For over a decade, the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc.) Computer-Assisted Language Learning Interest Section (CALL-IS) has been providing free professional development annually for members and nonmembers alike. In this poster session, the past co-coordinator of the 2012 Electronic Village Online (EVO) will address the collaborative processes that occur in a large-scale, multi-national, open-source project. These include training and mentoring trainers, selecting free technology tools to provide online learning platforms, investigation of Web 2.0 technologies for application to the classroom, and the wholly volunteer nature of this project.

1. The
Electronic
Village Online
A collaborative project to train English
language teachers worldwide for free

2. EVO
Google+Hangout
Our goal is to allow learning anywhere,
anytime, with as little expense as
possible.

3. 2012 RESULTS
2,662 participants in 14 sessions
from almost every country around
the globe!

4. History of The EVO Project
In 1999, TESOL CALL-IS sought to
develop a cadre of online teachers &
events to extend the annual
convention.
First implemented in Electronic Village
Online (EVO) discussions using Webex in
1999, then BlackBoard in 2001.
Use of YahooGroups for 8-week sessions in
2002 to reduce costs of participation to zero.
Hosted 5-week sessions in 2012
utilizingYahooGroups, as well as other free
Web 2.0 tools

5. Purpose of the EVO
GOALS
• Spread the word about technology within our
professional association
• Help other interest sections make use of new
technologies to improve communication
internally
• Help teachers in other interest sections - and
around the world - learn about new
technologies

6. EVO Innovations & Developments
• Sponsorship by interest sections (e.g., CALLIS)
• Increase use of synchronous communications
• Use of mentors during the sessions
• Creation of a community of practice among
moderators themselves

7. Virtual Coordination Team
Our Virtual Team

8. Collaborative Processes
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Input from subject matter experts
Train-the-trainers to moderate sessions
Mentor moderators
Support from professional organizations
through webinars or resources sharing
Investigation of emergent technologies &
their adaptability to online learning

9. Timeline of Events

10. 2012 EVO Session Offerings
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11. Mentoring our Moderators
By the end of the 4-week training, we expect our moderators
to have:
1. learned what EVO is - different from formal, credited online
teaching
2. experienced different synchronous platforms & how to use
them in their own sessions
3. discussed aspects of e-moderation
4. learned about the features of YahooGroups (or other
learning management system) & created their own
5. revised & refined the syllabus for their EVO session

12. Free Tech Tools for Collaboration
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Learning Platforms: Wikis, Moodle, Google Sites,
SecondLife, & WizIQ
Communication Tools: YahooGroups, Twitter &
hashtags, Blogs, Emails, Facebook Groups, Skype,
& Google+Hangout
Multimedia Tools: Audacity (audio), Animoto
(video), Windows MovieMaker, Flicker (digital
images), Screenr (screencasting), Scribd (publication
of docs), SlideShare, & Google Tools

13. Investigation of Web 2.0 Tools for CALL

14. EVO's Collaborators & Supporters
TESOL's CALL-IS
Webheadsinaction.org

15. How do we get our volunteers?
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TESOL e-lists & newsletters of special interest
groups
Many past EVO participants become moderators!
Informal channels like Twitter, blogs, Facebook &
word-of-mouth
By invitation of the moderators & coordinators

16. EVALUATIVE FEEDBACK
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We gather formal feedback after the moderator trainings in the
fall to improve the training module.
We gather informal feedback during the sessions from our
mentors.
We gather formal feedback from the participants at the end of
the moderators' sessions in the spring.
All of this information is summarized in a report & shared with
the CALL-IS during the business meeting held at the annual
conference - and used to further improve EVO.

17. EVO Session: MachinEVO
A group film project for
learning Spanish in
SecondLife

18. EVO Session:
Developing Mentoring Skills
Video recording of reflections on the experience
By Daniela C. Wagner-Loera & Tamas
Lorincz

19. EVO Session: Multiliteracies
Top left: Vance Stevens, EVO
Coordinator & Moderator of the
Multiliteracies session
Bottom left: Kalyan Chattopadhyay,
Co-Moderator

20. EVO Session: Digital Tools with
Purpose in the Classroom
Carla Arena, 2012 EVO
Coordinator & Moderator
Other moderators included:
Ana Maria Menezes, Cheryl
Oakes, Erika Cruvinel, Jane
Petring, Kathy Epps, Mary Hillis,
Nina Lyulkun & Saša Sirk

21. How to Get Involved with EVO
d.).Due to our teamwork, TESOL sponsorship, and network alliances , we're able to establish and/or improve the erformance
• Experienced e-teacher? Offer a
of integrating technology into the classroom of thousands of teachers annually.
session!
• New to online teaching? Offer a session
- we can help!
• Just getting used to the Internet? Join a
session (Jan-Feb 2013) & learn by
doing!

22. Contact Information
Sandra Rogers
Innovation in Learning Center
University of South Alabama
sandrarogers@southalabama.edu
Twitter @teacherrogers
#evosessions