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 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”