This is the working Wiki of the APACALL team contribution for a panel discussion at WiAOC 2007

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Link to WiAOC 2007: http://wiaoc.org

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First we need a good title for our presentation:

J-B's first try:

Computer-mediated communication: Practices and prospects

Vance's suggestion:

Computer-mediated communication: Practices and prospects for effecting change in a multiliterate, flat world

Klaus-Dieter's suggestion

Computer-mediated communication: Communication, collaboration and community building in a multiliterate and multimodal world

<didn't quite get the "effecting change" and the "flat". So just in case others felt the same, I suggest we bring in the three C's into the title and add multi-modal to multiliterate>

Debra's suggestion:

<I think that of the ones here so far Klaus-Dieter's above best fits my thoughts on the topic, though I might prefer to omit the word "building" after community, since we're not just about building, but also establishing, maintaining etc. > 

Siew Ming's comments: I would say that Klaus-Dieter's suggested title  is the most comprehensive but a bit too long. I have no problem with community building as I see it as a term that covers establishing, maintaining etc but can we leave out the multiliterate and multimodal world?  I think that is understood.

Vance says:

Computer-mediated communication: Collaboration and community in a multiliterate flat world

It occurred to me that communication was repeated; redundant.  So I deleted the repetition.

I like KD's multiliterate multimodal and it was what I was getting at.  The idea of a flat world is current now.

and a second suggestion, with a nod toward the conference theme:

Computer-mediated communication: CONNECTing in a multiliterate flat world

Vance

J-B says:

Yes, I also think that we are getting there. I will e-mail you all again shortly.

Team members:

Jeong-Bae Son, Vance Stevens , Andrew Lian, Debra Hoven, Klaus-Dieter Rossade and Siew Ming Thang (in presentation order)

Type of presentation: Panel / Round table

Presentation length requested 1.5 hours: 1 hour: A 10-minute talk by each panel member (a total of 6 panel members);

0.5 hour: Discussion, questions & answers

Presentation date & time: Friday, 18 May 2007, 4:00-5:00 GMT

Vance put it down for Elluminate (Learning Times) http://tinyurl.com/y3eh

Presentation Abstract (50–100 words)

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This panel explores CMC with reflections of panel members’ experiences in CMC. Issues such as the potential and recent development of CMC, the use of synchronous conferencing tools, blogs and wikis, the development of a generic module for training online tutors, and CMC in language teacher education and professional development will be discussed.

Suggested abstract by Siew Ming:

This panel presents panel members' views, experiences and practices in CMC.  Issues discussed include potential and recent development of CMC, an overview of the role of CMC in language teacher education and professional development, the use of synchronous conferencing tools, blogs and wikis,  and  the development of a generic module for training online tutors.

Presentation Summary (200–300 words)

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Computer-mediated communication (CMC) provides language learners and teachers with a dynamic learning and teaching environment. It allows them to have real interactions synchronously or asynchronously with others in other locations in the form of e-mail, text chatting, voice chatting, video conferencing, electronic discussion groups, Web-based bulletin boards, wikis or blogs. Through the interactions, they can have intercultural communication, exchange information, share resources, hold on-line discussions and do collaborative work. This panel will explore CMC with reflections of panel members’ experiences in CMC:

• Jeong-Bae Son will begin with a brief overview of CMC and talk about the use of CMC in language teacher education and professional development;
• Vance Stevens will talk about how CMC has developed recently, especially with respect to aggregation of content through use of tags and aggregation software, and to widening contacts and knowledge through social networking;
• Andrew Lian will talk briefly about the potential of CMC in relation to interaction where the students have real stakes in the outcomes of communicative activity, i.e., where they genuinely stand to win or lose something;
• Debra Hoven will discuss her research into the uses of blogs, wikis & IM to promote the establishment and maintenance of communities of learners and practice;
• Klaus-Dieter Rossade will talk about experiences using audio-graphic synchronous conferencing and Instant Messaging at the Open University in the UK since 2001 and the future of this within the new Moodle VLE;
• Siew Ming Thang will describe a generic module for the training of online tutors for higher education developed by The School of Education, University of Nottingham and Beiwai Online, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China.

Biodata for presenters 30-50 words per presenter can be found on each presenter's page

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