Using e-Learning to teach MFL Erika Bardall Bromley Adult Education College

About BAEC  Adult and Community Learning College  15,000 learners  2,000 course  100 venues  No Intranet or VLE  No Centralised Resources  Sessional Teaching Staff  Starting on the E-Learning Journey

What I teach…  Italian at BAEC  Beginners  Intermediate  Advance  IT for Visually Impaired Students  SME for NLN Round 4 MFL

ILT…Why  Requirement  Effective  For Teaching  For Learning  Time  Fun and Interesting

ILT…how & when  BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE COURSE TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ LEARNING  TO INTRODUCE A NEW GRAMMAR POINT  TO PREPARE HANDOUTS  TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ONLINE RESOURCE

BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE COURSE TO ASSESS STUDENTS’ LEARNING: Question Tools  Free download:  An example of Initial Assessment Initial AssessmentInitial Assessment  An example of Ongoing/Final Assessment Ongoing/Final AssessmentOngoing/Final Assessment  A game: Who Wants to Be A Millionaire game

TO INTRODUCE A NEW GRAMMAR POINT Word, Power Point, and CourseGenie  Using Word: IL FUTURO NEL PASSATO IL FUTURO NEL PASSATOIL FUTURO NEL PASSATO  Using PowerPoint: GLI AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI GLI AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVIGLI AGGETTIVI POSSESSIVI  Using CourseGenie: IL CONGIUNTIVO

TO PREPARE HANDOUTS and EXERCISES QT, Word and CourseGenie  Using Word: IL FUTURO NEL PASSATO IL FUTURO NEL PASSATOIL FUTURO NEL PASSATO  Using CourseGenie: IL CONGIUNTIVO

TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ONLINE RESOURCES  Useful Websites:  Tutor’s Website Spanish

The help we received by NIACE…  Grant for content creation software (QT, CourseGenie) + Content creation guides (CD)  Founding for developing Initial Assessment  Founding for ILT equipment  Founding for BAEC Intranet development

Where do we go from here?  Be Courageous  Ask for Some Training  Experiment  Enjoy

Thank you…