EVO: A Collaborative Professional Development Project
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The Electronic
Village Online
A collaborative project to train English language teachers worldwide for free
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Our goal is to allow learning anywhere, anytime, with as little expense as possible.
EVO
Google+Hangout
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2,662 participants in 14 sessions from almost every country around the globe!
2012 RESULTS
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History of The EVO Project
First implemented in Electronic Village Online (EVO) discussions using Webex in 1999, then BlackBoard in 2001.
Use of YahooGroups for 8-week sessions in 2002 to reduce costs of participation to zero.
Hosted 5-week sessions in 2012 utilizingYahooGroups, as well as other free Web 2.0 tools
In 1999, TESOL CALL-IS sought to develop a cadre of online teachers & events to extend the annual convention.
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GOALS
• Spread the word about technology within our professional association
• Help other interest sections make use of new technologies to improve communication internally
• Help teachers in other interest sections - and around the world - learn about new technologies
Purpose of the EVO
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• Sponsorship by interest sections (e.g., CALL-IS)
• Increase use of synchronous communications
• Use of mentors during the sessions
• Creation of a community of practice among moderators themselves
EVO Innovations & Developments
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Virtual Coordination Team
Our Virtual Team
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• Input from subject matter experts
• Train-the-trainers to moderate sessions
• Mentor moderators
• Support from professional organizations through webinars or resources sharing
• Investigation of emergent technologies & their adaptability to online learning
Collaborative Processes
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Timeline of Events
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2012 EVO Session Offeringsas possible. C
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Mentoring our Moderators
By the end of the 4-week training, we expect our moderators to have:
1. learned what EVO is - different from formal, credited online teaching2. experienced different synchronous platforms & how to use them in their own sessions3. discussed aspects of e-moderation4. learned about the features of YahooGroups (or other learning management system) & created their own5. revised & refined the syllabus for their EVO session
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• Learning Platforms: Wikis, Moodle, Google Sites, SecondLife, & WizIQ
• Communication Tools: YahooGroups, Twitter & hashtags, Blogs, Emails, Facebook Groups, Skype, & Google+Hangout
• Multimedia Tools: Audacity (audio), Animoto (video), Windows MovieMaker, Flicker (digital images), Screenr (screencasting), Scribd (publication of docs), SlideShare, & Google Tools
Free Tech Tools for Collaboration
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TESOL's CALL-IS
EVO's Collaborators & Supporters
Webheadsinaction.org
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• TESOL e-lists & newsletters of special interest groups
• Many past EVO participants become moderators!
• Informal channels like Twitter, blogs, Facebook & word-of-mouth
• By invitation of the moderators & coordinators
How do we get our volunteers?
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• We gather formal feedback after the moderator trainings in the fall to improve the training module.
• We gather informal feedback during the sessions from our mentors.
• We gather formal feedback from the participants at the end of the moderators' sessions in the spring.
• All of this information is summarized in a report & shared with the CALL-IS during the business meeting held at the annual conference - and used to further improve EVO.
EVALUATIVE FEEDBACK
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EVO Session: MachinEVO
A group film project for learning Spanish in SecondLife
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Video recording of reflections on the experience
By Daniela C. Wagner-Loera & Tamas Lorincz
EVO Session: Developing Mentoring Skills
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EVO Session: Multiliteracies
Top left: Vance Stevens, EVO Coordinator & Moderator of the Multiliteracies session
Bottom left: Kalyan Chattopadhyay, Co-Moderator
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EVO Session: Digital Tools with Purpose in the Classroom
Carla Arena, 2012 EVO Coordinator & Moderator
Other moderators included: Ana Maria Menezes, Cheryl Oakes, Erika Cruvinel, Jane Petring, Kathy Epps, Mary Hillis, Nina Lyulkun & Saša Sirk
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d.).Due to our teamwork, TESOL sponsorship, and network alliances , we're able to establish and/or improve the erformance of integrating technology into the classroom of thousands of teachers annually.
• Experienced e-teacher? Offer a session!
• New to online teaching? Offer a session - we can help!
• Just getting used to the Internet? Join a session (Jan-Feb 2013) & learn by doing!
How to Get Involved with EVO
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Contact Information
Sandra RogersInnovation in Learning CenterUniversity of South [email protected] @teacherrogers#evosessions