Creating personalised blended learning paths for BE students

BESIG Summer Symposium – 24 June 2011University of Central Lancashire, UK

Teaching Business English with Digital TechnologiesValentina Dodge

English360 Mix & Match

Web-enhanced learning

The web as a platform... where we all work together to create, share, discuss, learn.

Evolving learning environments

Teaching “unplugged” in class

Your approach and focus

Active users: new skills for teachers Web apps today support creativity: “teacher as DJ”

Source: Jamie Keddie 11/6/09

The future of the coursebook Customisable, flexible, jointly-created

English360 toolslog in and deliver online, blended learning

English360 Mix & Match

http://www.english360.com/files/CUP_titles_English360.pdf

Cambridge University Press – 12 000 activities

Disaggregated

Unit 7 Planning TreatmentGood Practice by Marie McCullagh and Ros Wright (Cambridge University Press)

Picture or Role cards from Copy collectionCommunicative Business Activities by Marjorie Rosenberg

Creative Commons materialBusiness Presentations by Carl Dowse

English for Social Influence Marketing is ashort (12-hour) course written by Paul Sweeney and Pete MacKichan

Listening activity from English365Audio embedded, audio summary available

Personalised courses = ‘playlists’

Playlist = resource & course organisers

Tools to allow teachers to copy what’s relevant

Duplicate and adapt

Your version

Bring the course alive for your learners

Add new folders and pages

Adapt the look & feel

Relabel

Delete or resequence

Deliver as you wish

Add your own content…

Select-in-the-blanks

Reordering

Picture labelling

Create

Create relevant activities

Two-way feedback

Integrated communication

Course-specific forums

Mix & Match tools to help you: prepare learners for real-life tasks

Questions and discussion

You are invited to join!Thank you!

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valentina@english360.com