Sunday, March 4, 2012
Monday, December 19, 2011
Engage Your Students in Your eLearning Course
In order to engage your students in your elearning course, let
them know that this course is solely made up for them, and that they can
contribute to its content. Personally, I ask my students to suggest websites
that they find useful for their classmates. I add these to my course, and, to
encourage others to do the same, I give credit to the contributors by referring
to them on the main webpage.
Below are two websites that were suggested by two of my students, Alaa’ Raddadi and
Hanan Johani, respectively. The first is a comprehensive and interactive site where
a student can find plenty of activities, exercises and resources. In the second,
a student can read, watch and listen to stories online.
http://www.tolearnenglish.com/index.php
http://www.storylineonline.net/
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
English Games | LearnEnglish | British Council | Pic your wits
English Games | LearnEnglish | British Council | Pic your wits
This application may help some of low level prep year students to learn vocabulary.
This application may help some of low level prep year students to learn vocabulary.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Connectivism and English Language Teaching
Connectivism sees learning as "a process that occurs within nebulous environments of shifting core elements" (Siemens 2005, "Connectivism," ¶1). Learning is the process of building connections that enable us to acquire knowledge and learn more. This focus recognizes the fact that learning is based on "rapidly altering foundations . . . currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities" (Siemens 2005, "Connectivism," ¶2). (Ref:http://www.innovateonline.info/extra/definition2771.htm)
If you are interested in understanding connectivism in the context of ELT click here.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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