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Upcoming Webinar: Short Term Online Language Review Courses

Presenter: Edwige Simon, Ph.D.
Anderson Language Technology Center
The University of Colorado at Boulder

Date/Time: Friday, May 17th - 12:00 pm-12:45 pm EST

Presentation Format:
- Presentation: 30 min
- Q and A: 15 min

Location:
Online through Adobe Connect
Registration form: Click here to register

Topic:

The Anderson Language & Technology Center (ALTEC) at CU Boulder offers non-credit online review courses in French, German and Spanish year round. These courses, taught by experienced instructors, are an excellent way for intermediate students to brush up on their language skills. In this webinar, I will discuss the challenges and affordances of designing and offering these online review courses. I will address design principles (social media and 100% authentic resources), recruiting students, keeping students motivated in a non-credit course, keeping the content updated, and training teachers to teach online.

See the courses at: http://altec.colorado.edu/refresher_courses.shtml 

Presenter biography:

I have been working in the field of education for over ten years. For the past 7 years, I have been working for the Anderson Language & Technology Center at CU Boulder where I run a language technology certification program. I conduct regular hands-on workshops and give presentations for faculty, graduate students and k-12 teachers on how to integrate technology in the classroom. I have also worked as a consultant for the school of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado (Boulder) and as an independent contractor for an online learning company. I recently finished my PhD in online learning. My research interests focus on professional development and the preparation of educators to teach online.

Update on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 09:53AM by Audrey Sartiaux

Here is the link to the recording of the Webinar:

http://meet.yale.edu/p4z09sxeug7/

Follow-up Webinar on Online Assessments

Here is a link to the recording of the Webinar on Online Assessments: Some Common and Uncommon Issues in Less Commonly Taught Languages by Gyanam Mahajan

http://tinyurl.com/bm3xhtt

The PPT of the presentation will be available soon.

Upcoming Webinar: Online Assessments: Some Common and Uncommon Issues in Less Commonly Taught Languages

Presenter: Gyanam Mahajan, Ph.D.

Language Program Coordinator, SSEALC

UCLA

 

Date/Time: Friday, April 19th - 12:00 pm-12:45 pm ET

 

Presentation Format:

   - Presentation: 30 min

   - Q and A: 15 min

 

Location:

Online through Adobe Connect

Registration form: Click here to register

 

Topic:

Online assessments are an integral part of language teaching today. Some programs rely solely on online assessments while others incorporate them to varying degrees in different formats. This webinar will discuss different types of online assessments, their aims and goals, different targets, skills and levels, and different classes of languages. We will raise some common and uncommon issues when designing and implementing online assessments in less commonly taught languages.

 

Presenter Biography:

Gyanam Mahajan joined NERALLT a few years ago despite being on the west coast! She presented at a NERALLT meeting a couple of years ago.
Gyanam has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Brandeis University and has been teaching at UCLA since 1992. She has been the Language Program Coordinator for South and Southeast Asian Languages since 2005. She is a NASILP Examiner and works on Proficiency testing and curriculum development. She is also a media consultant and forensic expert on South Asian languages and culture. She has presented at local, national and international conferences on a variety of linguistics, language and culture, language teaching and heritage language acquisition topics. She is currently working on specialized online certification courses in LCTLs.

Webinar Follow-up: An Eclectic Mix of Ways to Use iPads for Language Learning and In Any Classroom

If you missed the presentation by Michael Nieckoski  and would like to view the recording, please visit the link below:

http://meet.yale.edu/p2orqh2qicn/

Michael Nieckoski shared a google doc with the different apps and resources presented during the webinar. To access the document please go to:

http://goo.gl/81jDg