TEACHING WITH WEB 2.0 TOOLS. DESIGNING FOR SOCIAL PRESENCE

DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE

Teaching with web 2.0 tools – Designing for social presence is an online course intended for teachers and teacher trainees from all over the world, sponsored by TESOL international.

This course approaches the use of web tools and their applicability in EFL/ESL teaching.

PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION. G. SALMON

(2002)

Type Behaviours

The wolf 

Visits once a week, lots of activity, then disappears again until next week, or even the week after!

The elephant 

Steady – visits most days for a short time.

The squirrel  

Always catching up: completes two weeks in one session then disappears again for some time.

The mouse  

Visits once a week, reads and contributes little.

PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION. G. SALMON

(2002)

The mole  

Inclined to post disembodied comments in a random way.

The rabbit  

Lives online, prolificmessage writer, respondsvery rapidly.

The stag 

Tendency to dominate discussion at certain times.

The magpie  

Steals ideas without acknowledging.

The dolphin  

Intelligent, good communicator and playful online.

GUIDELINES FOR BUILDING INSTRUCTOR AND SOCIAL

PRESENCE

Organization of the course

Wordle

Links to every task

Description of activities per week

Organization of the course

Questions

Organization of the course

Task design and assessment

WEB TOOLS USEDSome web tools used in

this course