For those of you who missed the Virtual Round Table Conference last week, here are a couple of recorded sessions

Ton Koenraad's NIFLAR Presentation , 12 November 2009.

Panel Discussion, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it", 13 November 2009: Duane Sider, Vance Stevens, Graham Davies and Ton Koenraad.… Continue

It’s nice to be enjoying a quiet week. Last week was pretty hectic for me:

Face-to-face, 12 November: I gave presentation on Second Life at the Technology-Enhanced Language Teaching and Learning Conference, SOAS, London. Good conference. Jean Conacher (University of Limerick) gave an excellent presentation on Technology Enhanced Language learning, and I finally met Web 2.0 guru Nik Peachey f2f for the… Continue

Today's the day my students do their guided role plays for their second assessment on the course. This post is about what I have to do to get ready for it. I'll do another one tomorrow to tell you how it worked out in practice.

What I'm trying to do today is to test their abilities to use English more spontaneously and in a situation where they might have to persuade other people to come round to their point of view. The form of the assessment is 'freely adapted' (as they say) from the old RSA… Continue

My colleague Randall Sadler has already done a lot of work on our EUROCALL/CALICO Christmas Holodeck. It's taking shape at the EUROCALL/CALICO HQ and will be accessible via the Horizons rezzer at ground level. It will include a skating rink:

http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/31/35/22

I am putting together a box of Christmas goodies: decorations, trees covered in snow, and landmarks for Christmas fairs and ski resorts… Continue