Teaching on-line:The good, the bad and the ugly

Russell Stannardwww.teachertrainingvideos.com

A few stats

• More people did online courses at Harvard in 2013 than have studied at the university for its 377 year history.

• The British Council had over 70,000 students on its recent online English course.

• Edmodo has around 48 million users.• Online learning to reach 107 billion dollars in 2015.• 30% of all Higher Education students in the USA are taking at

least one module online.

(Future of the Professions)

Out of this world• Minerva Project – Minerva got a $70 million investment in

2014. The school’s program takes students around the world – spending time in different countries each year, while taking courses via a live stream online. It’s a unique take on online education, but one that clearly got the attention of some big spenders.

(Minerva Project)

Online teaching in ELT.

Examples

Private lessons

Working for an online teaching

organisation

Delivering online

training with publishers

How is it done?

Live input

Learning content

Live delivery

Virtual learning classrooms

• WizIQ• Adobe Connect• Collaborate• Brain Cert• Electra• Skype

Interaction• Webcam• Share screen• Play video• Share presentation/draw• Whiteboard• Breakouts• File share• Web share• Audio rights• Webcam rights• Chat • Layouts

Challenges• Learning to use with confidence.

• Dealing with technical problems.

• Building interaction/Avoiding making it teacher centred.

• Getting the focus on the learning.

Learning Content

Find it

Make it

Content

Virtual Learning Environment

You

• Edmodo• Schoology

Institute

• Moodle• Blackboard• Its Learning

Why are VLE so complex?

A place to keep

• Videos• Files• Links• Audio• Slides• Pictures

Engagement

• Quizzes• Forums• Chat• Polls• Assignments• Blogs• Wikis

Edmodo• One place.• Share range of content.• One password.• Share content.• Organize files.• Track students.• Control students.• Mark students work.• Keep a record of their work.• Discussions.• Quizzes.• Polls.• Assignments.

Edmod

Features• Introduction

• Tracking

• Quizzes

• Assignments

Learning Content

Find it

Make it

Content

Screen capture

Record the screen of your computer-Record presentations/lessons-Talk over graph-Talk over a table-Talk over a grammar/vocabulary explanation-Talk over a picture-Talk over information-Feedback-Model examples

Tools

FREE

• JING• Screen cast o matic

Paid

• Camtasia ($179)• SnagIt ($30)

Conclusions

2 other skills

Student/teacher Marketing

3 key skills we looked atVirtual Classroom Virtual Environment Making/ Finding content

FutureOrganisation Your business

To read

References

ReadingGreat book from the British Council• https://

www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/D057_Blended%20learning_FINAL_WEB%20ONLY_v2.pdf

Future of the Professions• The Future of the Professions ( Susskind/Susskind )

Videos from RussellEdmodo• http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/edmodo-moodle/edmodo.htmlSnagIt• http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/screen-casting/introduction-to-snagit.htmlAdobe Connect• http://

www.teachertrainingvideos.com/teaching-on-line/virtual-learning-environments.htmlBuild your own website• http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/website/introduction-to-wix.html

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