multiliteracies for Collaborative Learning Environments”. (Stevens 2005; As indicated in the editor’s note at the foot of that article, it was prepared partly as a rough guide for the participants in my TESOL, Inc. This article derives from a presentation given virtually via recorded video at the 12th International CALL Research Conference How are we doing? Basic concepts This article revisits applying multiliteracies in collaborative learning environments, and particularly the impact of this on teacher professional development.
My course on multiliteracies is run from Venny Su’s OpenSource for Educators server (see Su, 2005). Such communities devoted to exploring various aspects of educational technology are proliferating on the Internet. Web 2.0 vs. Paper35. Wenger_Trayner_DeLaat_Value_creation.pdf - Powered by Google Docs. Communities of Practice in Higher Education. Apr April 26, 2011 | | Leave a Comment Wednesday 18 May 2011 1000 for 1030-1500Programme Communities of practice in higher education present benefits and challenges for scholars.
This one-day on-line seminar will set the notion of communities of practice in the context of contemporary academic practice. Informed by recent work across the international higher education sector some funded in the UK by the JISC and the Higher Education Academy, as well as primary research by groups and communities. To join the seminar sessions in Big Blue Button. Please join the virtual classroom “CoPs in HE”: Tuesday 17 May 2011Session 1 1330-1430Session 2 1530-1630 To access the seminar, go to the BigBlueButton log in on the seminar website – on the right side. From the drop-down menu choose the meeting called “CoPs in HE”.Enter your own name.Enter the password “moderator”When the room opens, you will need to turn your sound on.
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