Buthaina's Published Work

Buthaina Al-Othman's presentations at conferences, workshops, and published articles (2003-Present)

WOEKSHOPS

“Influences of Cultures Meeting Online” – A workshop online, by Buthaina Al-Othman, at the Knowplace.ca Moodle - August 26 -28, 2005 – Webcasts of the 3-day event can be found archived at: < WorldBridges >.
“Blogging in online communities of practice: Impact on language learning and teacher professional development”- A Live & ONLine Workshop, by Vance Stevens and Co-Presenters: Barbara Dieu, (in Brazil), Sergei Gridyushko, (in Belarus), Susanne Nyrop, (in Denmark), Teresa Almeida d'Eça, (in Portugal), Buthaina Al-Othman, (in Kuwait), and Hala Fawzi, (in Sudan), for the Qatar Teachers English Network Conference (QTEN) conference in Doha, Qatar, (April 30, 2005). PowerPoint slides of this presentation can be found at: < http://prosites-vstevens.homestead.com/files/efi/papers/qten2005/vancestevens2005qten_files/frame.htm >
Assisted in a Mini-Workshop by Vance Stevens, "Enhancing Online Educational Communities with Computer-Mediated Communications Tools", at the Central Department for In-service Training lab in Cairo, ( January 24, 2004) - < http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/cairo2004/workshops/24jan2004.htm > A webpage by Buthaina Al-Othman documenting the event can be found at: <http://alothman-b.tripod.com/vance_workshop_jan2404.htm >
Participated and Assisted in a TESOL Online Academy session, "Enhancing Online Communities with Voice and Webcams", by Vance Stevens (October 27 to November 23, 2003) < http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/academy/portal2003.htm#buth >. View the session portal page at the URL: <http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/academy/portal2003.htm >.

"Building Your Educational Websites or Weblogs: Why and How?" - a Workshop by Buthaina Al-Othman for Seminars organized by University Faculty Association in Kuwait University, Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - "Enhancement of Instructor's Academic Performance", (March 16th - April 4, 2003) - The Handout of creating websites can be found at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/call_workshop_handout.htm>- the Handout of creating blogs can be found at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/weblog_handout.htm> - A webpage with links to the participants’ / teachers' websites, built and published at the end of the workshop can be found at: <http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/teachers_sites.htm>
A participant in a Demonstration session on "Online Tools for Creating Communities", by Vance Stevens , (January 23, 2004, Cairo, Egypt) - The demo session can be found at: < http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/vance_demosession_webheads_jan2304.htm>

Participated in a 3-day TESOL Academy in Boston University: " L1 and L2 Writing: Making Connections" - June 29 - July 1, 2001, ( 12 hours of professional developments, following which participants were granted certificates, by TESOL.Inc) .

PRESENTATIONS

“Online Mentoring” - Webheads communities of practice Presentations at the Tutor Mentor 2nd e-Conference - Sunday, May 8, 2005- A webpage documenting the event can be found at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/tutormentor_econf05_webheads.htm >
“Staying Connected: Sustaining online Communities” – A Webcast, by Michael Coghlan and Guest-Speakers: Vance Stevens, ( in UAE), Teresa Almeida d'Eça, (in Portugal), Buthaina Al-Othman, (in Kuwait), and Chris Johns, (in USA) - for the CU Conference, in Adelaide, Australia, May 3, 2005 - A recording of the presentation can be found at: < http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=807538 >
"Let's go blogging now, everyone is learning how, come on and go blogging with me", a live and online webcast, by Vance Stevens and Co-Presenters: James Benenson, (in Paris, France), Chris Jones, (in Arizona, US), and Buthaina Al-Othman, ( in Kuwait, Kuwait) - Thursday, April 14, 2005 - the Petroleum Institute in Abu Dhabi – More information can be found at < http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/tesol/arabia/tttt2005/blogging_now.htm >

Creating Online Extension for an ESP in EFL: Why and How? A Presentation at the 39th Annual TESOL Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA, at the CALL-IS Internet Fair, by Buthaina Al-Othman - < http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Ecall/ev2005/internetfair/05IFwed.html > and the Abstract can be found, at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/tesol2005_onlinextensions.htm >.
Creating WebPages: Why & How? A presentation, by Guest-Speaker, Buhaina al-Othman, for the TESOL EVOnline 2005, Becoming a Webhead, (BaW) session - Feb 2, 2005 - Power point presentation, can be found, at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/meet_buthaina.htm > .
TESOL EVOnline 2005 Session: "Making the Transition from ESL to ESP", Co-moderated by Christine Parkhurst, (USA) and Buthaina Al Othman, (Kuwait) January 17 - February 27, 2005 – The session is documented here: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/esl2esp_evonline2005.htm >
Co-Presenter at BelNATE Online Workshop "Teaching English as a World Language in the Information Age": < http://www.ir.bsu.by/kel/Teachers/presentations.htm > Minsk State Linguistics University - Minsk, Belarus at LearningTimes, November 3-5, 2004 – The recordings of these sessions can be found at: < http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=570543>

"Teaching Writing Online" by Co-Presenters, Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, Aiden Yeh, and Buthaina al-Othman, (Buthaina’s power point presentation can be found here): < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/belnate_webheads_wshop.pps >
"We Blog! What about you?", by Co-Presenters, Barbra Dieu , Teresa Almeida d'Eça , and Buthaina Al-Othman

Tools for Online Collaboration. A Presentation online, by Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith & Buthaina Al-Othman, at the First International e-Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research, sponsored by Reading Matrix, September 25-26, 2004. Power point presentation with audio narration can be found at: < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/econference-rm-wia.html >

· “Building Online Communities for Professional Development”, a presentation by Teresa Almeida d'Eça and Guest-Presenters, Aiden Yeh, Buthaina Al-Othman, Dafne Gonzalez, and Vance Stevens, at the 18th APPI Conference - April 29, 2004. (A recording of the presentation can be found, here): < http://alothman-b.tripod.com/teresa_wia_alado040429.htm >

· Presenter at the 38th Annual TESOL Convention, in Long Beach, CA, US - Wednesday, March 31, 2004: "Using Webcasts to Train Science Students at Kuwait University to Think Critically and Independently". This presentation can be viewed at TESOL Internet Fair WebPage, at the URL: http://www.ilc.cuhk.edu.hk/english/tesol/2004/wed.html >

· Guest-Presenter at the EFL Fellows Conference, with invited Presenter, Vance Stevens; “IT in Context in the Middle East”, at the Nile Hilton, Cairo, January 20, 2004. This event can be viewed at the URL: < http://www.homestead.com/prosites-vstevens/files/efi/papers/cairo2004/fellows/20jan2004.htm > and documented here:

Co-presenter at Global Learn Day VII, Webheads Presentattion, with Michael Coghlan, and Webheads leader, Vance Stevens, at the Petroleum Institute, in Abu-Dhabi, UAE, (November 16, 2003). PowerPoint Presentation can be found at: <http://alothman-b.tripod.com/esl-ef_wia_gld_files/frame.htm>; photos of this event can be found at: <http://alothman-b.tripod.com/wia-buth-gld.htm>.

Co-presenter online at the 37^th Annual TESOL Convention, <http://www.tesol.org/conv/t2003/pp/program/iss/call_1.html >, Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Wednesday, March 26, 2003). Event number #4101- Colloquium: "Case Study of a Community of Practice: How Participation in a CoP Informs and Influences Personal Teaching", <http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/papers/tesol/baltimore2003/copractice.html#colloquium>. Buthaina's presentation, using WebPages can be found at: <http://www.geocities.com/esl_efl_ku/>. (Note: Due to the war situation in the Gulf Region, I presented online, as I was unable to travel to Baltimore to present in person).

A virtual Participant at the Webheads’ Demo session, by Vance Stevens: <http://alothman-b.tripod.com/tesol_wia-03.htm>, presented at the Electronic Villages Internet Fair, Friday, March 28, 2003.

PAPERS / REPORTS:

"Using Free Hi-Tech Online Communication Tools to Train EFL in ESP Students to Think Critically and Independently" in TESOL ESP-IS Newsletter March 2005 Vol 12 Issue 1, at: <http://www.tesol.org//s_tesol/article.asp?vid=200&DID=3541&sid=1&cid=847&iid=3536&nid=3534 >.

"TOOLS FOR ONLINE COLLABORATION", by Dr. Elizabeth Hanson-Smith, California State University, Sacramento and Buthaina Al Othman, Kuwait University, <http://writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej32/int.html>. Adapted from a paper presented at the First International Online Conference on Second and Foreign Language Teaching and Research, sponsored by the Reading Matrix online journal, September 25-26, 2004: < http://www.readingmatrix.com/onlineconference/index.html >. An audio/slide recording of the original presentation, prepared by Buthaina Al Othman, can be found at: <http://alothman-b.tripod.com/econference-rm-wia.html>.

WORK CITED: (coming soon)