COD 2017 - D116

Learning on the go: Mobile learning ideas for your classroom

EFL / ESL teachers interested in the topic

3 sessions, start: 21-Feb

Course detail

Year: 2017
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Ms. Jennifer Verschoor
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 1200.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Schedule
1 21 February - 27 February 2017 Online session
2 28 February - 06 March 2017 Online session
3 07 March - 13 March 2017 Online session

Facilitator/s

Jennifer Verschoor

Jennifer Verschoor graduated from St. Andrew's Scots School. She holds a degree in Literary, Technical and Legal Translation as well as a Bachelor's degree in Educational Management, English Teaching and ICT in the Classroom validated by Trinity College London. She holds an MA in Virtual Environments and a Specialization in Education and ICT offered by the Ministry of Education in Argentina. She is the co-author of My First Digital Journey, an ebook published by The Round in December 2012. Currently she is working for the British Council in Argentina and Chile, ESSARP, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Cambridge English and SimpleK12 giving teacher training courses on the integration of ICT. She has been hired by SBS International to co-moderate TIC en el AULA, nominated for an ELTon Award in 2013 under the category Local Innovation.
EFL / ESL teachers interested in the topic
During this course participants will

- experience online learning.

- read several articles about MLearning.

- participate in discussion forums.

- explore different apps for ELT.

- write an app review.

- exchange ideas with other professionals.

- devise a lesson sequence or an activity incorporating new apps (collaborative task).
Mobile Learning advantages and challenges.
- Apps to explore (this content will be built with participants' help throughout the course).
- Frameworks for Mobile Learning.
- Mobile Learning case studies.
- Ways to evaluate educational apps.
- Lesson plans integrating Mobile Learning.
An online platform will be created for the course.
Al-Shehri, S. (2011). Mobile social networking in language learning: A transformational tool. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 5(3/4), 345-359.

Anderson, C., & Wolff, M. (2010, September). The web is dead. Long live the internet. Wired. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_webrip/
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