1. Webheads Communities of Practice in Action Vance Stevens, Abu Dhabi, UAE Presented at Put the Learning back in eLearning: British Council, Manchester February 14, 2006

2. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 How this talk was prepared 1.I followed a pre-conference discussion in Moodle  audience-directed 2.I have followed blogs of some respected thinkers, for example Stephen Downes, for latest thoughts on related topicsStephen Downes 3.I have co-opted ideas from distributed CoPs in which I am involved 4.I’ve invited live voices to join us from throughout these communities It’s a convergence of many streams that have let to the creation of this slide show TODAYconvergence

3. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 What this talk is about BRIEFLY, how Webheads got started How we've changed, evolved, and continue to change How Webheads can serve as a model change agent for others who want to change themselves I plan to allow time for Webheads present to comment on these points and for questions and discussion from the live audience in Manchester

4. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Who were the Webheads Student group since 1998 –http://wfw.webheads.infohttp://wfw.webheads.info –More recently Webheads in Action since 2002 –http://www.webheads.infohttp://www.webheads.info Becoming a Webhead since 2004 –http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/index.htmlhttp://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/index.html 400++ members in each WfW and WiA Yahoo Group (250 in BaW-06)

5. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 How have Webheads changed? Webheads 2.0? Moodle for Webheads http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/co urse/view.php?id=26 http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/co urse/view.php?id=26 –Now this is very nice http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/content/participants.html http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/content/participants.html –But this is much easier for moderator http://baw-06.pbwiki.com/ http://baw-06.pbwiki.com/ More pics: Frappr and Flickr http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/co urse/view.php?id=20 and http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/index.html http://www.opensource.idv.tw/moodle/co urse/view.php?id=20http://dafnegonzalez.com/baw- 06/index.html

6. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 How can YOU change? Join CoPs Follow lists Read Blogs Utilize RSS Learn about Web 2.0 Experiment Don’t be afraid to have FUN

7. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Join Communities of Practice Gavin Dudeney’s presentation at this conference: http://www.britishcouncilinteractive.tv/moodle/file.php/5/Seminar_Files/ CommunitiesOfPracticeGavinDudene y.ppt http://www.britishcouncilinteractive.tv/moodle/file.php/5/Seminar_Files/ CommunitiesOfPracticeGavinDudene y.ppt

8. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Follow lists Webheads: –http://www.webheads.infohttp://www.webheads.info –http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonlin e2002_webheadshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/evonlin e2002_webheads

9. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Read Blogs Stephen Downes http://downes.cahttp://downes.ca George Siemens Jay Cross Dave Cormier Peter Tosh Etc etc Blogging and Language Learning - http://www.vancestevens.com/blogs.htm http://www.vancestevens.com/blogs.htm

10. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Utilize RSS Venn diagrams http://fraser.typepad.com/photos/uncateg orized/venns.gif http://fraser.typepad.com/photos/uncateg orized/venns.gif Learn about: RSS and aggregators; excellent resources from Will Richardson –Presentation: Recording: "RSS: The New Killer App for Educators". Description page: http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?g o=679449; direct link: https://www.elluminate.com/site/pmtg.jnlp?ps id=d429011575.202706 http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?g o=679449 https://www.elluminate.com/site/pmtg.jnlp?ps id=d429011575.202706 –RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators, http://www.weblogg-ed.com/rss_for_ed http://www.weblogg-ed.com/rss_for_ed –Will's blog, Weblogg-ed dot com: http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ http://www.weblogg-ed.com/

11. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Learn about Web 2.0 What's a blog? plog? etc?? http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?pa ge_id=7495&bhcp=1 http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?pa ge_id=7495&bhcp=1 So, what's next? Web 2.0 is about making sites more interactive, less static http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/200 6/01/30/BUG4FGUN9H1.DTL&type=tech http://www.sfgate.com/cgi- bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/200 6/01/30/BUG4FGUN9H1.DTL&type=tech Another brick in the wall http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/en tries/20050125170206 http://www.cetis.ac.uk/members/scott/en tries/20050125170206

12. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Experiment and have F.U.N. Voices heard having F.U.N. in online communities of practice http://www.homestead.com/prosites- vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/colloqu ium2004/fun00.htm http://www.homestead.com/prosites- vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/colloqu ium2004/fun00.htm Over to Webheads in the remote audience … And to our ‘on-site’ participants in Manchester

13. (C)opyright Vance Stevens 2006 Last word Valentina says it very well http://odeo.com/a/UE66smL4kL3flKZ HCP6f8ibGLmlwQ8PO5iK4xjff/#cmnt 6778 http://odeo.com/a/UE66smL4kL3flKZ HCP6f8ibGLmlwQ8PO5iK4xjff/#cmnt 6778 I ‘hear’ you - Vance