1. PBLA & Edulinc: Supporting Teachers & Learners

2. Portfolio-based Language Assessment (PBLA) and the LearnIT2teach Projects are two settlement language training initiatives funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This session will demonstrate PBLA resources in the Moodle-based LINC courseware, and it will show how the legacy courseware can be leveraged to support PBLA. Future plans for LearnIT2teach, including plans for IRCC’s national learning management system, will also be discussed. The LearnIT2teach is a project of Ottawa-based New Language Solutions Inc. The training and courseware is free for LINC teachers across Canada.
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3. What is PBLA. Key features of a portfolio What is Edulinc. org
What is PBLA? Key features of a portfolio What is Edulinc.org? Demonstration: PBLA Courseware Resources Edulinc and PBLA Challenges Courseware Re-alignment Supporting PBLA with Moodle Activities/Resources Demonstration: Sample Modules Future – more PBLA alignment
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4. LearnIT2teach

5. What is PBLA?
A classroom-based approach to language assessment aligned to the CLB and a fundamental part of the instructional cycle.
Uses learner-centered, competency/task based, community/school and work contexts.
A principled, systematic process to engage instructors and learners in a dialogue to tell the story of learners’ journeys in learning English and work contexts.

6. Key Features of a Portfolio
Baseline Information at the beginning of the term including:
Needs assessment
Goal statement
CLB levels on entry to class/program
Autobiography
Entries throughout the term for all 4 skill areas including:
Assessment tasks and skill-using activities with action-oriented feedback
Peer and self-assessments (based on criteria)
Learning reflections

7. What is Edulinc.org? LINC courseware website
Moodle-based Learning Management System (LMS)
Structured virtual classroom
Synchronous and asynchronous communication
Deliver online training and assessments
Variety of activity types
Individualized & collaborative learning
Customizable by teacher

8. Demonstration: PBLA Courseware Resources

9. Edulinc and PBLA Challenges
Computer access Sharing resources Print-based, not digital Leveraging Moodle

10. Other Issues Courseware design Dated
Complements print resources No assessments
Not modular
Dated
CLB 2000
LINC Curriculum Guidelines

11. Courseware Re-alignment

12. Supporting PBLA with Moodle Activities/Resources

13. Demonstration: Sample Modules

14. More info: PBLA Demo Course

15. Future – more PBLA alignment
All new courseware/courseware builder
PBLA-compatible modules
CLB 2012 aligned/ new NCG alignment
New national LMS/Portal
Tutela integration to browse/select content
courseware builder for selected content
unified login
E-portfolios

16. Contact info.
Jim Edgar
Project Info: learnit2teach.ca