Webhead
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A webhead according to the Free Online Dictionary of Computingis "a compulsive or frequent user of, or contributor to, the World Wide Web." And as defined in the High Tech Dictionary, it's "a person who is enthusiastic about the World Wide Web and uses it a lot."
A webhead in the world of language learning and computer-mediated communication (CMC) as it applies to education is also a member of a community of practice (and its satellite groups) that started in 1998 with a community of language learning students called Writing for Webheads. Once the most vocal participants in the student group tended to become teachers, a session under the auspices of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) was conducted in the annual Electronic Village Online (EVO) event prior to the annual TESOL Conference in 2002, and from that was formed a separate community called Webheads in Action (WiA). Inspired by this group and its subsequent interactions some of the most action-oriented WiA participants have run their own EVOnline sessions to introduce newbie webheads to the concepts of using CMC tools to form working group communities. In 2005 and 2007 the group staged its first two free all-volunteer completely-online conferences entitled Webheads in Action Online Convergence.
Webhead is also a nickname for the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man.
Webhead is also a term used to describe fans of Australian Formula 1 racer Mark Webber.
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- Webhead Web Design Australia A good example of a bunch of nerdy Webheads
- Writing for Webheads
- Webheads in Action
- Becoming a Webhead at Electronic Village Online 2005 Sessions
- Webheads - London Website Design Agency Webheads Interactive was one of the earliest Web design companies in the UK
