15 minutes Presenters: Sophia Zevgoli, Deree-The American College of Greece https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYtfiX8c3hU&t=149s Take a look back at Sophia Zevgoli's session on experiential learning and culture teaching especially in language classrooms. Integrating real-world experiences has been widely emphasized in the literature (e.g. Andersen, Boud & Cohen, 2000; Byram & Grundy, 2003), but they say the extent this… Continue reading ALN Conference 2022: How coffee can improve your ability to use a language
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ALN Conference 2022: A simple framework for engaging students in the classroom
45 minutes Presenters: Nancy Winfrey, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2XtVZtz6Q&t=2697s In this post we look back at a Nancy Winfrey's workshop that introduced a design framework for leveraging active learning in the classroom. In the framework students use their prior knowledge as a neurological anchor for learning new content, through relevant application… Continue reading ALN Conference 2022: A simple framework for engaging students in the classroom
ALN Conference 2022: “In today’s world, do we really need teachers?”
25 mins Presenter: Mansoor A. Bhatty, Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA. https://youtu.be/fmoG3Joe_MI?si=cREVCUliiOCzrH4Q&t=2574 Look back on this ‘Provocation” session that focused on generating an intense, meaningful, substantive discussion around the phrase: "In today’s world where technology is on your fingertips, and an ocean of information out there to grab; Do we then really need teachers?" This… Continue reading ALN Conference 2022: “In today’s world, do we really need teachers?”
Active Reading: Five ways to engage students in their reading
There is a lot of talk about Active Learning and the importance of learning by doing, but isn’t reading a kind of doing? In my mind it is, but I am reminded too that research by Bartholomae, Petrosky & Waite (2017) suggests that real learning happens, ‘only when the authors are silent and you begin… Continue reading Active Reading: Five ways to engage students in their reading
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