Category: Updates

News about the project or about teaching and learning online.

What Are the Effects of LINC Blended Learning?

What are the effects of LINC Blended Learning on learners, teachers and programs? Are there benefits or drawbacks? In September 2017 LearnIT2teach evaluators Jill Cummings, Matthias Sturm and Augusta Avram set out to gather evidence from field research at the LINC program in the Lower Mainland of B.C. Three teachers, 45 learners, the program manager …

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New student support blocks

If you look at your edlinc course today, you will notice two new blocks.  These blocks are direct links to student support web spaces.  These should allow the students to have more independence when using the courseware as they can locate essential information on how to perform activities and basic tasks in the courses. If …

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Happy Third Birthday to us!

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

What’s New In LearnIT2teach: Project Update at 1 p.m. today!

Today, at TESL Ontario, our team will update the settlement community about the progress that we have made over the past year.   Jim Edgar, Rob McBride and Matthias Sturm discuss additions to the CIC-funded LearnIT2teach Project, which commenced in January 2010. New additions include a reference manual for LINC administrators, online speaking activities, LINC 2 …

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Stage 2 Introduction this Saturday in St. Catharines

This Saturday in the Niagara Region recent and graduates of Stage 1 will be moving into the non-editing teacher mode with Stage 2 training. For a description of the four stages of training click here. In preparation for this event participants are advised to: have a good breakfast bring their username and password pre-read the …

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Moving forward with Stage 2? Video and tip assistance!

If you are currently working through Stage 2, there are four ways you can get assistance. Orientation video Tip Sheet Instructional support resources Mentor support, call your mentor  

Joining Tutela.ca

Tutela.ca is a pan-Canadian online resource and community for ESL/FSL professionals, currently under development, supported by the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks.  In order to take advantage of this repository, you must join Tutela. 1. Surf to Tutela.ca 2. Click the Sign Up button 3. Complete the User Account form 4. A confirmation email will …

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NanoGong is now available for LearnIT2teach.ca courses!

What is NanoGong? NanoGong is an applet that a course participant can use to record, playback and save their voice. When the recording is played back the user can speed up or slow down the sound without changing it. How can I try it? 1. NanoGong is available in all discussion forums at LearnIt2teach.ca/moodle. It …

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The new LINC 2 courseware is popular with LINC 2 teachers!

LINC 2 courseware is now being used by teachers in the classroom.  If you have finished Stage 2 of the training and want to have the LINC 2 courseware set up for use with your students contact your mentor and they will get it set up for you.  To preview LINC 2 with guest access …

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Browser Test Page Available

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LearnIT2Teach.ca has a new browser test page available so you can check that your system is compatible with our training and with our LINC courseware. Teachers can use it to test their computer or their lab and your students can use it to test their computers. TEST YOUR BROWSER HERE!