Call for Proposals: Electronic Village Online 2010
A Project of TESOL's CALL Interest Section
The Electronic Village Online (EVO) is a creation of TESOL's CALL Interest Section (http://www.call-is.org/info/). In this age of electronic communication, it seems a natural way to bring the issues of our profession to the international stage. Our goal is to allow learning anywhere, anytime with as little expense as possible. Thus EVO coordinators (trainers) and moderators are all volunteers, and participants need only provide their own Internet access to take part in the activities.
For 6 weeks, participants can engage with ESOL experts in collaborative online discussion sessions or hands-on virtual workshops. These sessions bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted by the 4-day land-based TESOL convention and allow a fuller development of ideas and themes of the convention or of general professional interest. The sessions are free and open to all interested parties. Participants do not need to be TESOL members.
In early 2009, NNESTIS sponsored the first NNEST-EVO session. It was a discussion-based session on the issues facing NNES teachers in TESOL. Experts and renowned researchers in the field were invited as guest speakers. Details of this session can be found at http://nnest-evo2009.pbwiki.com/.
We invite you to submit proposals for EVO 2010 sessions. We will be accepting submissions for proposals by July 2009. We invite you to submit proposals for EVO 2010 sessions. We will be accepting submissions for proposals from July 13 to September 28, 2009. For descriptions of sessions from 2009, see http://evosessions.pbworks.com/Call_for_Participation09.
- Aiden Yeh (coordinator), Wen Zao Ursuline College of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- JoAnn Miller (coordinator), Freelance consultant and materials developer
- Dafne González (past coordinator), Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
- Susan Marandi, Al-Zahra University, Teheran, Iran
- Moira Hunter, ESIEE & ENSAPM, Paris, France
- Carla Arena, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, Brazil
- Leticia Esteves, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
- Laine Marshall, Long Island University, Purchase, NY, USA
- Rubena St. Louis, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
- Vance Stevens (TESOL PDC liaison), Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, California State University, Sacramento/Command Performance Language Institute, Sacramento, CA, USA (past coordinator)
- Christine Bauer-Ramazani, St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT, USA (cofounder, past coordinator)
NNEST Newsletter June 30, 2009 Volume 11 Number 1: Table of Contents
