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
