Power Point presentation for NISOD 2010 on Web 2.0, especially Electronic Live Chat (ELC) in language & culture learning.

1. Say what? Chatting live online to open the mind Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 1

2. Say what? Live chat as linguistic hermaphrodite Speech-like: casual, quick, elliptical, dialectal Language-like: careful, edited, complete, linguistic Communicatively consequential: practical, cognitive Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 2

3. Say what? ELC’s cross-curricular consequences Medium expedites the message Message embeds a cultural substratum Message carries a topical superstratum ELC promotesla transdisciplinarité Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 3

4. Say what? ELC as a technical tool Disadvantages Obvious (e.g., it’s not face-to-face) Non-obvious (e.g., it permits distractions) Advantages Obvious (e.g., it enhances self-expression) Non-obvious (e.g., it promotes vermicular thinking/reasoning) Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 4

5. Say what? ELC and assessment Assessment within ELC : holistic analysis Assessment of ELC : effectiveness, and…? Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 5

6. Say what? ELC beyond the web of discourse ELC & functions of discourse in L1>L2 ELC & alternative reasoning ELC: Interactional linguistics Social semiotics online Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 6

7. Say what? Beyond and as well as ELC…. Blogs/ blogues & micro-blogs Collaborative mind maps Wikis/ collaboration Podcasts Social networks Second Life Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 7

8. Say what? Blogs & micro-blogs --asynchronous --Web logs, usually structured around a topic --Time-, date-stamped --journal-like in form, content Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 8

9. Say what? Collaborative “mind maps”/cartes heuristiques -- may be synchronous or asynchronous -- may use templates or not -- encourage non-linear thinking -- stimulate connectivity, transdisciplinarité Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 9

10. Say what? Wikis & collaboration -- asynchronous -- shared repositories of knowledge, data, links -- exemplars: Wikipedia, Wiktionnaire -- freely creatable: Wikispaces Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 10

11. Say what? Podcasts -- asynchronous -- audio or video -- intended for playback on portable devices -- may be used with MP3, mobile telephone, PC Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 11

12. Say what? Social networks MySpace, Facebook à l’internationale Skype-based (e.g., xlingo) Education-oriented (e.g., MyLanguageExchange) Multiple-topic, and –language (e.g., Ning) Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 12

13. Say what? Second Life and other virtual worlds -- Synchronous -- 3-D, offering alternative realities -- Examples: * Second Life (online 3-D world) * MOOs Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 13

14. Say what? Web 3.0? Beyond? Opposing forces: insular v. accommodating Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 14