Continue reading »]]> Dear LINC practitioner,

As announced last week, The LearnIT2teach Project has ceased operation, at least for now. Due to cutbacks in CIC funding, we are not able to mentor teachers, and the LINC courseware is no longer available to teachers or learners. We hope this is a temporary situation pending a new contract but at this point we have no announcement to make. 

Please accept our apologies for the interruption to teacher training and blended classroom learning. We appreciate that this unfortunate necessity damages confidence in the project, and we will be working extra hard to gain back your trust, if and when we are back in operation.

With our regrets,

Rob McBride, Executive Director, NMLT Inc., on behalf of The LearnIT2teach team.

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Project News

• LearnIT2teach Podcast #17
• Learner Questionnaires

Web News

• Recognising the power of voice recording
• Applying the Seven Principles for Good Practice to the Online Classroom
• Winning the Masters (degree)

Blogs

• 5 Useful iPad Apps For ESL Students
• 50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check Out
• 50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About
• Blended Learning: Behind the Scenes

Jobs

• Enhanced Language Training Instructor (various GTA locations)
• Myngle

Professional Development

• Technology Showcase and the Electronic Village – 2013 TESOL Annual Convention
• Are You Cut Out For Distance Education?: Six Qualities of Highly Successful Online Students
• Responding to students’ writing

e-Resource Corner

• The Times in Plain English
• Skill Book – Practical Computer Use: A guide for learning basic practical computer skills needed for everyday living

Continue reading »]]> Jim Edgar continues his conversation with Ken Beatty, a CALL professor at Anaheim University. Jim asks Professor Beatty to summarize an inspiring conference presentation he had given at TESL Canada. The topic was 'The Unexpected Next'. In his summary, Professor Beatty lists six emerging language technologies. and their application to language teaching and learning. These are really six key techniques for making the most creative and effective use of learning technologies. This is not at all just for techies. It's practical advice for the blended learning instructor.

Continue reading »]]> Consider adding a pre-made student questionnaire, so that your learners provide feedback on their edlinc course.  This will help the LearnIT2teach team to possibly enhance the LINC courseware to make the blended learning experience more effective and user friendly.  There are two questionnaires available for you to install on your course. The students can take this questionnaire on your course.  Please notify our team and we will return the results for your consideration as well.

• Public: class results from all edlinc classes at the same LINC level are pooled.
• Private: results are stored for the class only.

Continue reading »]]> Integrating & Managing Blended Learning: An Introduction for Language Training Administrators

Join Here (must be a Tutela.ca member)

This is an interactive webinar. If you haven’t already received a manual, please download the manual from tutela at this link: http://tutela.ca/ViewContentItem?itemId=5237 Listen to the podcast attached at the bottom of this page.

How does a language program manager make the most effective and innovative use of learning technology in a CIC program?

Answer this important question by joining us on Friday, March 8 at 1 p.m. ET for a LearnIT2teach webinar: Integrating & Managing Blended Learning: An Introduction for Language Training Administrators

Since January 2010, we have been offering CIC-funded programs free LINC courseware. We have also been training teachers across Ontario how to use it. Now it is the turn of administrators to benefit from this CIC-sponsored program. Ontario SPO administrators should have recently received a copy of The LearnIT2teach Administrator’s Manual. This document details what managers need to know to combine computer-based training with classroom instruction in language training programs.

In preparation for the webinar, we are conducting a survey among administrators to determine what role teacher technology skills plays in teacher hiring decisions. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey.   We will be sharing the survey results with you on the 8th.