University of Nottingham - League tables

The University of Nottingham is placed 77th in the world and in the top 1% of Universities internationally by the latest (2014) QS World University Rankings.

In UK, the University of Nottingham is consistently ranked in the top 30 Universities.

• The Complete University Guide 2016: 25th
• The Times Good University Guide 2015: 22nd 
• The Guardian University Guide 2015: 22nd 

The University of Nottingham is ranked 8th in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (the Research Excellence Framework is a quality measure of universities’ academic work, which will decide how much funding they receive for the next six years).

The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey, which polls student opinion on 21 aspects of university life, placed Nottingham 10th in the UK in 2014.

R. Martínez - Studying Technology-Enhanced Creative Writing

How is the experience of studying Technology-Enhanced Creative Writing at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching? For Robert Martínez, 1st year student, the Technology-Enhanced Creative Writing module has been a journey of discovery in terms of professional, academic and personal achievements. Watch his self-reflection video:

Join us on Twitter for a chat about #dt4lt programme

Do you want to advance your career or are you looking for a career change? Are you looking for a masters degree program that can fit into your busy schedule? Are you looking for something to broaden your knowledge and hone your skills on language teaching?

We invite you to our Questions & Answers (Q&A) sessions on Twitter where you will have the opportunity to discuss 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.

Join us on Twitter using the #dt4lt hashtag on Monday 1st June 2015 from 11-12 am (check your time zone) and on Thursday 4th June 2015 from 3-4 pm (UK time) (check your time zone). If you are not on Twitter you can ask your questions here or on our Facebook event.


Looking forward to e-see you!

Jane Basnett - We are all unique

Jane Basnett, second year student of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching, shares her thoughts on providing individualised learning for every student.


Read more on her blog: http://janeebasnett.blogspot.com/2015/05/we-are-all-unique_10.html

Marguerite Coutinho - Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Marguerite Coutinho, 2nd year student, created a short animation to share her experience of studying at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

Karina Thorne - Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Karina Pearl Thorne, 1st year student, summarizes in 90 seconds her experience studying at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

Jennifer Prescott-Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Jennifer Caroline Prescott, 1st year student, reflecting on her experience studying online for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching says "...one of the things I have really enjoyed about this course is the fact that I am geographically distant I actually feel very close to my cohort and to my tutors".

Angelos Konstantinidis-tutoring at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

How teachers perceive teaching and professional development at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching? Angelos Konstantinidis shares his experience running the "Telecollaboration in Language Learning" module

Barbara Petersen-Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

“I have been in industry for over fifteen years and in various roles and this programme is really capturing what is happening now” says Barbara Petersen, 1st year student at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Victoria Hortelano - Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Victoria Hortelano, 1st year student, describes her experience studying online for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

Studying Technology-Enhanced Creative Writing at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

How is the experience of studying Technology-Enhanced Creative Writing at the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching? Karina Pearl Thorne, 1st year student, reflects on her experience and shares key take-aways from the course.

Robert Martínez-Studying for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching

Robert Martínez, 1st year student, talks about his experience studying online for the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

Studentships for the MA in DTLT - deadline approaching!

The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies is offering a number of studentships and fee waivers for students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching. All School fee waivers cover tuition fees at the University's UK/EU level (currently £3,980 per annum). Please note that this will not completely cover the full cost of any taught course or international tuition fee. The successful candidate will need to cover the remainder themselves.
To be eligible to apply for School funding, you must be holding an offer of a place to study at the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching of the University of Nottingham.

The deadline for submitting the completed application form is on 11th May 2015.

More info and application form:http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/

Students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching presented their work at the CLAS Postgraduate Symposium

Two students of the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching presented their papers at the 1st Annual CLAS Postgraduate Symposium.
Ronald Salmond (2nd year student) presented his paper titled: "Guidelines for Enhancing Instructor Issued Corrective Feedback and Methods for Training Students to Deliver Beneficial Corrective Feedback during Collaborative Language Tasks". You can watch his presentation below (two parts):






Jennifer Prescott (1st year student) presented her paper titled "Shifting Identities of the 21st Century Language Learner: The Application and Integration of Digital Technologies Has Changed How Students Self-Identify and Why They Learn".
You can watch her presentation below:

Students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching are presenting in the CLAS Postgraduate Symposium

Two students of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching are presenting in the 1st Annual CLAS Postgraduate Symposium held on 27-28 April 2015 at Nottingham.
Ronald Salmond (2nd year student) presents his paper titled: "Guidelines for Enhancing Instructor Issued Corrective Feedback and Methods for Training Students to Deliver Beneficial Corrective Feedback during Collaborative Language Tasks".
Jennifer Prescott (1st year student) presents her paper titled "Shifting Identities of the 21st Century Language Learner: The Application and Integration of Digital Technologies Has Changed How Students Self-Identify and Why They Learn".

The programme of the 1st Annual CLAS Postgraduate Symposium:

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 (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/language-centre/teaching/dtlt.aspx) is running a survey about attitudes towards postgraduate study. In addition, the survey aims to gather prospective students' opinion towards studying in the Master of Arts in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching.

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 (http://www.sanako.com/products/study-1200/study-solo/). 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 (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) 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

And the winners of the Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition are…

We want to thank all those who took part in the “Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition”. We had some truly great lesson plans submitted and it was quite difficult to pick the winners. So, congratulations not only to the winners but to all entrants!
The two winners are: Sandi Ferdiansyah and Yağmur Damla Aslan (and her peers Nelida Nita, Tugay Elmas, Şule Akgün).
Sandi and Yağmur Damla will be awarded a SanakoStudy Solo License each.

Stay tuned in our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) and keep following us on Twitter (@dt4lt) for the most successful entries of the “Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition” will be shared soon!

Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition - The competition is now closed!

Thanks to all of you for taking part in our Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition. We have received some very interesting lesson plans and the winners will be announced shortly.

Language Learning Lesson Plan Competition - Last day for the competition to end!

The social media promotion team of the MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching is hosting a lesson plan competition for all teachers or other educators worldwide. Teachers who enter the competition will have the chance to share their lesson plans in language learning with other teachers all over the world and get recognition for their work. Additionally, the best two lesson plans will be awarded a SanakoStudy Solo license (http://www.sanako.com/products/study-1200/study-solo/).

Lesson plans should include:

• A title
• A short introduction which includes students' age range, language level, type of institution (primary, secondary, university, college, etc.)
• Lesson aims and objectives (no more than eight)
• Description of the procedure of the lesson (approx 100 words)
• Time required for completing each activity and the overall lesson
• A list of the software/web 2.0 tools to be used
• A list of the materials to be used (if relevant)

Lesson plans should normally fall between 700 and 1500 words in total (bibliography excluded).

The competition opened on 7th January and the lesson plan submission deadline is 7th March 2015 at 23:00 (UK time).

Terms & Conditions

1. The content in the lesson plans must be the work of the contestant. Entries with plagiarized material will be excluded from the contest.
2. Any images used in the lesson plans must be royalty free or correctly cited.
3. The lesson plans should integrate digital technologies in language teaching.
4. Each contestant can submit more than one lesson plans, but may win only one SanakoStudy Solo license.
5. Although contestants can collaborate to create a lesson plan and enter the contest, there will be only one prize for each entry.
6. The lesson plans must be sent to the digitaltechnologies4lt@gmail.com by the deadline. Late submission will not be considered. 

Judging Criteria
Competition entries will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria:

• Clearly stated lesson aims and learning outcomes appropriate to the designated level(s)
• Logically sequenced activities which support the achievement of the lesson aims
• Technology integration in the learning activities 

Follow MA in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/UoN.MA.DTLT) and Twitter (@dt4lt) for updates and other info about the contest.

175 masters scholarships worth £10,000 each for entry on to taught courses

The University of Nottingham is offering 175 masters scholarships worth £10,000 each for entry on to taught courses in 2015.

Eligibility criteria
Applicants for this scholarship must be progressing from an undergraduate course for which they were charged the higher £9k tuition fee and be classed as a Home/EU student. In addition, applicants will need to hold an offer for a taught postgraduate course and fulfil one or more of the following criteria:

• Care leavers - have been in public care for a minimum of three months prior to their entrance to university in 2012
• In receipt of government funding in the form of a full maintenance grant and/or a National Scholarship Programme during the first year of undergraduate study (2012)
• Women in STEM (restricted programmes)
• Disability, long-term medical condition or specific learning difficulty
• From a Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) group

More info on how to apply: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/scholarships-2015.aspx