Teaching Languages in a Virtual World

TESOL Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2010

http://evosessions.pbworks.com/w/page/10708583/Teaching_Languages_in_a_Virtual_World

http://vwll.pbworks.com

6 week workshops / discussion about teaching and learning languages in virtual world of Second Life, including :-

- Tours of Avalon Learning island

- Classroom Management in a Virtual World (on Avalon Learning) about lessons learned during The Avalon Business English and FCE Speaking Skills courses.

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

120+ participants

ELTACS Conference, Plzen, Czech Republic

Project presentation to ELTACS Project partners

www.eltacs.eu

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

10 participants

University lecturers, Teachers, Directors of Study and ministry of education (Greece)

Seminar Umeå University 

"Language learning in Virtual Worlds? - Experiences from the Avalon Project.

Partner 10 Mid Sweden University - Mats Deutschmann

10 Participants

Sprachen EXPO, VHS Hamburg, Stadtbereich OST, Germany

AVALON Presentation

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

20 Participants

Teachers, teacher trainers

Mar-Apr

2010

IATEFL Virtual PCE

6 weeks of discussion / workshops including presentation of Avalon Learning

http://iatefl-ltsig.grouply.com

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

494 members globally

TESOL-SPAIN 33rd Annual Convention, Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

http://www.tesol-spain.org/Events/Conv2010/conv2010.html  

'Excalibur and Avalon: Language Learning in Virtual Worlds'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahamstanley/sets/72157625550688712/

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

30 participants

Designs for Learning, Stockholm, Sweden.

http://www.designsforlearning.nu/conference/doc/DFL_prel_program_100309.pdf

Presentation Slides

Partner 10 (Mid Sweden University) Mats deutschmann

Partner 8 (Uni of Pisa) Luisa Panichi

40 Participants

Researchers and developers

ICC 17th Annual Conference, Hamburg, Germany

www.icc-languages.eu

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

80 participants

Teachers, Teacher Trainers, Directors of Studies

7 Apr 2010

IATEFL Conference, Harrogate UK 

'Web 2.0 - Where are we now?' PCE on Avalon Learning island

IATEFL Learning Technologies Special Interest GROUP Pre-Conference Event

Partner 1 UoM Gary Motteram, Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley, Joe Pereira, Kyle Mawer

30 people in Harrogate and 50 people online on the AVALON Learning island 

9 Apr

2010

Presentation :

Avalon to Shakespeare: Language learning and teaching in virtual worlds

Streamed live / video recording made:

http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2010/sessions/2010-04-09/avalon-shakespeare-language-learning-and-teaching-virtual-worlds-joe-pereira

Partner 7 BritCoun

Joe Pereira

30 participants

Recording 100+ (estimated)

Sprachen und Beruf (Languages and Business)

Informal presentations of the project and supporting a formal presentation by Heike Philp

Titel: Virtual Language Travel

www.sprachen-beruf.com

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

Partner 6 LANC Heike Philp

40 participants

PELLIC Project Meeting, University of Tübingen

Presentation of the AVALON project

Partner 5 ICC

10 participants

26-28 May 2010

http://europe.univ-lyon2.fr/teacher-education-in-CALL/topic/index.html

Partner 1 UoM Gary Motteram

30 participants

Paper presented at the biannual conference on university foreign language teaching at the University of Florence, Italy.

"Lo sviluppo delle abilità orali nei mondi virtuali. Esempi dal progetto Avalon"

Luisa Panichi and Anna Lazzari

Giornate di studio sui materiali didattici per l'insegnamento delle lingue, VII edizione. Lo sviliuppo delle abilità orali nell'era del web.

Centro Linguistico d'Ateneo e Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Comparate, Università di Firenze. 

www.dssg.unifi.it/_linguedeuropa

http://www.dssg.unifi.it/_linguedeuropa/eventi/Abstract/2010/Pa-La.html

Powerpoint slides:

Avalon_Firenze_2010.ppt

Partner 8 - CLI - University of Pisa

Luisa Panichi

Paper presented with Anna Lazzari who took part in the Avalon Teacher Training Course as a trainee.

60 participants

Invited plenary speaker

"L'utilisation des mondes virtuels comme "Second Life" dans la formation linguistique"

JOURNEES TECHNIQUES NATIONALES, RESEAU DES CENTRES D'ETUDE DE LANGUES

Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Nimes, France

http://www.buzzibuzz.com/fr/content/view/29826/29/

Powerpoint slides:

Nimes.ppt

Partner 8 - CLI - University of Pisa, Luisa Panichi

125 participants

Local training workshop in EU projects for the Humanities and presentation of the Avalon project (local dissemination). The workshop was promoted by the Language Centre of the University of PIsa, Italy (Partner 8).

Aula Magna, Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere, Università di Pisa, Italy.

http://www.pisanotizie.it/news/agenda_20100611_incontro_finanziamenti_europei_cli.html

Programme:

Presentazione_incontro_di_formazione.pdf

Partner 8 - CLI - Università di Pisa

Luisa Panichi and Prof.ssa Marcella Bertuccelli, Director of the Language Centre (CLI), University of Pisa.

40 participants

Presentation of the project to the ICC Board in Darmstadt, Germany

Partner 5 ICC Christel SChneider

10 participants

8

Jul 2010

Presentation of Avalon Learning

as part of British Council week-long seminar 

'ICT for Secondary School Teachers' 

organised through the Generalitat de Catalunya

British Council, Barcelona, Spain

http://secondaryelt.wikispaces.com/Day+4

15 participants (Catalan state secondary school English teachers)

Poster Presentation of the AVALON project at the BAAL Conference in London, UK

www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/education/events/baal

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

70 participants

9th ABCI Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

http://www.abci2010.com.br/

Keynote : 'Innovations in language learning spaces'

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/innovations-in-educational-spaces

Avalon mentioned during keynote

90 participants 

Invited participant to the First VirtualLife workshop in Rome.

http://www.ict-virtuallife.eu/blog/?p=826

http://www.ict-virtuallife.eu/blog/?cat=8

Partner 8 CLI-University of Pisa, Luisa Panichi

20 participants

12th BRAZ-TESOL National Convention, São Paulo, Brazil

http://www.braztesol.org.br/convencao/

'Innovations in language learning spaces'

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/braz-tesoleduspaces

Avalon mentioned during presentation

90 participants 

10th International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness, Kassel, Germany

http://www.uni-kassel.de/~msmasal/ALA2010_Programme.pdf

abstract

Partner 8 University of Pisa: Luisa Panichi

Partner 10 Mid Sweden University:

Mats Deutschmann

15 participants

Paper presentation

"Learner participation and motivation in virtual reality".

Antwerp CALL 2010: Motivation and beyond.

Linguapolis, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.

http://www.antwerpcall.be/

http://www.antwerpcall.be/main.aspx?c=.CALL2010&n=89464

Powerpoint slides:

webh01.ua.ac.be/linguapolis/call2010/AntwerpCALL_LP7.ppt

AntwerpCALL_LP7.ppt

Partner 8 University of Pisa/Luisa Panichi

20 participants

Presentation at an International Workshop 'Diversity at Work'

www.dew-net.eu

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

12 participants

EUROCALL 2010, Bordeaux, France

http://eurocall2010.u-bordeaux4.fr

Using Activity Theory to Analyse Avalon Activity 

Avalon mentioned during presentation:

Before and After Twitter: Personal Learning Environments

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/eurocall-before-after-twitter-the-personal-learning-environment

Partner 1 UoM Gary Motteram

Partner 8 CLI/ University of Pisa Luisa Panichi, Partner 10 Mid Sweden University Mats Deutschmann 

30 participants

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

30 participants

Also informal dissemination

Poster presentation at the 100th anniversary of the VHS Hamburg Ost, Hamburg, Germany

Leaflets about the AVALON project were disseminated

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

100 participants

Poster Presentation at the ECML (European Centre for Modern Languages) in Graz, Austria

ELP Expert Meeting

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

15 participants

Presentations given in Barcelona as part of the British Council's Teachers' Day Conference in Spain

http://britishcouncilteachersconference2010.wikispaces.com/Conference+in+Barcelona

'Before and After Twitter: Personal Learning Environments'

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/before-and-after-twitter-personal-learning-environments

'Innovations in language learning spaces'

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/educational-spaces-british-council-teacher-conference-september-2010

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

Avalon mentioned during presentations

20 participants (secondary school and private language school teachers from Spain)

Online audience (streamed live online) estimated at 50+ people 

15 participants (secondary school and private language school teachers from Spain)

Seminar presentation Umeå University on the Sami for Beginners course

slides

Associate partner HUMlab, Umeå University: Hanna Outakoski

10 participants

Project presentation via Interactive Whiteboard in Hamburg, VHS OST,  Germany

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

20 participants

15-16 Oct 2010

SLanguages Conference, 2010

'Second Chance for Second Life', plenary mentioning Avalon

http://www.slideshare.net/bcgstanley/second-chance-for-second-life-6062889

'Classroom management in a virtual world' on Avalon Learning, about lessons learned during The Avalon Business English and FCE Speaking Skills courses.' - Graham Stanley

'Teacher Talk: Managing Conversations in Second Life and Role Modelling Communicative Behaviour" - Mats Deutschmann and Luisa Panichi

"Teaching and Learning North Sami in Second Life"- Hanna Outakoski

455 attendees over 24 hours: 377 in Second Life, 78 via Adobe Connect.

Presentations by various partners including:

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley,

Partner 10 Mid sweden University - Mats Deutschmann

Partner 8 CLI -University of Pisa - Luisa Panichi

Associate Partner HUMlab- Hanna Outakoski.

16 Oct

2010

SLanguages Conference, 2010

Teacher training in 2nd Life: issues and outcomes

Partner 1 UoM Zeynep Onat-Stelma

Partner 7 BritCoun

Joe Pereira

AVALON presentation at the 4th edition of ICT in Language Learning conference, Florence, Italy.

Title of paper:

Virtual Learning, Real Heritage – Benefits and Challenges of Virtual Worlds for the Learning of Indigenous Minority Languages.

http://www.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL2010/1_morning.php

http://www.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL2010/acceptedabstracts.php

Partner 8 CLI/ University of Pisa Luisa Panichi, Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

Partner 10 Mid Sweden, Mats Deutschmann (paper co-author)

Associate partner Umeå University - Hanna Outakoski via video-conferencing (skype).

60 participants

Partner 6 LANC Heike Philp

15 participants

'Innovations in language learning spaces'

Plenary for 9th AsiaCALL International Conference,

Gujarat, India 

http://asiacall.org/schedule/asiacall2010_schedule.pdf

Partner 7 BritCoun Graham Stanley

Avalon mentioned during plenary

120 participants

Also informal dissemination

Full day Pre-Conference Event at the Online EDUCA Conference. This in conjunction with colleagues: Francesco Fedele (ST.ART), Kristi Juaregi Ondarra (NIFLAR), Paolo Degasperi (AVATAR)

http://www.online-educa.com/pre-conference-events

A short video showing activity at the event:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/17844609

Partner 1 UoM Gary Motteram, Susan Brown and Zeynep Onat-Stelma

Partner 4 TALK Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

Partner 8 CLI/ University of Pisa Luisa Panichi

Partner  10 Mid Sweden University Mats Deutschmann and David Richardson

18 participants

Susan and Zeynep's session - 4 participants in SL assisted by Partner 7 Britcoun Joe Pereira in SL

Online EDUCA Special Interest Group Lunch

'The added value of learning and teaching languages in 3D worlds'

Partner 4 TALK Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart

Partner 5  Christel Schneider

Partner 6 LANC Heike Philp

10 participants

Presentation of the project at an Expert group meeting THINK TANK

discussing issues connected with language education to share views and expertise and to come up with position statements that can contribute to the debate.

www.icc-languages.eu

Partner 5 ICC Christel Schneider

12 participants

Presentation at Media Places conference Umeå University, Sweden:

http://culturetech.se/mediaplaces/schedule.php

Slides. 

Partner 10 - Mid Sweden University. Mats Deutschmann

30 Partcicipants