I apologize for being so late to join you and intro. myself. I work in
California on a project called California Adult Literacy Professional
Development Project (www.calpro-online.org), which is funded by the
Calif. Dept of Ed. Currently I run a program of professional
development courses for teachers and administrators of adult ed.
schools and agencies throughout the state. Most of these use
Blackboard, in other words, they are entirely asynchronous and
discussion-based courses led by a trained facilitator.

I am very interested in exploring additional modes of delivery in the
near future, and Webcasting is one possible addition. I've been in the
field of training teachers of English language learners, both here and
abroad, since 1984 and have been doing this work online for the past
eight plus years.

I promise to make every effort to catch up this week. I'm grateful
that my two required business trips are done now!