[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] Learn how Google Scholar can enhance your scholarly research. This session discusses how Google Scholar works, shows you how to connect Google Scholar to the full text in the Walden Library, and provides solutions to common Google search problems. Session recorded April 2013.
Category: ELT Newsletter
Video: Society 3.0: How Technology is Reshaping Education, Work, and Society
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti’s keynote speech at INTED2012 Valencia. March 2012.
Five top technology tools for the English classroom (from Guardian)
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] For educators, ICT is in the air worldwide. I am happy to share an useful article on ‘technology tools for the English classroom’ from The Guardian. The article is written by Sarah Findlater. In her article Sarah has shared tips on Google Drive, Edmodo, Screen Casting, YouTube and Blogging.… Continue reading Five top technology tools for the English classroom (from Guardian)
Article: ‘Gender differences that appear from a Self-Determination Theory survey of JHS students’ by David Ockert
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 5 | February 24, 2014] There are several types of motivational theories and much has been written on various theories of EFL learner motivation (e.g., Dörnyei, 2009a; Dornyei, 1998; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2009; Gardner, 2001; Oxford, 1994; Oxford & Shearin, 1994). Ur (1996) proposed a distinction of two types of motivation for… Continue reading Article: ‘Gender differences that appear from a Self-Determination Theory survey of JHS students’ by David Ockert
ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9 Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’,… Continue reading ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4
News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
The NDTV.com team has published an article titled “Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic”. Death of the comma? One of the most commonly used elements of written English – the humble comma – could be abolished as a punctuation mark without doing much damage to the language, a US academic has suggested.… Continue reading News: Comma may be abolished from English language: US academic
Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk What will education of the future look like? Open, free and collaborative are some of the attributes of Jan Philipp Schmidt’s vision of education. Schmidt is an open education activist and researcher based at the MIT Media Lab where he works with Joi Ito… Continue reading Video: MOOCS and other recent innovations in online learning
Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] About the talk “How can I have the greatest impact?” After some years working in education reform, Robert Torres realized that the impact was minimum. Then, he thought “why not pay attention to what children were doing?” The answer to his question was video games. Since then,… Continue reading Video: Video Games for Learning and Assessment
Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] EDULEARN14, the 6th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain), on the 7th, 8th and 9th of July, 2014. EDULEARN14 provides the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences. It is the perfect platform to discuss the latest developments… Continue reading Conference: EDULEARN14, Barcelona (Spain), July 7-9
Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’, Chennai, February 27-28
[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 4 | February 17, 2014] Loyola – ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET) is holding a workshop for the teachers of English on February 27-28, 2014. The theme of the workshop is “English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges”. A note on workshop In… Continue reading Workshop: ‘English and Employability in Industry – Training the Teachers of English of Engineering Colleges’, Chennai, February 27-28