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Connecting Online (CO10): Christel Broady, Ph.D Public Class

Sunday, February 07 2010 | 10:00 AM (EST)

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Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning
Connecting Online 2010
Feb 5-7

Welcome to CO10 the annual live online conference. The conference will be of interest to educators, administrators, students, and community members who value the importance of integrating technology into the curriculum to improve instruction and learning. Online learning involves various skills on the part of the instructor and learner. These include social and communication skills, social networking, independent learning strategies, critical and higher order thinking skills, creativity, and effective online and face-to-face facilitation.

The Conference will be conducted on IT4ALL Moodle course: http://www.integrating-technology.com/course/view.php?id=89 (enrollment key is CO10 ) and WiZiQ.



Christel Broady, Ph.D.Christel Broady, a native of Germany, is an assistant professor of graduate education at Georgetown College. She is also the director of the online ESL Endorsement program. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska where she wrote her dissertation on online teacher development. Online learning and teaching is a thread that runs through her professional life in many aspects of teaching, research, service, and advising. Christel is very interested in professional learning communities, global learning, and 21st century skills.

Title of the Presentation
Building a professional learning community in an online linguistics course: How to learn together and share knowledge using moodle

Description of the Presentation
In this presentation, an example will be shared on building a professional learning community in an online linguistics course for a group of ESL teachers in training: The presentation will illustrate how to learn together and share knowledge using moodle. Tools will be presented to build community in a group of adult learners. Further, the major course assessment will be discussed in various aspects. The presentation will also show how course participants will have to use a variety of online tools to acquire mastery for their teaching careers. All such applications are done in different heritage language to collect a data base of samples for linguistic analysis. Last, the presentation will explain how all individual projects can be pulled together in one "e-book" that course participants can take with them for use in their careers.

Language of instruction: English

Keywords: esl, co10, christel broady

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great ppt

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By: christel broady
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Thanks to Virginia in Bella Italia!

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Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL) is a non-profit organization founded by Dr. Nellie Deutsch in 2006. IT4ALL includes a team of volunteers who are passionate about instruction and learning and promoting free e-learning around the world. The leading team at IT4ALL are: Dr. Ludmila Smirnova (professor at St. Mary's College in New York State, writer, experienced presenter and online facilitator), Dr. Nellie Deutsch (a Canadian instructional designer and curriculum development leader, who has been teaching English and integrating technology into her classes, and presenting, researching, writing, and providing consultation on Moodle for teachers. WebQuests, blended learning, and e-portfolios), Dariem Garcés (Moodle Developer, creator of the WebQuest pluggin for Moodle, and expert in installing virtual learning environments), and other educators & technology experts volunteer their time and make up Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL).

IT4ALL is a non-profit organization that provides free professional development courses on how to integrate e-learning technology into full and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops. Workshops on Moodle for Teachers, WebQuests, TESOL, ESOL, Integrating Technology, Web 2.0 tools, Math, English, Spanish and other subjects. The staff at IT4ALL are all volunteers who are passionate about instruction and learning and making a difference in the world of online education.

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