Sunday 30 November 2014

"Hello there" - case study of a telecollaborative project

One of the assignments in the “Telecollaboration in Language Learning” module of the MA in “Digital Technologies for Language Teaching” (DTLT) asks students to study closely the what’s and how’s of real-world telecollaborative projects.
“Hello there” project, run by Ana Maria Menezes and Jennifer Verschoor, was selected as a case study for its high-quality implementation and significant learning outcomes. The project paired 18 students from Brazil with 18 students from Argentina for 4 weeks of communication and information exchange in Edmodo.
Jane Basnett, student of the MA in DTLT, who examined the “Hello there” project in her paper reported that “[project’s] success must be attributed to the online collaborative competence of the partner instructors, Menezes and Verschoor.”



Students and tutors of the MA in DTLT would like to thank Ana Maria Menezes and Jennifer Verschoor for their contribution.

Friday 14 November 2014

Presentation:"A multimodal learning experience for the reshaping of language education: a professional development programme for language teachers"

Paper presentation about the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching by Dr. Cecilia Goria, on the second day of the ICT for Language Learning International Conference held on 13-14 November 2014 at Florence, Italy.
The paper is titled: "A multimodal learning experience for the reshaping of language education: a professional development programme for language teachers". Free access to the presentation is provided:


Conference programme: http://conference.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL/pages/ICT4LL/common/download/Conference_Programme.pdf

Thursday 13 November 2014

ICT for Language Learning International Conference - end of 1st day

Thank you all for your inspiring and thought provoking presentations at the ICT for Language Learning International Conference #ict2014. Tomorrow Dr. Cecilia Goria will present her paper titled: "A multimodal learning experience for the reshaping of language education: a professional development programme for language teachers".



Conference programme: http://conference.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL/pages/ICT4LL/common/download/Conference_Programme.pdf

Wednesday 12 November 2014

Conference presentation about the MA in DTLT

Dr. Cecilia Goria, Director of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching, will present a paper titled: "A multimodal learning experience for the reshaping of language education: a professional development programme for language teachers" at the ICT for Language Learning International Conference (to be held on 13-14 November 2014 at Florence, Italy).

Conference website: http://conference.pixel-online.net/ICT4LL/acceptedabstracts.php

The event on Lanyrd: http://lanyrd.com/2014/pixelfirenze/

Tuesday 11 November 2014

Introduction to Virtual Worlds for the students of the University of Salento

Last week (November 6th) Dr. Cecilia Goria introduced a group of students from the University of Salento to the Virtual Worlds. The students registered on SmallWorlds (a virtual world) and followed Dr. Goria at the dedicated place of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching on SmallWorlds. There, they watched a training video and discussed their perspectives about teaching and learning in Virtual Worlds.