Unit 3. Tools for Communities of Practice II

Communities of Practice began by using BBS ([blank_start]Bulletin Board System[blank_end])

[blank_start]Webheads[blank_end] is one of the most active CoPs, formed by Language Teachers who search for new ways of teaching through technology.

[blank_start]ELEARNING[blank_end] is one of the basic communities to belong to if you want to be updated about key e-learning topics in Spanish. It is shared by companies, University system administrators and teachers of different disciplines.

[blank_start]CUED–L[blank_end] is a space created to debate about distance learning education and many other matters. It is focused on formal university education.

AESLA is the acronym for [blank_start]Asociación Española[blank_end] de [blank_start]Lingüística Aplicada[blank_end]

[blank_start]AEDEAN[blank_end] stands for Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

[blank_start]EuroCALL[blank_end] is one of the most important CALL Associations in Europe of teachers who use technology to teach and do research on linguistic issues.

[blank_start]Busuu[blank_end] is a CoP based on Video Chat to practice foreign languages. Its name comes from a language in Camerun spoken by just 80 people.

[blank_start]Asynchronous[blank_end] Computer-Mediated Communication tools (ACMC) are those used to communicate with time delay, this is, not in real time.

A [blank_start]wiki[blank_end] is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.