tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53778512011-07-14T14:27:37.585-07:00Intercultural LiteracyWorld Association for Online Education (WAOE) members share their cultures and personal observations for greater international awareness. <p>To publish your response to an entry, just <a href="mailto:waoe@waoe.org">e-mail us</a>. <p>WAOE as an NPO disclaims opinions expressed here. For our professional selves concerning online education see the <a href="http://www.waoe.org">WAOE Home</a>.Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1160874757808202402006-10-14T18:12:00.000-07:002006-10-15T17:29:54.193-07:00Listen to it by clicking below while viewing the PowerPoint slides above!powered by ODEOSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1157424050628865132006-09-04T19:32:00.000-07:002006-09-04T19:40:51.383-07:00Podcast presentation to the Annual Members' MeetingThe 2006 WAOE Annual Members' Meeting has been taking place since August 31st.Listen to a podcast recorded for this meeting on Web 2.0 Technologies for Research at Japancasting. The presentation discusses the following site, best to watch while listening:Podcasting, Coursecasting, & Web 2.0 Technologies for ResearchPodcasting for EFL wiki - TESOLSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1156489018347486182006-08-24T23:51:00.000-07:002006-08-24T23:56:58.693-07:00"Interfaces of Bilingual Education, Japanese Socioculture and Podcasting Technologies"A presentation at the the International Conference on Diversity and Community in Applied Linguistics: Interface, Interpretation, InterdisciplinarityMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 21 September 2006Download the PowerPoint presentation or Abstract for the conference programPhotos with students from my Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1156128240241061932006-08-20T19:41:00.000-07:002006-08-20T19:46:31.053-07:00Another new book chapter:"Theorizing and Realizing the Globalized Classroom"in Andrea Edmundson (Ed.), Globalized E-Learning Cultural Challenges, pp. 90-125.Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing (July 2006)Hard cover: ISBN: 1-59904-301-7; Soft cover: ISBN: 1-59904-302-5Publisher's Website for the bookSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1156127884103419592006-08-20T19:32:00.000-07:002006-08-20T19:40:58.983-07:00Social software and Web 2.0 technologies for research:iTunesU News and Coursecasting Research Bookmarksdel.icio.us social bookmarking / coursecastingTechnorati Profile for waoe (blogs)Steve Illustrated Flickr photo sharing / Research set screen shotsPodcasting, Coursecasting, & Web 2.0 Technologies for ResearchPodcasting in EFL WikiSteve McCartyJapanese-English college blogSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1153359649075055302006-07-19T18:33:00.000-07:002006-07-19T18:40:49.326-07:00It took some time but WAOE Websites are reappearing at a new ISP with the same URLs. Among them are WAOE President and Essential Sites of Steve McCarty.Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1149575647357643462006-06-05T23:17:00.000-07:002006-06-05T23:34:07.666-07:00Book chapters published with WAOE co-authors from six countries!Steve McCarty (Japan), (Ms.) Begum Ibrahim (Malaysia), Boris Sedunov (Russia), & Ramesh Sharma (India), "Global Online Education," pp. 723-787;and Nick Bowskill (UK), Robert Luke (Canada), & Steve McCarty (Japan), "Global Virtual Organizations for Online Educator Empowerment," pp. 789-819;in Joel Weiss, Jason Nolan, Jeremy Hunsinger,Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1148365099744456712006-05-22T23:01:00.000-07:002006-05-22T23:18:20.963-07:00To whom it may concern, at a recent special WAOE Board of Directors meeting a Resolution was passed to clarify WAOE's ethical stance and the bounds of its relations to other entities in the field of online learning and education.Your understanding is appreciated,Steve McCartySteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1144461023134469152006-04-07T18:49:00.000-07:002006-04-07T18:50:23.200-07:00Stick a microphone into your computer and Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1144460022780068732006-04-07T18:33:00.000-07:002006-04-07T18:52:40.143-07:00Subscribe to the podcasting blog Japancasting or listen to it by clicking on this icon: Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1141801651257884792006-03-07T22:47:00.000-08:002006-03-07T23:13:36.336-08:00WAOE is starting a special Board of Directors' Meeting to deal with changing circumstances. Members received passwords around July 2005 to access a BBS-type forum for WAOE communications after our e-mail discussion lists were continually spammed and hacked.The forum URL is http://waoe.org/phpBB2/index.phpHowever, on the open Web the following is newly available:WAOE Spoken Libraries: 2006 Update Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1132976598065122762005-11-25T19:34:00.000-08:002005-11-25T19:53:29.363-08:00There was an interesting article "Podcasting hits the mainstream" in the regional Kansai Scene magazine, Issue 66, November 2005, pp. 10-11. On p. 11, the author, Kym Hutcheon, writes: "If you are interested in cross-cultural issues, Japancasting, hosted by Osaka Jogakuin College professor Steve McCarty, is well worth your time."In my college blog I have written in Japanese 1) the details about Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1129874234781921172005-10-20T22:34:00.000-07:002005-10-21T17:59:01.020-07:00The Japancasting podcasting blog has been well received in Japan and abroad.The Stanford JGuide or Japan WWW Virtual Library lists only one regular blogalong with Japancasting under Society & Culture > Weblogs & Commentary"Podcast blogs. Directory of MP3 files with text summaries of broadcasts on Japanese culture,history, society, etc. Links to scripts with photos and illustrations for reading Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1127878406858264342005-09-27T20:20:00.000-07:002005-09-27T20:44:01.650-07:00WAOE discussionsWAOE-Views and other e-mail mailing lists have been changedto the following BBS forum. Please log in with your WAOE User Nameand password that you can use also for the Members-Only siteentered from http://waoe.org/The new discussion forum can be viewed freely at:http://waoe.org/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2The annual WAOE Board of Directors' Meeting, held in a WebBoard andthen the Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1126317412134105692005-09-09T18:46:00.000-07:002005-09-09T18:56:52.143-07:00Multilingual Podcasting, Journal Article, and Presentation in AustraliaSeptember 2005 starts out with a "Japancasting" podcast in English,Japanese and Chinese, which takes good advantage of the medium:http://stevemc.blogmatrix.com(When listening by computer the Webcasts have to download first).Also see this new journal article:"Spoken Internet To Go: Popularization through Podcasting"The JALT Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1122101827410755992005-07-22T23:56:00.000-07:002005-07-22T23:58:47.496-07:00Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1121922805961784222005-07-20T22:10:00.000-07:002005-07-20T22:13:25.966-07:00WAOE-affiliated podcasting blogs: WAOE Community Audio Learning Project by Nick Bowskill http://ad1nxb.blogmatrix.com/ Mike Warner http://mwarner.blogmatrix.com/ Cliff Layton http://layton.blogmatrix.com/ Japancasting http://stevemc.blogmatrix.com/Collegially,Steve McCartyOnline library -> http://www.waoe.org/steve/epublist.htmlSpoken library -> Japancasting: http://Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1120789791360985292005-07-07T18:56:00.000-07:002005-07-08T01:29:08.583-07:00Spoken Internet: Webcasting and PodcastingSince 1997 most of my writings have been accessible through the Internet, but now new technologies and faster connections herald the advent of spoken Internet. I and probably you have many ideas for content. What I've done so far is to set up a podcasting blog as WAOE colleague Nick Bowskill has done at Blogmatrix with the WAOE Community Audio Learning Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1117601305870693202005-05-31T21:44:00.000-07:002005-07-15T22:41:34.790-07:00The following article has come out, which I hope will be widely discussed:"Cultural, Disciplinary and Temporal Contexts of e-Learning and English as a Foreign Language"eLearn Magazine: Research Papers, April 2005.New York: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=research&article=4-1ABSTRACTThis article sheds light on some important dimensions at the Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1111811202089788522005-03-25T20:14:00.000-08:002005-05-31T21:50:00.426-07:00At Osaka Jogakuin College in 2005 at age 55:New online article published by a think tankat the International University of Japan:"Global Communications in a Graduate Course on Online Educationat the University of Tsukuba"ABSTRACTThis article describes an intensive course on the theory and practiceof online education taught at the national University of TsukubaGraduate School of Education in Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1108367764821578442005-02-13T23:56:00.000-08:002005-02-13T23:56:04.820-08:00Multilingual WAOE Home Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1106097818735667752005-01-18T17:18:00.000-08:002005-01-18T17:23:38.736-08:00Organizational and Japanese Websites updated:
The following Websites have been updated.
Please check them out to be active in the organization:
World Association for Online Education (WAOE) President
WAOE Organizational Page
WAOE in Japanese
Thank you,
Steve McCarty
Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1100925203920687082004-11-19T20:28:00.000-08:002005-01-18T17:30:28.673-08:00
Another paper online
I've tried to make most of my publications of the past decade available online, and just found another, which Dr. Kinshuk in New Zealand has made available in pdf format:
Bowskill N., McCarty S., Luke R., Kinshuk, Hand K. (2000).
Cultural Sensitivity in Voluntary Virtual Professional Development Communities.
Indian Journal of Open Learning, 9 (3), 361-379 (ISSN 0971-2690).Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1100320153878979132004-11-12T20:11:00.000-08:002004-12-03T17:47:05.583-08:00
Japanese universities / Reference book for non-native users of English
Professor Takamitsu Sawa of Kyoto University wrote an article for the Japan Times entitled "Universities Lack Will to Reform." The Japanese Institute of Global Communications reprinted that article online and published my response, Comment on Takamitsu Sawa's Article "Universities Lack Will to Reform." Read Prof. Sawa's Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1099536131665584782004-11-03T18:13:00.000-08:002004-11-03T18:42:11.666-08:00The WAOE Electronic Bulletin (WEB), Vol. 4, No. 3 (November 2004), published at Portland State University for the World Association for Online Education, is now available free to the public here.
It is loaded with articles representing most regions of the world, with links to yet further sources. Contents include:
* WAOE 2004 Annual Meeting; New Officers Selected
* Update on Mentoring Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1099291762227517882004-10-31T22:45:00.000-08:002004-10-31T22:49:22.226-08:00This latest article fits into the topic of intercultural literacy but not much else :)
Feature: Steve McCarty, Can non-Japanese write real haiku poetry?
Simply Haiku: An E-Journal of Haiku and Related Forms
November-December 2004, Volume 2, Number 6
http://www.poetrylives.com/SimplyHaiku/SHv2n6/features/Steve_McCarty_Feature.htmlSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1099017260338752592004-10-28T19:21:00.000-07:002005-01-18T17:33:01.466-08:00Sayonara Papyrus News
For 14 months I have filled in for Dr. Mark Warschauer of the University of California in editing the e-mail distribution list Papyrus News, on language, technology, and other topics of concern. Now, happily, Mark is ready to resume this activity but with Papyrus News as an interactive blog. Bookmark or add it to your favorites after checking out the Papyrus News blog.
TheSteve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1096437432852425232004-09-28T22:30:00.000-07:002006-05-22T23:37:49.160-07:00Since the last post, the following articles have come out: "Internet Voice Technologies for Oral Foreign Language Teaching" Column in WEB - WAOE Electronic Bulletin - Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan/Feb 2004) Portland State University: World Association for Online Education (WAOE) "E-learning and Online Education in the Foreign Language Teaching Field" University of California, Irvine: Papyrus News Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1082335430237678222004-04-18T17:43:00.000-07:002005-01-18T17:37:33.586-08:00See you in Osaka?
I have moved to another professorship at Osaka Jogakuin College in Japan's second largest city. As a result of moving from an outer island, it will be easier to meet people in person. I'm not accessing e-mail to the addresses steve@kagawa-jc.ac.jp and steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp, but you can still contact me at mccarty@mail.goo.ne.jp except when it fills up with spam. My Website, Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1075793195482531132004-02-02T23:26:00.000-08:002004-02-02T23:28:51.496-08:00Articles and columns published this winter:
"Voice Technologies help turn the Computer into a Communication Device"
Archive of CRN Home Page Topics for Discussion
Tokyo: Child Research Net (January 2004)
"Revival of the Papyrus News distribution list on language and technology" (pdf format)
APACALL Newsletter No. 4
Asia-Pacific Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning
The University Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1063954913691308822003-09-19T00:01:00.000-07:002005-01-19T16:48:00.083-08:00A postcard for you
Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1063954680546187712003-09-18T23:58:00.000-07:002003-09-18T23:59:37.776-07:00WAOE Electronic Bulletin (WEB)
The World Association for Online Education newsletter WAOE Electronic Bulletin (WEB) is meant for members, so please keep in mind that you need to join WAOE to receive the free services. The latest is a mentoring project on informal learning where online education projects in need are matched with a group of volunteer mentors. See the Vol. 3, No. 3 (August/Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1063953560394216912003-09-18T23:39:00.000-07:002003-09-18T23:42:32.806-07:00Papyrus News distribution list on Language Teaching and Technology
Dr. Mark Warschauer has asked me to edit the distribution list Papyrus News (PN) at the University of California from here in Japan. About 1,500 ESL/EFL teachers and scholars in other fields around the world subscribe. Two or three times a week I plan to send out gathered Web resources, news articles, academic opportunities, and Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1062556662857135772003-09-02T19:37:00.000-07:002005-01-18T17:40:05.240-08:00This represents my subject matter area research here in Japan:
For travel in Western Japan or studying Japan's religious heritage,
my newly released encyclopedia entries on the Shikoku pilgrimage,
Mount Koya, and Buddhist Syncretism (combining many Asian religions)
may be of interest. This is my fourth site to receive a 4-star rating,
very useful for social sciences research, from the Asian Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1059537737119669872003-07-29T21:02:00.000-07:002003-07-29T21:06:15.366-07:00Toward a code of ethics for distance education envisioned by our virtual organization WAOE, some other recent writings may be of interest: passages on intercultural communication by K. S. Sitaram, from the Sumerian and Harappan cradles of civilization to the latest communication technologies, and my responses to passages from Bill Readings' The University in Ruins.
Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-1059188268578691432003-07-25T19:57:00.000-07:002003-07-25T20:14:16.893-07:00Like to see what I read as well as publish from here in Japan? News and views on Japan, Asia, the world, and education through the Internet. This page is at a university faculty Website in the U.S., so among other things it represents my Reverse Culture Shock =:-| Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-950119282003-05-28T16:57:00.000-07:002003-05-28T16:57:04.230-07:00New cross-cultural psychology article for intercultural literacy: The purpose of this article is to give Westerners a deeper understanding of Japan, East Asia, and themselves! Please see: "East-West Cultural Differences in Basic Life Stance." Japanese Institute of Global Communications Colloquium #31: May 26, 2003. Tokyo: International University of Japan. Word travels fast on the Internet, so a Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-947228212003-05-21T22:17:00.000-07:002005-01-19T17:13:12.160-08:00Introducing WAOE's de facto Networking Information Officer Maggie McVay Lynch, as her university is now WAOE's Internet Service Provider:
Greetings from the beautiful Pacific Northest in Oregon, USA. I am very happy to see actual pictures of people! It helps to make this virtual world more real to me. I also appreciate learning much more about the wonderful members in WAOE. It is refreshing Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-946109892003-05-19T19:13:00.000-07:002003-05-19T19:22:52.000-07:00Introducing WAOE member Rozhan Idrus:
Greetings from the beautiful island of Penang in Malaysia. I am Associate Professor Dr Rozhan M. Idrus of the School of Distance Education at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. I have 17 years experience in DE and am actively involved in research, publications and attending DE Conferences, both locally and internationally. I am looking for opportunities to Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-946102952003-05-19T18:57:00.000-07:002003-05-19T19:23:36.000-07:00Introducing WAOE member Diane Howard:
Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to begin an association with WAOE.
Having lived my first years in mainland China and Japan, I have resided all over the world. Gaining broad experience in on-site and distance communication, I have studied, taught, and presented throughout the United States and in Europe. I think that I have had global interests and Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-942527882003-05-13T00:58:00.000-07:002005-01-19T17:42:19.626-08:00Salam Mesra (Warm greetings) from Malaysia.
I am an educator and have been teaching for over two decades (that sure looks like a long time when you write it down) in various universities in Malaysia. My basic degree is in B.Sc.in Aquatic Biology but then I migrated into teaching English after I was awarded the British High Commissioner's Award to do a post-graduate degree in Applied Begumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00460800054599197263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-942238032003-05-12T13:41:00.000-07:002003-05-15T23:24:46.000-07:00
Greetings from southern New England, U.S.A.
I am a cultural anthropologist (among other things) teaching sociology and anthropology at a small "community college" in northeastern Connecticut. Here in the U.S., community colleges are institutions for college and professional learning, that usually have an "open door policy," for who may attend. Every effort is made--financially, and throughBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13380366059025117709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-941857922003-05-11T22:08:00.000-07:002005-01-19T17:27:23.516-08:00
From the southwestern part of USA, Arizona, I am blogging my initial venture. Born in the state of Michigan, I have lived most of my life in the western states of Arizona, California, Texas, and Hawaii with multiple trips to the far east including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Kenya through my former life as a navy helicopter pilot. Now a high school Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14474680831476255924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377851.post-940956772003-05-10T00:04:00.000-07:002005-01-19T18:11:15.856-08:00 Happy bachelor days ;-) The world of Professor Steve McCarty in Japan on the Web: bookmark for multilingual, Asian Studies, and online education projects | bio-data home page | WAOE President's site | online library of publications (Japanese annotated version also available) | site for Internet-enabled mobile phones in Japan: surf.to/imode | photo album | published bilingual haiku | Global Steve McCarty in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012038193629081327noreply@blogger.com