Thursday 25 June 2015

Student experiences of studying for the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

We asked our students to share their thoughts about their experience of studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching. Our students talked about several issues including the distance delivery method and teaching methods, support given by the tutors, and learning gains.

This video is a synthesis of their videos - we hope you find it interesting and informative!

Sunday 21 June 2015

Thursday 18 June 2015

Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University Conference - 19 June 2015

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at The University of Nottingham is hosting the 5th annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching and Learning at University" series. Following great success in Newcastle (2011), Bristol (2012), Manchester (2013) and Leeds (2014), in 2015 the conference will focus on 'Enhancing Participation and Collaboration'.


The #InnoConf15 is taking place at the University of Nottingham (University Park Campus) on 19 June 2015. Confirmed keynote speakers are Jan Hardman (University of York) and Zoltán Dörnyei (University of Nottingham).

A volume with selected papers from the conference, edited by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, will be published with research-publishing.net in 2016.

For further information, please see the conference website: http://innoconf2015.weebly.com/

Update
Read the conference report: http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/2015/07/14/innovative-language-teaching-and-learning-at-university-enhancing-participation-and-collaboration/

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Survey about attitudes to postgraduate study - Lucky draw winner announcement

The social media promotion team of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham held a survey about attitudes towards postgraduate study from 30 March to 15 June 2015. We would like to thank all people for taking the time to participate in our online survey. Your input is valuable to us and it will help us determine the best way to improve the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching programme.

People who responded in our survey had the opportunity to enter a draw for a SanakoStudy Solo license (http://www.sanako.com/products/study-1200/study-solo/). The draw was held on 16 June 2015 and the winner was selected at random. The lucky winner is Alena Widows.

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Survey about attitudes to postgraduate study - Few days left to participate!

The social media promotion team of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham is running a survey about attitudes towards postgraduate study. 

Your participation in the survey will be greatly appreciated and will help us deliver better services to our future students. Also, respondents in the survey will have a chance to win a SanakoStudy Solo license. The drawing will be conducted on 15 June 2015 and the lucky winner will be announced on the Facebook page of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching and will be contacted via email.

The survey consists of 23 questions and will take approximately 5-7 minutes to answer.

To answer the survey click the link below:
http://goo.gl/forms/nkyBsw6uSV

Friday 5 June 2015

Survey about attitudes to postgraduate study - chance to win a free SanakoStudy Solo License

The social media promotion team of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham is running a survey about attitudes towards postgraduate study. 

Your participation in the survey will be greatly appreciated and will help us deliver better services to our future students. Also, respondents in the survey will have a chance to win a SanakoStudy Solo license. The drawing will be conducted on 15 June 2015 and the lucky winner will be announced on the Facebook page of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching and will be contacted via email.

The survey consists of 23 questions and will take approximately 5-7 minutes to answer.

To answer the survey click the link below:
http://goo.gl/forms/nkyBsw6uSV

Thursday 4 June 2015

Reminder - The Q&A session is today!

The second Questions & Answers session on Twitter for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham is today! The session will run for one hour from 3-4 pm (UK time) (check your time zone). Follow the Twitter account of the programme (@dt4lt), use ‪#‎dt4lt‬ and get ready to voice your questions!

Don't miss the chance to discuss your questions about studying online with us and get answers from tutors and students of the programme!

Looking forward to e-see you!

Monday 1 June 2015

Next Q&A session on Thursday 4th June

We hope that you enjoyed today's Q&A session on Twitter as much as we do. There were several interesting questions about studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies and our students (special thanks for their participation) gave insightful and helpful answers based on their personal experience.
The next Q&A session will happen on Thursday 4th June 2015, from 3-4 pm (UK time) (check your time zone). The Q&A session is a great opportunity to voice your questions about studying online for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham and get answers from a team of tutors and students. So, make sure that you don't miss it!


We also prepared a Facebook event for people who do not have a Twitter account, so they can post their questions there.

Looking forward to e-see you!


Reminder - The Q&A Twitter session is today!

The first Questions & Answers session on Twitter for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham is today! The session will run for one hour from 11-12 a.m. (countdown to the event). Don't miss the chance to discuss your questions about studying online with us and get answers from tutors and students of the programme!

Looking forward to e-see you!