Late as usual here, I am about to watch the video of the first session, then read messages to catch up before...

Late as usual here, I am about to watch the video of the first session, then read messages to catch up before tomorrow (night for me, I am in Tokyo).

I've got a lot of experience with edtech, starting way back before the Internet, and even before Windows (I started with DOS 2.0 really, but did some Unix before that). I was 2x President of the Tokyo PC Users Group and 3x president of the JALT CALL SIG. Most of my research has been in CALL, but lately tending toward the more broad edtech.

I taught Japanese online in 2003 for US high school students through a corporate setup that was the worst of both online and classroom worlds. Learned a lot about what not to do.

I use Moodle for my classes, administer it myself, and plan to adapt it to online teaching when I retire. I have the next 3 years to get up to speed. So I am just checking out more the management end of the experience. Looking forward to workshopping with illuminaries like Heike and Vance, as well as all you guys out there. See you tomorrow!