CO11: Architectural and Design based Education and Practice through Content & Language Integrated Learning using Immersive Virtual Environments for 21st Century Skills (ARCHI21) by Moira Hunter Public Class

About the Class

ARCHI21 - Architectural and Design based Education and Practice through Content & Language Integrated Learning using Immersive Virtual Environments for 21st Century Skills

About the Presenter:
Moira Hunter is a language trainer (Med ELT), pursuing PhD studies in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning, with extensive experience in asynchronous and synchronous instructional design and facilitation.

Current Activities:
- Teaching on university bachelor and master degree programmes of architecture and engineering in Paris France, freelance online trainer and language coach in the global corporate sector.
- Coordinator and Project Initiator: ARCHI21
- Coordinator and Mentor: TESOL Electronic Village Online

About the Presentation:
The purpose of this session is to:

1) present the ARCHI21 project (Architectural and Design based Education and Practice through Content & Language Integrated Learning using Immersive Virtual Environments for 21st Century Skills), a two-year project funded by the European Commission as a part of the Education and Culture DG Lifelong Learning Programme.
2) Discuss the potential of technology enhanced learning in architectural and design education using a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to reach Higher Education (HE) students and educators, adult learners, language professionals, practising architects and the wider community

Virtual worlds, a new design field for innovative architectural and design practices, can facilitate language learning and teaching which is relevant to the real-world needs of the future architect and bridge the gap between language and content learning. The combination of immersive 3D virtual environments with social networking media and Web 2.0 are tools of architectural experimentation today for some but are unknown to many architectural practitioners, educators and students.

This project aims to : Apply semi-experimental research to action learning to gather formative and summative data in the areas of a) CLIL in higher and vocational education sectors, b) the inter-relationship between linguistic competence and design competence building in project-based learning and c) the intercultural issues to be considered.

Integrating Technology for Active Life-long Learning
CO11 on IT4ALL Moodle & WiZiQ
Feb 4-6, 2011

Welcome to the annual connecting online live online conference (CO11). You are cordially invited to participate at the live online conference on the weekend of Feb 4-6 2011.

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. In addition, there are may challenges that the educators, administrators, students, and community members face.

The CO11 will be conducted on IT4ALL Moodle with the presentations on WiZiQ through the Moodle.

The themes for the presentations are:

1. Connecting Online to Improve Instruction and Learning: Online Learning and Instructional Experience


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   Language of instruction: English