Over the past two years the LINC Sector specifically, and Canadian settlement language training generally, have undergone a remarkable growth in skills and capacity with learning technology. As we hope for relief from the pandemic and think ahead, how will we put this new capacity to work longer term? Avenue.ca builds on what blended learning does best, providing as it does a virtual classroom (Moodle), communication and sharing tools, and an ever growing collection of PBLA-aligned eResources and tools, including a digital ePortfolio. Are you wondering about better practices for the years to come, and whether blended is best for our learner clients?
In 2017-18 an Avenue-LearnIT2teach Project evaluation team undertook a demonstration research project at a LINC program in Burnaby B.C. They looked into the impacts of blended learning. The report was released in 2019. The researchers identified multiple benefits of LINC blended learning. We’ve distilled the results into nine videos and taken a dive on them with expert LINC learning technologists.
Each month, we’re focusing on one of those videos and the learner, teacher and program benefits it describes. This month we’re looking at the Introductory video and It improves language and settlement gains.
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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.
