"Coursera for kids" - 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.
“Coursera for kids” eTwinning project, organised by Arjana Blazic, Makrina Kaliontzi and Thalia Hadzigiannoglou, was selected as a case study for its innovative approach to project design and delivery. The project took advantage of the MOOC “Crafting an Effective Writer: The Tools of the Trade” and it was developed within its online boundaries. Students enrolled in the MOOC and used the forum to communicate as a group.
Marguerite Coutinho, student of the MA in DTLT, who examined the “Coursera for kids” project in her paper reported that “The project was successful, since through Cousera the students were introduced to distant online learning and participated in the general forum with multinational students”.
Students and tutors of the MA in DTLT would like to thank Arjana Blazic for her contribution.

Workshop on “Telecollaboration in Education” at UoN - 15/12/2014

Angelos Konstantinidis, online tutor at the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching, will run a workshop on “Telecollaboration in Education” at the University of Nottingham on December 15th 2014. Stay tuned for news and updates! #tcuon

Meeting on Virtual Worlds for students of the MA in DTLT

Tutors and students of the “Introduction to Digital Technologies for Language Teaching” module of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching went to SmallWorlds to discuss about the affordances of Virtual Worlds for language teaching.

... And here we are having some fun too!

 

"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.

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

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

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/

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.

Call for language teachers from the students of the MA in ‘Digital Technologies for Language Teaching’ of the UoN - 1 day left

We would like to thank those who replied to our call and contacted with us expressing their interest to showcase their telecollaborative project.
Less than 24 hours left to reply to this call (open till October 30th midnight), so if you run a ‘telecollaborative’ project, or, to put it simply, if you engage your students in virtual intercultural interaction and exchange with partner classes in geographically distant locations (such as eTwinning, ePals, Flat Stanley Project, etc.), then you can send a short description (100 words) of your project to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com.
If you answer to this call you will offer valuable help to the students of the MA in DTLT and get feedback and ideas on possible ways to improve your project. Additionally, selected projects will be published on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) of the MA in DTLT with respective recognition of your contribution.

Call for language teachers from the students of the MA in ‘Digital Technologies for Language Teaching’ of the UoN - 2 days left

We would like to thank those who replied to our call and contacted with us expressing their interest to showcase their telecollaborative project.

Less than 48 hours left to reply to this call (open till October 30^th midnight), so if you run a ‘telecollaborative’ project, or, to put it simply, if you engage your students in virtual intercultural interaction and exchange with partner classes in geographically distant locations (such as eTwinning, ePals, Flat Stanley Project, etc.), then you can send a short description (100 words) of your project to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com.

If you answer to this call you will offer valuable help to the students of the MA in DTLT and get feedback and ideas on possible ways to improve your project. Additionally, selected projects will be published on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) of the MA in DTLT with respective recognition of your contribution.

Call for language teachers who run telecollaborative projects from the students of the Master of Arts in ‘Digital Technologies for Language Teaching’ of the University of Nottingham (MA in DTLT)

We would like to thank those who replied to our call and contacted with us expressing their interest to showcase their telecollaborative project.
Due to several requests, the call has been extended from October 26th to October 30th, so if you run a ‘telecollaborative’ project, or, to put it simply, if you engage your students in virtual intercultural interaction and exchange with partner classes in geographically distant locations (such as eTwinning, ePals, Flat Stanley Project, etc.), then you can send a short description (100 words) of your project to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com.
If you answer to this call you will offer valuable help to the students of the MA in DTLT and get feedback and ideas on possible ways to improve your project. Additionally, selected projects will be published on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) of the MA in DTLT with respective recognition of your contribution.

Call for language teachers from the students of the MA in ‘Digital Technologies for Language Teaching’ of the UoN

We would like to thank those who replied to our call and contacted with us expressing their interest to showcase their telecollaborative project.

The call is still open (till October 26^th), so if you run a ‘telecollaborative’ project, or, to put it simply, if you engage your students in virtual intercultural interaction and exchange with partner classes in geographically distant locations (such as eTwinning, ePals, Flat Stanley Project, etc.), then you can send a short description (100 words) of your project to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com.

If you answer to this call you will offer valuable help to the students of the MA in DTLT and get feedback and ideas on possible ways to improve your project. Additionally, selected projects will be published on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) of the MA in DTLT with respective recognition of your contribution.

Students of MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching write for Wikipedia

One of the assignments of the Telecollaboration in Language Learning module of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching engaged students in contributing significant new material to the Digital Literacy page on Wikipedia.
You may see how the article was before (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_literacy&oldid=628806844) and after (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Digital_literacy&oldid=629683063) our students’ contribution.

Call for language teachers who run telecollaborative projects from the students of the Master of Arts in ‘Digital Technologies for Language Teaching’ of the University of Nottingham (MA in DTLT)

If you run a ‘telecollaborative’ project, or, to put it simply, if you engage your students in virtual intercultural interaction and exchange with partner classes in geographically distant locations (such as eTwinning, ePals, Flat Stanley Project, etc.), then you can send a short description (100 words) of your project to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com.
If you answer to this call you will offer valuable help to the students of the MA in DTLT and get feedback and ideas on possible ways to improve your project. Additionally, selected projects will be published on the Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) of the MA in DTLT with respective recognition of your contribution.

Editing Wikipedia as part of an assignment

This week students of the "Telecollaboration in Language Learning" module of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching edit a Wikipedia page as part of their assignment.

Discussion on twitter about digital literacies

Join students of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching on Twitter using #digilit for a lively discussion about digital literacies.

Welcome meeting today for the students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Welcome (online) meeting today at 11am (UK time) for the students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

To enter the meeting (only for students of the MA): http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/mod/tutorialbooking/tutorialbooking_sessions.php?tutorialid=5262&courseid=21338

Conference presentation about the MA in DTLT

Join us on 13-14 November 2014 at Florence, Italy during the ICT for Language Learning International Conference. 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".

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

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

Would you like to study for a postgraduate degree on language teaching at one of the most prestigious UK universities?

Would you like to study for a postgraduate degree on language teaching at one of the most prestigious UK universities? If so, then apply for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching (distance learning).
The MA in DTLT provides a solid grounding in the pedagogical and practical aspects of new learning technologies, with a specific focus on language learning and teaching.
The MA consists of one core module, four modules chosen from a series of options listed below and an individually supervised dissertation.
The modules on offer are:
    Advanced Language Teaching: technology-enhanced creative writing in a foreign language
    Integrating Technology in Course Design and Assessment
    Game based learning
    Research methods
    Second language acquisition and teaching
    Telecollaboration for Language Learning
    Teaching Translation with Technology

There is no obligation to enroll in the course even if we make you an unconditional offer. If you’re not sure that you meet the entry requirements for your course, applying is the best way to find out.

For more information visit the official website of the programme: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/language-centre/teaching/dtlt.aspx

Students' work magazine - Academic Year 2013-14

Have a look at the current students' work magazine.