1 / 6

Enhancing ESL Teaching with E-Tools: Distance Education Innovations

Discover how Athabasca University utilizes e-tools and distance education strategies to enhance ESL teaching. Learn about Moodle, VOIP systems, blogging, collaborative writing, and more. Meet the dedicated team driving these innovations.

mervyn
Download Presentation

Enhancing ESL Teaching with E-Tools: Distance Education Innovations

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. E-TOOLS AND TEACHING ESL THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION Veronica Baig Corinne Bossé Debra Hoven Tunde Tuzes ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY

  2. OVERVIEW • Introductions and background information • Moodle—a Learning Management System • Voice/ Video Communication • VOIP systems, Elluminate • Discussion Boards • Blogging • Free writing, Interactive exercises • Collaborative Writing • Peer Editing, Wikis • What’s New? • m-learning, e-portfolios, digital story telling, Me2U, facebook, …

  3. Who are we? • Veronica Baig, Academic Coordinator, English Language Studies veronica@athabascau.ca • Corinne Bossé, Instructional Media Analyst corinneb@athabascau.ca • Debra Hoven, Associate Professor, Centre for Distance Education debrah@athabascau.ca • Tunde Tuzes, Write Site Facilitator/Engl 255 instructor tundet@athabascu.ca

  4. Background Information • Athabasca University “… is Canada’s largest, and most flexible, open and distance education provider. More than 37,000 students are studying undergraduate courses and approximately 3,200 students are enrolled in graduate degrees” AU Calendar

  5. ELS/ESL/ WRITING/TESL • 6 ESL/ELS courses all at the preparatory level: • 4 are zero credit courses • 2 may be taken for credit • 2 Writing courses—non-ESL but with ESL support • 1 preparatory—possible credit • 1 first year—full credit • Graduate students in MAIS and CDE who have an interest in TESL projects

  6. SOME DICHOTOMIES • Undergraduate (including preparatory) • Individual study • Asynchronous delivery • Internet optional • Graduate • Paced, cohort based study • Synchronous delivery • Internet required

More Related