The TESOL EVO (Electronic Village Online) kicks off on January 11th and enrolment has now just opened for these six-week long hands-on virtual sessions and this year there is a wide variety you can choose to join,details of which are in the EVO Call for Participation: http://evosessions.pbworks.com/Call_for_Participation2010

I'll be co-moderating the Teaching… Continue

AVALON partner, Klaus Hammermüller, travelled all the way from Vienna to join the SURFnet OpenSim project's 2009 final meeting, sharing experiences and know-how and discuss further collaboration with NIFLAR. We exchanged ideas for further collaboration between Avalon and Niflar, such as exchanging 3D content and tasks.
Klaus also presented his ideas on a follow up network proposal to Brussels involving NIFLAR, AVALON and other potential partners interested in future experiments and knowledge exc… Continue

We're going through the ritual of pretending that tests are a good way of assessing our students' language learning progress again in my workplace. What other solutions are out there that are compatible with the learning outcomes of formal education? Is anyone using SL in imaginative ways for language assessment?

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Its good to be here.

My colleague Randall Sadler has already done a lot of work on our EUROCALL/CALICO Christmas Holodeck. It's taking shape at the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ and will be accessible via the Horizons rezzer at ground level. It will include a skating rink:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/31/35/22

I am putting together a box of Christmas goodies: decorations, trees covered in snow, and landmarks for Christmas fairs and ski resorts… Continue