Presentation given at EuroCALL 2010 conference in Bordeaux, France, September 2010

23. image: Joyce Seitzinger, e-learning instructional designer : http://www.flickr.com/photos/catspyjamasnz/ PLE vs PLN More PLE Diagrams here: http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/PLE+Diagrams

24. image: Francesc Esteve, educational analyst, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid http://www.francescesteve.es/ PLE vs VLE PLE - open learning - informal learning - student/teacher owned - small pieces loosely joined

26. lively, significant, public digital knowledge - rather than chatting for one

27. moment with a small group of friends and colleagues, every person

28. potentially has access to a global audience. Taken together, that

29. conversation also creates a mode of knowing we've never had

30. before...these diverse viewpoints help us get past the biases of

31. individuals..." (Weinberger, 2007:146)

33. “ Social software offers the opportunity to narrow the divide between producers and consumers. Consumers themselves become producers, through creating and sharing. One implication is the potential for a new ecology of ‘open’ content, books, learning materials and multimedia, through learners themselves becoming producers of learning materials.” (Attwell, 2007) New approach to using technologies for learning.

35. Autonomous 'Personal Learning Networks’ for Language Teachers APLaNeT Seven Partners: ISTEK, Turkey University West Scotland, UK – Sofia University, Bulgaria British Council, Spain – EuroEd Foundation, Romania CELT Athens, Greece – Pelikan, Czech Republic Associate Partners – 140 institutions from 33 countries

36. not 'build and they will come' but go to where the people are

38. inform about and support teachers in a wide variety of social networks

40. introducing learners to Twitter

41. introducing learners to Twitter

42. introducing learners to Twitter

43. introducing learners to Twitter

44. learners use of Twitter

45. learners use of Twitter

46. learners use of Twitter

47. learners use of Twitter