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#delt0110: Developing Understandings and Language
Join us in our sixth DELT session where we will focus on developing understandings and English as an additional language:
#delt0110: Blogosphere
Blogging is now a worldwide phenomenon with weblogs reaching a potential audience of hundreds of millions.
This blogosphere video shows how youngsters are learning through blogs. Using blogs to promote English language learning can be equally effective.
What are some ways that blogs can be used to promote English language skills and understandings?
#delt0110: The Future of Education
A viewpoint on the future of education:
At 1:47, the comment was made: we will have institutions.
Yes, we will have institutions, but they will not look like they do today. There will be no 100% face-to-face classes which will dramatically alter how methodologies are currently being used today – notice I’m not committing to a timeframe here (smile). I don’t think classes will look like they do in the video at 1:48. The line between formal and informal education will continue to dissipate causing institutions to develop additional ways of accrediting one’s knowledge and skill set, ultimately forcing schools to find innovative ways to deliver content and to promote interaction. Institutions will be forced to adapt to new ways of learning.
One could argue that learners from 100 years ago could recognize the schools of today, but many learners would not be able to get through a school day given the changes to not only the schools themselves but society as a whole. This video supports this common hypothetical but I do not agree that such a disconnect exists between schools and society. I understand it’s a hypothetical, but tend to avoid it when comparing past, present, and future views of education.
What are your thoughts?
#delt0110: Open, online Distance English Language Training Workshop
Today officially begins day one of an open, online Distance English Language Training (DELT) workshop designed for pre-service and in-service English language educators. The workshop will be partly asynchronous using the Moodle platform and partly synchronous using the Educators 2.0. The first live meeting is scheduled for this Friday.
The hashtag #delt0110 will be used to track online discussions so please use this when blogging, tweeting, etc.
Any questions regarding the workshop may be posted to this blog and will be responded to immediately.
