--- Forwarded Message from Jeff Magoto <[log in to unmask]> --- >Cc: Mandy Lindgren <[log in to unmask]>, Jim Duber <[log in to unmask]>, Norman Kerr <[log in to unmask]> >From: Jeff Magoto <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: ANVILL--speech based course system >Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:17:10 -0700 >References: <[log in to unmask]> Dear Colleagues, We've opened the doors on ANVILL, a "speech-centric" course authoring system that we've been developing in collaboration with the Center for Applied Second Language Studies and duber dot com. http://anvill.uoregon.edu/ While there's still little documentation, there are webcasts and demo courses which give you a sense of its overall use. If you've worked with other open source content management systems (Moodle, Sakai, etc.), creating web-based content with ANVILL should come easily. (It's built with Drupal). The speech tools are all Flash Media Server-based, so if you have used CLEAR's Rich Internet Applications or Voicethread, or similar streaming media-based tools, you should feel right at home. We supply the servers and the space. Instructors can begin creating courses and taking advantage of its tools as soon as they sign for an account. They manage their own enrollments. We want to get the word out about ANVILL. We're particularly interested in working with K-12 teachers who may not have access to "language labs". We're looking for 100 teachers to work with during our two-year pilot period. In May we'll be doing a workshop on it at IALL. (Please contact me off list with questions). Regards, Jeff Magoto Director, Yamada Language Center [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************