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Time: November 12, 2009to November 13, 2009 Location:Second Life and Adobe ConnectProWebsite or Map:http://virtual-round-table....Event Type:online conference,vrt09,virtual conference,conference Organized By:Heike Philp aka Gwen GwasiLatest Activity:

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About the Virtual Round Table

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The Virtual Round Table conference is a live online conference dedicated to language learning with technology. It is aimed at educators andlanguage teaching professionals in language schools, institutes or other language related organisations.It purposes to introduce to its participants a number of tools and best practise on how to use these tools in class for the benefit of our languagelearners.With so many tools around, often the very decision on ‘how to use which tool’ for creating blended learning experiences or for selecting digitalteaching and learning material and also for building a web-presence and using tools for online marketing are difficult and timeconsuming and pales the efforts of learning the tools into insignificance.During this conference these issues will openly be discussed by small groups of experts in certain fields of technology so that the participants will be equipped with solid information so as to be able to make informed decisions.

Who is the conference for?

The conference is for all those interested in language specific ….• web-based or software based applications• digital teaching and learning material• electronic or digital tools• mobile learning applications• digital classroom management• live online environments, virtual classrooms and virtual worlds• and all other aspects of language learning with technologyThis includes language trainers educators and mangement of language schools or institutes, freelancers and any other language teaching professionals.

Venues

Virtual classrooms (Adobe Connect Pro) and Second Life.

Conference themes

Theme 1: BestpractiseTheme 2: TrendspottingTheme 3: Online Marketing and NetworkingTheme 4: Classroom management, administration and trainingBONUS theme 5: On demand guest speaker

Event Schedule

October 31, 2009 deadline for submissions November 5-6, 2009 presenter rehearsals November 12-13, 2009 conference (Thu, Fri)

Conference Structure

The conference will be held on Thursday or Friday, 12-13 November with 4 main paneldiscussions (virtual round table discussions) of 90mineach scheduled at different times to meet the main time zones: Europea, America, Asia.The sessions in between those virtual round tables will be workshops or product presentations or individual presentations and there will also be plenty of breaks between the sessions.The formats of the sessions will be- 90min virtual round table discussions with 2 or 3 experts, each presenting a brief pecha kucha* or PRESTO** presentation followed by alearning conversation- 60min hands-on workshops or showcases delivered by individuals- virtual exhibition in Second Life with poster sessions (throughout) with exhibition tours planned- ‘external links’ collection wiki for research and development in the field of language learning with technnologyFor more information on the conference please click here. The program will be announced also on this NING site shortly.

Registration

To register for the conference please sign-up on our ning site and as soon as the schedule is announced we may ask you to sign up at eachindividual session you wish to attend. http://virtual-round-table.ning.com website.

Sponsorship

If you wish to be a sponsor for this conference please send an email to heike.philp [at] lancelotschool.com.For a list to all sponsors, click here

Contact Information

Please contact Holly Longstroth or Heike Philp at LANCELOT School GmbH, holly.longstroth [at] lancelotschool.com and heike.philp [at]lancelotschool.com.

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2 CommentsComment byJames O'Reilly17 minutes agoDelete CommentStrange request.. no, the agenda is contrary... valid questions are welcome...Will this event include the EU Commission endorsed and supportedQuality Management of Peer Production in e-Learning?http://qmpp.innovationpros.net/index.php/qmpp_quality_model/This, under the following Peer Production Cycle?http://qmpp.innovationpros.net/index.php/qmpp_quality_model/peer_production_cycle/Will this event address Virtual Learning Quality Assuranceunder the Continuous Improvement principles of Kaizen?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizenhttp://evovwll.ning.com/profiles/blogs/qualc-quality-assuranceVirtual Round Table Conference - 11 Questions Listhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/22044599/Virtual-Round-Table-Conference-11-Questions-ListComment byHeike Philp aka Gwen Gwasi1 hour agoHi all,May I kindly ask you not to leave comments here, rather sign up at the http://virtual-round-table.ning.com site.Thank you so much.Rgds HeikeFollow– Email me when people reply

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