Three years of LINC blended learning Rob McBride The LearnIT2teach Project is a year older on January 1, 2013. This is a good opportunity to review what has been accomplished in our efforts to provide web-based courseware to Ontario LINC and ESL learners, and train teachers to use the courseware in blended learning. read more
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Editing a course? Download and use our Stage 3 manual.
If you are editing a course in the edlinc.ca system or even a Moodle course on another server, our Stage 3 manual can be very useful as a quick how to resource for over sixty practical tasks with courseware. Examples are how to manipulate groups of students, hiding and showing activities on a course, adding …
Five training events this week
This week we are offering training workshops in Hamilton, Ottawa and in the Niagara Region. For details see November 23 and 24th on our calendar. If you are in Ontario at a LINC centre and desire training contact us.
Introduction to Moodle Hand Out Now on our Portal
Our successful workshop at TESL Ontario, Intro to Moodle for Editing Teachers, hand out is now available for your consideration in our portal Support area. You may download this by clicking on the logo or by navigating to Support>Instructor Trainee>Stage 3>Intro to Moodle
Administrator’s Manual now available as a PDF document!
The complete a Administrator’s Manual is now available at our portal under the SUPPORT>ADMINISTRATORS menu items. This manual contains guidance features for LINC managers who wish to use blended learning at their centres. Topics include: An Orientation to CALL, Learning Management Systems, the LearnIT2teach Project, LINC Courseware, Professional Development Options, Technology Standards, Considerations for Implementation, …
Authoring Online Activities with Hot Potatoes Workshop
Hot Potatoes allows instructors, teachers and developers to create digital quizzes. The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling educators to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Since Hot Potatoes is freeware, it can be used for any purpose or project. Our team is running a …
Join.me Conferencing help
At times, some of our mentors will use the Join.me conferencing resource to interact with participants. We have create a support file that you can use to ensure that your first session starts smoothly. to see or on the menu bar above, Select Support> Instructor Trainee > Join.me Conferencing
Need quick help? Try our FAQ page.
Other LINC/ESL instructors have asked us questions about their LINC courseware development and the project itself. We have posted the most common questions on our FAQ (frequently asked questions) page. Give it a try, it is under the SUPPORT link above.
Working through Stage 3? Watch this video….
This video provides an overview of Stage 3 of the LearnIT2teach teacher training available at http://learnIT2teach.ca/moodle/. This course prepares language instructors to use the LINC courseware at edlinc.ca from the perspective of a Moodle editing teacher. New Media Language Training, Inc. offers this training through funding from Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Starting your own course? Watch this video for some tips.
This video provides a few helpful tips on what to do when you start working on your courses. Not the training courses (Stages 1,2,3 and 4), but the actual courses that you will be using with students. If you have six spare minutes, it might just streamline your course set up. Click on the …
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VideosPost TESL Certificate
Completing Stage 3 or Stage 4 of the LearnIT2Teach teacher training has been recognized by TESL Ontario as a Post TESL Certificate Training Accreditation Course. Upon successful completion of one of the stages, TESL Ontario members are encouraged to apply to the organization for the accreditation. However, if a teacher completed Stage 3 prior to July 2014, she or he is not eligible as the training stage has been modified to meet TESL Ontario PTCT criteria.
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LINC Home Study
Learn English at Home with LINC Home Study
Do you want to learn English but can’t attend classroom courses? If you qualify, LINC Home Study offers English language training at a distance for free. You can choose to study online or using a book and CD. A TESL-certified instructor will contact you once a week for a lesson by phone or VoIP, monitor your progress and provide you with ongoing feedback and support.
Ontario: www.linchomestudy.ca
Canada: www.linchsnational.ca
CLIC en ligne
« CLIC en ligne » un programme GRATUIT qui vous permettra comme nouvel arrivant au Canada d’améliorer vos compétences linguistiques en français à votre rythme. Vous n’êtes pas seul, un formateur personnalise votre apprentissage, vous échangez avec d’autres apprenants. Vous n’avez besoin que d’un ordinateur et d’un accès internet. www.clicenligne.ca
« CLIC en ligne » is a FREE program that helps you as a newcomer to Canada improve your French language skills at your own pace. You are not alone, a trainer personalizes your learning, you exchange with other learners. All you need is a computer and internet access www.clicenligne.ca
« CLIC en ligne » is a FREE program that helps you as a newcomer to Canada improve your French language skills at your own pace. You are not alone, a trainer personalizes your learning, you exchange with other learners. All you need is a computer and internet access www.clicenligne.ca