Introductions

[Harold Jarche]

Please tell us a bit about yourself and what brought you here. You may want to ask some questions or describe some issues that you are facing.

Don't be shy!

[rani]

Prasetyo,
Thanks for reminding us that access to internet is a privilege. I wonder if your students might have cellphones to access the internet or connect with each other? I'm not sure what web 2.0 technologies exist for cellphones (well, twitter of course, if you have SMS.)



Prasetyo said:

Access to those web 2.0 tools are restricted and limited in my campus, and my students' motivation to do online communication (write emails, post in the blogs, etc) is a bit low because they have to go to Internet cafes around campus (which are quite expensive according to my students). Access to Language Laboratory is limited since it is open only on working hours and the connection is very slow.
I think that's all from me, thank you.
Prasetyo

[Antonio dos Reis]

Dear Colleagues
The video and photos of the debate on the “ The importance of virtual classrooms in distance learning”, that took place on the 15th of October are already available.
http://thegraal.ccems.pt/mod/resource/view.php?id=1406

We complement the debate with some interactive e-learning 2.0 tools and we have prepared an inquiry which is available at: http://thegraal.ccems.pt/mod/questionnaire/view.php?id=1368


Could you please complete the inquire and collaborate with my research project. We can organise a new debate to discuss your opinions once the necessary statistical treatment is concluded.

We would like to point out that we will have two more Webcast debates about the same subject. One in Spanish at 30 October (at 8h00 PM London time or 9h00 Madrid time) and another in Portuguese on the 5th November (9h00 London time).

Thank you for your participation.
We will wait for you
António dos Reis

PS. In case you are not registered you can do it free
How to make your free registration
Registration step by step
1. Create a user account and select the language you want to use, ( if you have not done it before) at: New user account http://thegraal.ccems.pt/login/signup.php (some contents might be in Portuguese)
2. Wait for automatic registration confirmation email
3. Now you can login in the platform at conference environment: Conference environment Phase I and II http://thegraal.ccems.pt/course/view.php?id=51 (keep this link in your favourites)

[Guy Boulet]

Hi everyone, I've been involved in workplace learning for over 20 years, mainly with the Canadian Forces. I started as an instructor and also served as a course director, training director, training standards supervisor and I was also responsible for the implementation of e-learning for the Canadian Navy. As such, I was in charge of the establishment of the Navy Distance Learning Center of Excellence in Quebec city. I am currently a learning advisor for Université Laval in Quebec city.

As well I am completing a Masters of Distance Learning with Télé-Université, the distance education branch of UQAM. I am in the final stage of my thesis. My objective with this community is to share with other people involved in workplace learning on best practices and new approaches such as learning 2.0.

[Lesa Becker]

I'm a PhD candidate completing my dissertation on Information Overload’s Impact on Organizational Leaders: Learning How to Thrive in the 21st Century. I'm using the conceptual framework published by Eppler and Mengis (2004) to study the problem. Their premise is there are five factors that contribute to our information processing capacity:
* Information characteristics
* Technology
* Personal factors
* Tasks performed
* Organizational environment

I joined Work Literacy - Web 2.0 to learn how these web tools might help leaders manage information overload.

[Harold Jarche]

You may already know about this, but I would suggest looking at Lilia Efimova's work, especially around personal knowledge management or PKM.

Lesa Becker said:

I'm a PhD candidate completing my dissertation on Information Overload’s Impact on Organizational Leaders: Learning How to Thrive in the 21st Century. I'm using the conceptual framework published by Eppler and Mengis (2004) to study the problem. Their premise is there are five factors that contribute to our information processing capacity:
* Information characteristics
* Technology
* Personal factors
* Tasks performed
* Organizational environment

I joined Work Literacy - Web 2.0 to learn how these web tools might help leaders manage information overload.

[Carrie Finke]

I work for AdvancED www.advanc-ed.org. My role is developing eLearning materials for staff in our organization as well as educators in the schools we accredit. AdvancED delivers accreditation, research, and continuous school improvement in 30 states and 65 countries and serves 15 million students. I am mostly a creator, but also a joiner -- not much of a spectator. I am very interested in finding out how others are using eLearning and look forward to sharing and learning with you!

[Pamela AuCoin]

I'm a curious high school teacher. I am always looking for new ways to incorporate technology in education. Lastly, I'm a photographer, and want to find new ways to share my work, and connect with online artist communities.

[Maru del Campo]

Hello everyone!

My name is Maru, I am from Mexico. I'm Psychologist. What am I doing here? I am interested in fostering and enabling Digital Literacy in Mexico, what I do can be used by Spanish Speakers. I'm consider myself non savvy with computers and web 2.0 tools. I learn by doing so I opened a 4 weeks online course last March. The objective of the sites is to bring to my Spanish community what has been kindly shared with me by Webheads in Action group and recently by the Connectivism and Connective Knowledge network.

I'm a Webhead and I'm taking the CCK08 course for credit. My online contacts are mostly with the English speaking community, my strongest online connections are with English teachers and with learners like me. We have a YH group going and a Ning which is in some parts in Spanglish because I have not finished translating the whole platform. The project is called BaeL, Becoming an e-Learner in English and Bienvenido a estudiar Libremente in Spanish. We have there people interested on learning basic windows programs, on learning English, on learning Spanish and teachers interested on web 2.0 tools. All the subjects can be taken for free.

Taking on Harold's question, I will participate first as spectator. I'm tangled right now taking the CCK08 course and the EVO09 training. Next year I will have more time to commit more. I find myself now struggling with basic issues like mic settings (my tutorials recordings have low volume) and software issues (my PC takes 10 minutes to start).

Thanks Michele for setting this site and to all of you that collaborate adding tutorials, blogs and forum threads. I will learn a lot here and sometime in the future I will be able to give back something valuable for you.

Best regards and have a nice weekend.

[Antonio dos Reis]

Click here to see the video
Dear Colleagues
We are organising an open class in the Internet (audio and video) about “How to convert your presentation into a didactic film”.
Free registration.
You are all invited and can attend in your PC were ever you are.
More details at:
http://conteudo.thegraal.net/DLCW09/filmes_olcw/vm_ecourse/vmail.html

It will be 1 hour at 24 November at 9h00 PM CET (central European time = Paris)
Use time zone converter ( http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ )

I wait for you
Best regards
António

[Karyn Munyk Lehmkuhl]

Hello!

My name is Karyn and I'm a librarian from Brazil.
I'm interested in learning more about Web 2.0 and its application in education. Since I work at a academic library I want to develop some ideas on library instruction and interection with patrons.

P.S.: Sorry if I made a mistake. I have to practice my English more often.

[DHS]

e-Learning beginner here hoping to elearn

[Joseph Young]

Hi all,

I'm an LMS administrator for a major software developer in the US. Previous to that, I have been an instructional designer with a number of organizations, going back to 1993.

The art of online learning has evaolved a lot in the last four-plus years while I have been focused on learning management, and I'm feeling a bit out of date. I have a current project where I am attempting to convert a two-day workshop teaching (what else) how to be an administrator for an LMS to an online, self-paced format. I started down a path of the traditional WBT, but heard about integrating some of the social technologies into learning startegies, and found myself here.

I'm really looking forward to diving in and learning from this community :-)