Sunday May 3, 2015 1300 GMT
Archived with mp3 rendition of You Tube video stream on Learning2gether here
What was it about?
The topic for Learning2gether this week is about emerging advances in online learning since the turn of the century, from a panel who were there at the beginning and have stayed on the wave for the past decade and a half.
Dave Winet recently sold the domain study dot com marking the end of an era for many Webheads. Study dot com was a free website that attracted and matched teachers with language students interested in studying online just before the dawn of social media.
Dave's innovative methods created among other things a space for language learners at the Palace, which was where Vance Stevens, Michael Coghlan, and Maggi Doty met in an online class for ESL students that soon became Writing for Webheads and evolved in 2002 into Webheads in Action, a community of practice for teachers.
In this session, Dave and Michael join me, Vance, in talking about some of the very forward thinking developments that characterized Dave's work starting late last century and that have led us through Webheads in Action on up to Learning2gether, twenty years later.
If you were with us at that time, please join us to add your reminiscences, and for those who have more recently joined us, enjoy a conversation with the founders of Webheads in Action.
How this worked at showtime May 3, 2015
- It was streamed in the video embed above, which went live on the day
- You can chat with us in real-time in the Chatwing space below
or open the chat in a new window here http://chatwing.com/vancestev - Streamed via its YouTube URL: https://youtu.be/PMm5RmsMczM
- If there is space available (up to 10 people) you are welcome to join us in the Hangout on Air
- It is a public hangout in the profile of Vance Stevens on Google+
- Join the conversation on the Google+ event page:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c4eug9m8jngd0jqksvt33fp5cik - You can join us in HoA via its direct link, posted here at the appropriate time
- If the Hangout is full, listen to the stream and interact with us in the text chat
- You can let us know if you want to join the Hangout
- We will let you know via the stream when space comes available
- When you enter the Hangout
- Wear a headset to avoid broadcasting speaker sound back into the Hangout
- Switch OFF the stream as it is on a delay and will create an echo for you
- Please MUTE YOUR MIC when not actually speaking into it during the HoA
Before, during, and after the live event, you can chat with us in the chat space above
and / or join the conversation on the Google+ event page
Here is a copy / paste of the chat from our event
hello to ALL! Am interested on event with Dave Winet ,what is the time for it?
hi allyson, Vance from Al Ain here
Hi, Vance. I'm looking forward to listening to the discussion.
great, we're just now setting up. just lost David from HoA when he's in for real I'll put the direct link here
David is having trouble, visiting family, using a netbook
trouble with the HoA I mean
His Netbook might have an inbuilt mike and no port for anything else...And broadcasting with family around might be tricky. I'm in the same situation..Mr. Allyson has promised to be as quiet as a mouse. We'll see.
haha, for David it's 6 a.m. HE's the one making noise :-)
do you want to join us in the HoA?
since it's only you ...
I'd like to, if there's room. Not sure how much I can contribute..
Let me let you in. If it fills, and David needs in, you can leave
Despite installing the plugin, I can't connect to the Hangout.
I'll join in the text chat.
I don't think the stream has started yet. Vance, I took the liberty of embedding tonight's video above.
Hi Michael - long time, no telecommunicate
I can't get the URL into webhedsinaction.org
Yes Jeff - differnt paths....
First rad that as 'scream' - perhaps a special horror edition of Learning2gether
Sorry..I can't join you in hangout. But I'm here and listening..
I don't see Nina's post here
hmmm just above yours and michael's
it was an avatar space where Webheads conducted classes
we have screen shots somewhere
finally in... I needed to close some browser windows
great, audio issues come and go
still room for one more in the HoA
qik was bought by Skype in 2011 for 16 million (FYI)
Copy from hangout: Oh, I know the extent of studycom's influence. I've had the pleasure of meeting several studycom students in real life...There are plenty out there who owe Dave and studycom an enormous debt. Mot to mention the students who met in our classes, crossed the world to meet in real life and got married.
I remember being amazed at something so simple as study.com being used as an ESL/EFL site
I stopped teaching at study.com (EFI) because I got a a paying job in the same trade!
I just sent my first voice-generated text message 2 days ago
Copied from Hangout:) This is a nice chatting tool https://todaysmeet.com/
I ma just attending online course on Creative use of Tablets, new for me
like text to speach and vice versa? it works pretty well, a lot of my writing is voiced now
EFI = English for Internet
from Jeff: I need to step out as well. Congrats Dave. Teachonthebeach.com is taken and on sale for $2000, but beachteaching.com and beachteacher.net are still available :)
Vance, Dave asked me to send you something too
we can add you to the google doc
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