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Mastering competencies for collaboration and aggregation in distributed learning networks

by Vance Stevens
Department of Computing, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Featured online presentation in the Virtual Strand 2007
http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/eurocall/conference_format/virtual-strand/index.html
September 8, 2007 - 10:15-11:00 GMT
Global times: http://tinyurl.com/2dbbkl

as part of the EuroCALL conference in Coleraine, Northern Ireland
5 - 8 September, 2007 - http://www.eurocall2007.com/

Before the event Sept 8

This presentation is to be placed online at (or linked from) the Virtual Strand site approximately ten days before it is 'given'. Delegates are expected to 'read the paper' or in a more multiliterate sense, 'explore the materials'. Since the 'paper' (how outmoded a term that is in this digital era!) is about multiliteracy (e.g. digital literacies as opposed to print ones, hypertext as opposed to linear, and aggregation as opposed to the conduit metaphor of knowledge distribution) I thought I would prepare my presentation accordingly; hence the materials listed below, which can be perused, viewed, heard (even read linearly in their text version). .

There are a number of VS sites which do not link to one another, so where to start? Try ...

• My presentation links
  1. Start with the Pageflakes portal: http://www.pageflakes.com/vancestevens/13493912
  2. From there find the 'paper' , prose version: http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/eurocall/coleraine2007.htm or ...
     • Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/3ym7mv
     • SnipURL: http://snipurl.com/eurocall2007vs
  3. Read and explore and post comments in the wiki sandbox: http://eurocall2007vs.wikispaces.com
• Virtual Strand presentation links
  1. http://vsportal2007.googlepages.com/home
  2. Then click on Vance Stevens to arrive at http://vsportal2007.googlepages.com/masteringcompetenciesforcollaborationand
     • This will take you to my PageFlakes portal: http://www.pageflakes.com/vancestevens/13493912
  3. If you sign up for the discussion list, messages are here: http://groups.google.com/group/VSChatEuroCALL2007/
• Other Virtual Strand links
  1. The EuroCALL conference site: http://www.eurocall2007.com/
     • The Virtual Strand page: http://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/eurocall/conference_format/virtual-strand/index.html
  2. EuroCALL Virtual Strand 2007 Google Group portal: http://vsportal2007.googlepages.com/
     • Presentation schedule: http://vsportal2007.googlepages.com/presentationschedules
     • My presentation link from the above page: http://vsportal2007.googlepages.com/masteringcompetenciesforcollaborationand
  3. The Virtual Strand blog is here http://eurocall2007.blogspot.com/
     • You reach the Blobber live text chat by visiting http://eurocall2007.blogspot.com/ (only works with IE) and then clicking the tabs at the upper left of the page

On September 8, 2007 - 10:15-11:00 GMT
Global times: http://tinyurl.com/2dbbkl

At the time of the presentation, I am due to come online and discuss the material referenced here with the delegates present in the text chat. I also propose to set up a Skype conference and stream it via http://www.webcastacademy.net/, so that delegates or anyone in the world may listen or participate or both, as they wish or are able to. Here's what you can do to participate:

• Text chat
  1. Start with the Virtual Strand blog: http://eurocall2007.blogspot.com/
     • You reach the Blobber live text chat by visiting http://eurocall2007.blogspot.com/ (only works with IE) and then clicking the tabs at the upper left of the page
  2. There will be an alternative text chat associated with the voice stream at http://www.webcastacademy.net/chat
• Voice chat
  1. If you would like to listen you can do so here: http://www.webcastacademy.net/listen.
     This is not a presentation, it will be a conversation amongst online participants.
     More information: http://www.webcastacademy.net/node/1325
  2. If you wish to speak, log on to Skype and look for vancestev
     Look also for instructions to contact someone else in case I am able to enlist a moderator/coordinator
• Second life
  1. We might meet at Edunation or Boracay, two of our favorite places, or perhaps Meteora, also fun.
     Once in world, offer friendship to Webhead Link (Vance) and pester him for a teleport.

Tagging

Very import - Please TAG your posts (tag = label in Blogger). If you create any blog postings or other artifacts on the web in conjunction with this event or any other EuroCALL conference event please use one of these tags:

• I suggested we use: eurocall2007
• The mob has gravitated to eurocall as the tag of choice, which illustrates how no one person can set a taxonomy convention when categorization is governed by folksonomies.

Structure of the written presentation

This presentation is divided into the following topics.
You may expore them linearly or at random by clicking on these links:

1. Abstract
2. Web 2.0: Impacts on multiliteracies in education
3. Aggregation of knowledge in distributed learning networks
4. RSS and PULL technologies
5. Tags and Folksonomies
6. Writingmatrix
7. Conclusion
8. References

For comments, suggestions, or further information on this page, contact Vance Stevens, page webmaster.

Last updated: September8, 2007

Copyright 2007 by Vance Stevens
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