Authenic Learning Experiences: Going Beyond the Face-to-face Class

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Authenic Learning Experiences: Going Beyond the Face-to-face & Fully Online Classroom

The presenter will share some of her experiences in going beyond the face-to-face and fully online classes with technology for professional development and in teaching English as a foreign language. The technology will include Moodle, Mahara, WikiEducator, Twtter, Facebook, Ning, Wikispaces, Google Docs, Blogs, Scoopit, Linkedin, WizIQ, Jing, BlipTV, Vimeo, Youtube, and other technology enhanced learning tools the presenter uses on a daily basis.

Nellie Deutsch is a Canadian who has been teaching English to speakers of other languages since the mid 70s. She has been integrating technology into her classes since the mid 90s. Nellie earned her doctorate in education and educational leadership with a specialization in curriculum and instruction from the University of Phoenix from the School of Advanced Studies in 2010. Her dissertation research (available on ProQuest, Amazon) focused on instructor experiences with integrating technology in blended learning contexts in higher education around the world. Nellie founded Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL), an informal network of volunteers that provides free professional development workshops for groups around the world and she also founded the annual Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning and Moodlemoot free online conferences, supported by WiZiQ online learning platform. Nellie has provided consultation on how to integrate Moodle & WizIQ learning environments for blended learning at universities worldwide. She has worked as a consultant for WikiEducator.org, supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand), and Athabasca Open University (Canada) in developing online courses and facilitation. Nellie mentors educators on technology enhanced learning using Moodle, WebQuests, Professional Electronic Portfolios (Mahara), web 2.