International Video Debate 2010-11

Teams represent their nation in online debating contests against other teams and nations. The format is modified Australasian 3 on 3. The contest is sponsored by the World Debate Institute, Debate Central, and the new eDebating website coming in 2011.


In the Fall of 2010 a demonstration tournament began between eight different teams. The tournament is be double elimination until there is a champion. Later in 2011 a full and much larger tournament will be organized. Judges will be provided by teams and recruited by the World Debate Institute.


When a match has been scheduled and a motion announced, the debate begins with the affirmative team posting its first speech to http://vimeo.com .  The opposition team then has 72 hours to post their responding speech. After all speeches are completed, assigned judges will watch the debate and render a decision without consensus.


Debates may take place in any language agreed to by the two teams, judges will be assigned who understand that language.


Teams for 2010-11

These teams will be competing in the demonstration phase:

1. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, USA

2. UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO, CHILE

3. UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE, SERBIA

4. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, USA

5. COMUNIDAD DE DEBATE, VENEZUELA

6. ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY, THAILAND

7. PEKING UNIVERSITY, CHINA

8. UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA


A Quick Glance at the Modified Australs Format:


Australs format with no points of information.
Rules for Australs have been taken from:
http://www.londonaustrals.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=57

Here is a summary, but please notice that we will not have points of information in this format because the speeches are sequenced. These are three-person teams, and you can switch team members from debate to debate, but people should be members of your school/organization.


  1. 1.Australs features two, three-person teams taking opposite sides of a motion: the proposition side is called the affirmative, the opposition side is called the negative.

  2. 2.Teams get 36 hours to prepare and post their speech once the previous speech has appeared. A timer will be posted.

  3. 3.Speeches are eight minutes long.

  4. 4.Points of information will not be allowed.

  5. 5.Summaries happen after all six speakers have given their substantive speeches. Summaries are four minutes in length. The negative team delivers the first summary. Either the first or the second speaker may deliver the summary.

  6. 6.Decisions are arrived at by judges individually determining their choice of winner and then casting their vote, not consensus.

 
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