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This online course empowers TESOL professionals by enhancing their material preparation skills using modern digital tools. Participants will learn to create professional text documents, edit images, utilize the Internet for interactive resources, capture screens, convert media formats, and produce audio. With a blend of engaging activities and comprehensive examples, this course provides users with free, self-contained resources. Through a user-friendly Moodle LMS, learners will benefit from diverse communication modes including forums and live chat sessions. Join us to equip yourself for the evolving digital landscape in education!
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Digital Material Preparation for TESOL A TESOL Electronic Village Online Course John Allan
Developers and mentors • John Allan, New Media Language Training • Jim Edgar, New Media Language Training • Stephen Roney, Writer & Consultant
overview • Impetus • Course • Delivery • Results • Future
Impetus • a reaction to the growth of Web 2.0 resources • functions of traditional software can be matched online assets • decided to test this premise • all resources must be free • self- contained • on a remote server • spamless
Course description Goal: Enhance materials production skills for TESOL professionals in the areas of: • text document production • image editing • the Internet as a toolkit • screen capturing • converting media • audio production
Example activities • text document production: create a text document with a specific tool • image editing: upload, edit and publish an image • the Internet as a toolkit: producing Interactive activities, produce cartoons, link to a TeacherTube video • screen capturing: recording, editing and publishing screen animations • converting media: converting file formats • audio production: recording, editing and publishing audio
Example resources • text document production: Lorem Ipsum, LexTutor, Project Gutenburg, Dafont, Google Translate • Image editing: Picnik • the Internet as a toolkit: Spelling City, DocStoc, Bitstrips, Vocabgrabber, WordWizard, ClassTools, TeacherTube • screen capturing: Screen Toaster • converting media: Zamzar • audio production: Myna (Aviary)
Module structure • materials development concept overview • a link to a relevant resource • a detailed explanation of the resource • a step-by-step procedure resulting in a product • an example of the product • a wiki/database for posting their own result
Delivery • Moodle LMS • course structure • messaging • forums • wikis • databases • TappedIn scheduled chat sessions
Communication multiple modes • messaging • Email • Web 2.0:Voki/VoiceThread • weekly, live chat sessions: polling decides chat timings • asynchronous forum discussions on pedagogical and technical issues • Calendar & Upcoming events for quick “info”
Results • 208 registered 23 completed! • Six weeks • Worldwide (time zones) • Modified and open for general public at socialesl.com
Future • Focused course in 2011 • “producing vocabulary learning objects”