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<P><FONT size=2>Exploring the boundaries of social inclusion, social media and language<BR>education<BR><BR>- Can the use of social media in language education lead to better social<BR>inclusion? Who benefits? What does it mean?<BR>- What applications can be used? How? Are there any examples of best<BR>practice?<BR>- What is the future of the internet and social media? How will they<BR>affect language learning and intercultural education?<BR><BR>Join the participatory debate now!<BR><BR>Within the framework of the EC-funded network “language learning and<BR>social media: 6 key dialogues”, a series of events will explore this hot<BR>topic.<BR><BR>On April 28, 2010, a face-to-face debate, broadcast live via videoconference:<BR><BR>“Rethinking social inclusion and web 2.0: What’s in store for language<BR>education?”<BR><BR>Place and time:<BR>University of Turku, Educarium building (room EDU 3) – Assistentinkatu 5<BR>28.04.2010, Turku (Finland) 11h00 – 12h30 Finnish Time (CET +1)<BR><BR>Invited speakers:<BR>Prof. Gráinne Conole (The Open University, UK) and Prof. Ruth Illman (Ĺbo<BR>Akademi, Finland)<BR><BR>Moderators:<BR>Fred Dervin (LS6 local coordinator) & Eija Suomela-Salmi<BR>(Department of French Studies, University of Turku)<BR><BR>Join the debate live (videostreaming webinar)!<BR>For free registration email: turkuwebinar@gmail.com<BR><BR>Unable to take part in the live debate? You can still join the two-month<BR>forum discussion!<BR>The video of the debate will be uploaded to the network website and a<BR>moderated forum discussion will be continued online until 1st June 2010<BR>on:<BR><A href="http://www.elearningeuropa.info/community/socialinclusion">http://www.elearningeuropa.info/community/socialinclusion</A><BR>The discussion will be also followed by the two expert speakers.<BR><BR>Join our activities, share your views!<BR><BR>About the “language learning and social media” network:<BR><A href="http://www.elearningeuropa.info/languagelearning">http://www.elearningeuropa.info/languagelearning</A><BR>Follow us on Twitter: <A href="http://twitter.com/languages_web2">http://twitter.com/languages_web2</A><BR><BR></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>