Moodle is Blended learning, it's a process of actions not devices
Ecological thinking -
Connected relations and contexts rather than fighting the technology, inside of me,
It's the connections not the dots that are important, learning ecology is growingand organic and social
Blended environment 70% f2f, switching pairs
Don's work involves teaching EFL and intercultural communication at Sapporo Gakuin University in northern Japan. His research work includes "Blending Technologies for Second Language Classrooms" and within the Moodle community, Don is a moderator of the Moodle for Language Teaching site, and have helped develop over ten modules, blocks and course formats.
Self and peer assessment energised students
Rhythmic repetition or jazz chants great way to learn language
Moodle reader- check out books, do quizzes, tied to badges and points (gamification)
Progress bars evidence of progress
Jigsaw move from station to station to solve a problem
FAce to face weak, technology itself weak, together powerful
Future is mass collaboration- Web 3.0 and Moodle 3.0
Appropriate technology rather than new tech
Continuous design and redesign
Rapid design and continual iteration and sharing
This is a really interesting post! Has he used a language pack inside of moodle or is it all delivered in english to get this great outcome?
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Both Kim and Glenn here. Thanks for the question.
Link above includes sample lessons and suggests japaneses language support.
I like the comment about appropriate technology not necessarily the newest and brightest is needed, I think sometimes we get a little lost in the technology and the message to the students get confused because of a ll the overlay of technology
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