Presented By Gavin Dudeney [ The Consultants-E ]

Session Details

After the supposed technology revolution of the past 15 years, why are most teachers at best still false beginners in DSL (Digital as a Second Language)? How does one acquire fluency in order to engage the ‘native speakers’ of today? This session may hold some of the answers...

NOTE: An audio recording of the presentation is now available at:

http://blip.tv/file/1956540/ 

Hope you enjoy it... looking forward to some comments...

About Gavin Dudeney [ The Consultants-E ]

I have worked in education for the past 19 years, as a teacher, materials developer, IT manager and web/user interface designer. Before that I had various incarnations as a stand-up comedian, dating agency IT expert, advertising designer.

My blend of pedagogical and technical skills has taken me around the world - primarily for the International House World Organisation, but also for the British Council and other entities - helping them to bridge the gap between their training and teaching portfolio and their technical needs.

Until the end of 2003 I held two posts: the first as Head of the New Technologies Department at International House Barcelona and the second was Lead Developer for the online training centre Net Languages. In 2003 I set up The Consultants-E with Nicky Hockly.

I am a past coordinator of the IATEFL Learning Technologies Special Interest Group and also past editor of the SIG newsletter. In 2007 I was elected Honorary Secretary of IATEFL.

Publications include: "The Internet & The Language Classroom" (CUP 2000, 2007), "How to Teach English with Technology" (Longman 2007, with Nicky Hockly - winner of the International House Ben Warren Award 2008) and "Blended Learning" (DELTA, forthcoming with Nicky Hockly and Lindsay Clandfield). I am also writing a chapter for a forthcoming book on Second Life in further and higher education, with Howard Ramsay.

My company (www.theconsultants-e.com) works primarily in online teacher development and training and our Cert ICT course won a British Council ELTON in 2007. Among our other courses we also offer the only online Cert IBET course.

When not working on all that, I look after our three islands in Second Life and spend time building and scripting for the education community - our Second Life project EduCation@EduNation is shortlisted for a 2009 British Council ELTON award.

You can follow my blog at: http://slife.dudeney.com, or catch me on Twitter.

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