John Allan

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We’re available at TESL Ontario!

Questions about our training? Issues about your progress? Wondering what the point is? Want to know how to get started? Or, just want to catch up? We are available throughout the conference at Table 49.

Come meet us at TESL Ontario!

This Thursday at 4-5 p.m. at the TESL Ontario Conference, we will be in Conference Room H.  This is an opportunity for us to reconnect or connect with instructors who are using LINC courseware or are in the LearnIt2Teach Stages. We are sure there will be lots of questions.  Click on the image to the …

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TESL Ontario LearnIT2teach for LINC Administrators

This session provides relevant information to LINC and ESL program administrators about the CIC-sponsored LearnIT2teach project. The presentation highlights the administrative and instructional benefits of both the LINC courseware and the teacher training, and it explains resource and participant reporting within the learning management system.  Conference code: TAN Presenters:Jim Edgar, John Allan and Robert McBride …

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Our sessions at TESL Ontario

Oct 27, 10:00-11:00 TAN LearnIT2teach for LINC Administrators Oct 27, 13:00-15:00 TPEQ LearnIT2teach Stage 1 Instructor Training Oct 28, 08:30-09:30 FAJ Edlinc Diaries Oct 28, 10:00-12:00 FAWQ LearnIT2teach Stage 1 Instructor Training Oct 28, 13:00-14:00 FPA LearnIT2teach Stage 3 Instructor Orientation Oct 29, 13:00-01:00 SPH Edlinc Diaries

Stage 3 Printable Manuals Uploaded!

Exciting news for advanced participants! The LearnIt2teach’s Stage 3 (editing teacher) manual on the Stage 3 course and in the Support section.

Stage 1 at TESL Ontario! or LearnIT2teach Stage 1 Instructor Training

This workshop introduces online resources and professional development opportunities available to the LINC community through the LearnIT2teach Project. This session is the first of four stages of instructor training. After completing this and the second stage, which is delivered online, LINC instructors will be able to use the LINC courseware on edlinc.ca. Conference code: TPEQ …

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Edlinc Diaries: Demonstration of LINC Courseware

This demonstration of the LINC courseware, a free, online teaching resource available through the LearnIT2teach project at edlinc.ca, showcases how some instructors at Algonquin College have adapted it to their LINC classes. Enhanced communication among learners and the provision of dynamic content are two important benefits that will be explained. The presenters will also provide …

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LearnIT2teach Stage 3 Instructor Training Orientation

This session provides direction, guidance and motivation for participants interested in completing the LearnIT2teach Stage 3 training, which enables participants to be course editors and to customize the LINC courseware for their own teaching contexts. Conference code: FPA Presenters: Jim Edgar, John Allan and Mary Ellen Gillespie – New Media Language Training Category: Technology Presentation …

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e-learning materials support classroom learning

LearnIT2teach Podcast #3 This brief podcast features LearnIT2teach team member Mary Ellen Gillespie discussing some of the LINC 2 e-resources and how e-learning materials can support classroom learning. See more podcasts here.

Meet the Team

People drive and support this project through support, training, development, guidance and reflection. There is a group of experts with New Media Language Training see the complete team description. Our Advisory Committee, which is comprised of educational experts from across the province, provides support for the project with their extensive experience.