Diigo bookmarks (weekly)

• Integrating technology into English language teaching - The Hindu

  • Have language teaching and learning become easier because of technological innovations and availability of tools such as mobile apps? 

     

     

     I don’t think it has become easier. We’ve become resource rich, but in some ways our job has become harder. Technology has changed the way people communicate and interact with and through language. That has broadened the scope of what we need to do and the range of skills we need to enable that process.

  • In what ways can technology promote learner autonomy? 

    

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     Technology is a huge enabler of learner autonomy because it can give students access to a large range of material, sources of information and useful applications. And if, as teachers, we focus on helping our students to understand how to use technology to become more autonomous learners, then we could really start to realise the full potential that technology offers us. 

     

      

     

• Center for Instructional Excellence - Intercultural Learning 101

  Purdue University's modular online prep. course for studying abroad

  tags: attitudes culture communication curiosity education empathy knowledge openness resources self-awareness skills worldviews

• Team Building: 8 Fundamentals, 6 Best Practices - eLearning Industry

  Alex Teregodistinguished teams from committees, proposed eight fundamental characteristics of team building, and then listed and elaborated what he considered "The 6 Best Practices for Successful Team Building" (2016.05.28).

  tags: best practices elearning team-building teams

• News | UN Women – Headquarters

  A directory or news and other items in categories by type, topic, region, and country

  tags: countries education information international issues

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