This post is adapted from an article published in Business Issues, the IATEFL BESIG Newsletter, Autumn 2014, Issue 88, and is reproduced with the kind permission of the Editor, Julia Waldner. In the Cert IBET course I moderate, one of the ten weekly modules is given over entirely to the use of ICT and blended learning. We […]
Educational technology
101 ways of keeping track of it all
may bring back fond childhood memories of Walt Disney’s animated classic with the cute Dalmatian puppies and the wonderful Cruella De Vil. For social media devotees, it may also bring to mind the kind of posts we see so often on Twitter or Facebook. The ones that draw our attention to blog posts, or online […]
A BESIG Weekend Workshop
The first thing we did when I became the IATEFL BESIG Web-coordinator (a position now ably filled by Claire Hart) was to form a BESIG Online Team (BOT) to introduce and manage a much wider range of web activities for both SIG members and non-members to enjoy. One of the initiatives we introduced back then […]
Simple to implement blended learning
In the CertIBET course I used to moderate, we introduced the participants to a number of teacher-friendly technologies, and one of the ten weekly modules was given over entirely to the use of blended learning in teaching. A teacher based in Korea summed up her thoughts on technology by making these observations: lack of technical […]
Click and brick: a glocal blend for teaching business English
Towards the end of 2013, I had the very great pleasure of co-presenting with Justine Arena at the IATEFL BESIG Annual Conference in Prague. Our topic was a project we had collaborated on, together with Barry Tomalin, who provided support with materials development. The idea was to test with Justine’s clients in Brazil a new […]
Virtual training: Five questions to ask before we begin
These days, companies see information and communication technology as an essential element of their staff training programmes. When looking for external providers, whether it be for technical, management or language training, companies are increasingly coming to expect some kind of technology-mediated component in the courses provided. Many learners are now accustomed to using digital technologies […]
