The brief answer is: I've been busy! However, the Oral Production course has also been fairly quiet, as the students have been busy getting together with their US counterparts, and exploring SL.
The student in Estonia has run into a common problem: her working schedule has changed and Thursday evenings are now difficult to impossible for her. The question, then, was: can I still study the course? My answer was 'yes' - it'll cause me a little bit of inconvenience, but I'm sure I can rustle up a small group of students who can converse with her at other times than the ones in the schedule.
Two people had problems getting in touch with their buddies, but I managed to liaise with Bryan about this and put people into contact with each other.
I've also been booked to present 'cross-cultural communication' on the OP course at a conference in London on 15th March. I'm going to use Adobe Connect (since I haven't got time to go over to London for the weekend), and I've booked Luisa Panichi (Pisa) and Bryan Carter (Missouri) for an iChat AV three-way recorded video chat about how their students have experienced the various contacts. This'll be available as a Quicktime movie file, if anyone's interested.
My next post will be all about Course Meeting 2.
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