Recently Vicky Saumell tweeted about an upcoming online conference Nov. 5-8 on social networking organized by two South American affilliates of IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) which is, perhaps, the European conterpart of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). The organizing groups are AVEALMEC ( Asociación Venezolana para la Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de Lenguas Mediados por el Computador) and ARCALL a group of innovative language teaching professionals from Argentina.
The line up of guest speakers looks very impressive. Here are just a few:
George Siemens: Connectivism and Social Networking
Etienne Wenger: Communities of Practice: A Social Discipline of Learning
Vance Stevens: Modeling Social Media in Groups, Communities and Networks
Nik Peachey: From Information to Knowledge: Creating Your Own Development Network
According to the website, you do not need to register for the conference but, you will need a WIZIQ account, the on-line platform that will be used for the video conference.
This promises to be a conference worth attending!
