Multiliteracies Portals: 2006 Web portal | Moodle | Desire to Learn | 'Multilit' Yahoo Group
Vance's projects: CALL Resources & Site Index | Presentations & Publications | Webheads in Action
URL for this page: http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/ppot/syllabus2006.htm

• The course is conducted on three day event cycles; that is,
  • Each Monday and Thursday -- an event or task or assignment set
  • Each Tuesday and Friday -- study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
  • Each Wednesday and Saturday -- threaded discussion of current topic
  • Each Sunday -- a synchronous chat: Drop by Tapped In at around 13:00 GMT to meet Vance and other course participants in informal text-based conversation. Register at Tapped In for free or join in as a guest. Opportunities for experimentation with other voice and video CMC tools will be pursued as well. Click here to see what time 13:00 GMT is where you are.
  • Other synchronous events are scheduled as they come up; details here: http://www.vancestevens.com/online_events.htm

Note: The dates below are current, but at the moment the events linked from here are from the 2005 syllabus (and the syllabus has changed for 2006, and will be more focused on the Moodle). Please bear with me as I proceed with updates. - Vance (Sept 5)

Warmup activities Sept 8-10

Sept 11 onwards ...

• Week 1: Sept 11-17, 2006
  What is multiliteracy? The mechanics of online communities: social networking and collaborative learning portals / Skypecasting
  • Event cycle 1:Getting to know one another and setting up the mechanics of a community ( NEW for 2006)
    Mon Sept 11 - Introduce topic: for Sept 11-12 2006 see:
    http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/course/view.php?id=23
    Tue Sept 12 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Wed Sept 13 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
    

    September 13, 2006 15.00-17.00 GMT) - Graham Stanley conducts Skypecasts at EFL Bridges and again on Sundays 6.00am-8.00am GMT. Find details on how to join the Skypecasts at http://www.eflbridges.net, with links given a couple of days beforehand, or simply visit http://skypecast.com/ at the time of the chat and locate the 'World Conversation Club'. Normally they are webcast too, so people who want to listen without taking part in the Skypecast can do so using the stream at World Bridges (http://www.worldbridges.net) or at EFL Bridges. And finally, the conversations are available as podcasts at the preceeding links.

  • Event cycle 2: What is multiliteracy? ( NEW for 2006): What kinds of multiple literacies are there?
    Thu Sept 14 - Introduce topic
    Fri Sept 15 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Sat Sept 16 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
    Sun Sept 17 - 13:00 GMT synchronous text chat at http://www.tappedin.org and a Skypcast. Register with Tapped In and obtain Skype ID beforehand. Other events each Sunday include http://eflbridges.net, a weekly Skypecast from 6 a.m. GMT, and later in the evening GMT: EdTech Talk, global times and 'tune in' links at http://edtechtalk.com/ and/or http://educationbridges.net, webcasts/podcasts hosted by Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier, and others, at Worldbridges, http://worldbridges.net.
    See: Lebow, Jeff. (2006). Worldbridges: The Potential of Live, Interactive Webcasting. TESL-EJ (Electric Online Journal), Volume 10, Number 1: http://www.tesl-ej.org/ej37/int.html
  
  
• Week 2: Sept 18-24, 2006
  Theoretical framework for multiliteracies and how they apply to collaborative learning environments: Managing information: Utilizing RSS and bloglines, podcasting and podcatching
  • Event cycle 3: A Theoretical framework for multiliteracies: How multiliteracies apply to collaborative learning environments
    Mon Sept 18 - Introduce topic
    Tue Sept 19 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Wed Sept 20 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
  • Event cycle 4: Managing Infomation
    Thu Sept 21 - Introduce topic with guest eXpert eBob
    Fri Sept 22 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Sat Sept 23 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
    Sun Sept 24 - 13:00 GMT synchronous text chat at http://www.tappedin.org augmented by voice. Download Talking Communities plugin from http://www.alado.net/webheads; plus other online events scheduled on Sundays.
• Week 3: Sept 25-Oct 1, 2005
  Types of multileracies: Functional, critical - Web 2.0 and an overview of free presentation portals
  • Time out: reading and reflection
    A chance for everyone to catch up, view presentations missed, read over materials, respond in forums and blogs
  • Event cycle 5: Functional literacy
    Thu Sept 28 - Introduce topic
    Fri Sept 29 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Sat Sept 30 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
    Sun Oct 1 - 13:00 GMT meet at http://www.tappedin.org to experiment with text, voice, and web cam collaboration tools and environments. Register with Tapped In and http://www.learningtimes.net beforehand. Install Elluminate from Learning Times http://www.tinyurl.com/y3eh and Talking Communities plugin from http://www.alado.net/webheads; plus other online events scheduled on Sundays.
• Week 4: Oct 2-Oct 8, 2005
  Types of multileracies: Rhetorical and others - More read/write Web and other media
  • Event cycle 6: Critical literacy
    Mon Oct 2 - Introduce topic
    Tue Oct 3 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Wed Oct 4 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
  • Event cycle 7: Rhetorical literacy
    Thu Oct 5 - Introduce topic
    Fri Oct 6 - Study, reflection, response, suggestions, feedback
    Sat Oct 7 - Please contribute to threaded discussion
    Sun Oct 8 - Global Learn Day 10 - a 24 hour festival of online events and presentations

In the 2004 desire to learn portal, here are the questions that were put to the group
and the number of responses each had generated by October 9, 2004

What is Multiliteracy in Collaborative Learning Environments?
So what do you think multiliteracy is (as it might relate to collaborative learning environments)? You might want to start with your definition of the term, and we'll take it from there ...

• What is multiliteracy? (51 msgs)
  Let's try to arrive at a definition (like trying to define 'blended' learning) ...
• How do you think multiliteracy might apply to collaborative learning environments? (55 msgs)
  We'll get some seeds of thought going here and then nurture them with perspective from readings and other media ...

Theoretical framework for multiliteracies
We'll examine some of the theoretical issues in multiliteracies

• What learning theories do you feel are most compatible with your conception of multiliteracies? (2 msgs)
  What are some differences between constructionist and constructivist viewpoints? Which do you think are most compatible with multilteracy frameworks? (18 msgs - 0 unread)
• What have you found out about the contribution of the New London Group to the concept of multiliteracies? (8 msgs)

Types of multiliteracies

• What kinds of multiliteracies are there? (6 msgs)
  Selber narrows it down to functional, critical, and rhetorical. But is this a comprehensive list? Are there other kinds of literacies?
• What is functional literacy? (7 msgs)
  To Selber this is the literacy associated with doing things with technology; what you need to know to make it work and discuss what you are doing with others. Anything else?
• What is critical literacy? (6 msgs)
  To Selber this is the literacy associated with evaluating and critiquing the various impacts and implications of use of technology, and of course, discussing this with others. Anything else?
• What is rhetorical literacy? (6 msgs)
  To Selber this is the literacy associated with communicating through digital media. Anything else?

Funtional literacy
a consideration of the functional aspect of multiliteracy

• The Tool Metaphor (1 msgs)
  In considering Selber's assigning both positive and negative ramifications of the tool metaphor on educational settings, how do you think this metaphor applies in your own context?
• Parameters of Functional Literacy (8 msgs)
  Refering to the book or our synopsis in the syllabus, comment on any of the 5 parameters of functional literacy introduced by Selber. What do they mean? How do they apply to you?

Critical literacy

• What power moves do you encounter in your work and experience with using technology? (1 msgs)
  Please see Maryanne's synopsis at http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/ppot/event_cycle6.htm and comment accordingly.

Rhetorical Literacy
In which we discuss the meaning and ramifications of the rhetorical aspects of multiliteracy

• Production vs. connection paradigm (0 msgs)
  Regarding Rae's reflections on Selber's chapter on Rhetorical Literacy, it strikes me that by setting forums and discussion topics in D2L we encourage the production paradigm. Does your experience in these discussions suggest ways that production can be channeled into connection or communication?

Archive

Warmup activities

Sept 8 - 10: Open Weekends @ Knowplace offer the opportunity to sample various leading-edge topics presented by members of our international community. You need only an account at http://knowplace.ca (or http://knowmoodle.ca, or http://knowcoach.ca) to participate. .The format is asynchronous discussion forums, so you can participate at your convenience. All discussions open Friday 16:00 GMT and close Monday 07:00 GMT (when there's DST in Vancouver). The "three-day" weekend provides time for you to review the course materials and/or read and post to the discussions later on Sunday. The facilitator(s) will be checking into the workshop throughout the weekend at times convenient to their time zones.

• Living Life Online - Helen Kershaw http://knowplace.ca
  The Virtual world for many people brings images of people wasting their lives in a gaming orsimulated environment. Today there are many other possibilities available and the focus of this OW session is to explore those options. We will look at what some people are working on, how to utilize software in your work or personal life,how to network and collaborate with colleagues and friends. The possibilities are endless perhaps only limited by our experiences and imaginations.
• Virtual Meetings - Randy LaBonte (held in knowplace) http://knowplace.ca
  Through our interaction, both asynchronous in knowplace and live in Elluminate Live, you will come away with an appreciation for the level of interaction possible through technology, and more importantly some tips that will help you in your professional life online.

Sunday, Sept 10, 2006 Webheads in Action/Writing for Webheads: World friendship thru lang. learning 12:00-14:00 GMT ; meets at http://www.tappedin.org/ and decides what to do from there. See http://sites.hsprofessional.com/vstevens/files/efi/software.htm to fathom more possibilities. In case we're Skypecasting, visit http://www.skypecast.com and find us in what's On Now or Starting Soon.

• Each Sunday midnight GMTor at a time announced on a week by week basis at http://edtechtalk.com/, there is a webcast hosted by Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier, at Worldbridges, or http://worldbridges.com/livewire/
  • Program notes and recordings of all shows are available at http://edtechtalk.com/ and http://worldbridges.com/
  • You can download the podcast and/or subscribe to the RSS feed with this link http://edtechtalk.com/feed

©opyright 2006 by Vance Stevens