10 hours over two weeks (each course).

Podcasts, wikis, blogs and Second Life are ICT tools which are being used by increasingly numbers of teachers in the classroom – these separate short courses will teach you how to use them with your own learners! Each of these short two weeks courses looks at one ICT tool (podcasts, wikis blogs or Second life) in depth. You will learn not only how the tool works, but how to set up projects with and for your own learners. Each course is hands-on and practical. With plenty of tutor guidance and support, you will learn to set up a project with these free Internet-based tools for your own learners. You will leave each course ready to try out the tool with your own classes. [more...]

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50 hours over ten weeks.

The ICT in the Classroom course looks at a range of useful technology-related skills which are immediately applicable in the classroom. You will learn about various approaches to using technology in the classroom and have the opportunity to put them into practice over the duration of the course itself. Areas covered in the course include: lesson planning for using the Internet, using chat and blogs with learners, and WebQuests. Participants will be required to produce a final ICT-based lesson to use with their own learners. [more...]

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in collaboration with Trinity College London

30 hours over four weeks.

This course is aimed at teachers, trainers, tutors, facilitators, lecturers and mentors from any discipline and any level of education, who are interested in developing the skills necessary to become an effective e-moderator in online courses. [more...]

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40 hours over eight weeks.

The Moodle Starter course teaches you to set up and use Moodle with learners, in any discipline. The course is hand-on and experiential – from the first week of the course itself you will be setting up and developing a sample course for your own learners, in Moodle. You will add new elements to your sample course as you learn about them each week via tutor support, peer discussion, documentation, and a range of online videos. [more...]

To decide whether the Moodle Starter or Moodle Smarter course is best for you, click here.

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40 hours over eight weeks.

The Moodle Smarter training course teaches you to use some of the more complex Moodle tools and functions, which are not covered in our Moodle Starter course. The course is hand-on and experiential – from the first week of the course itself you will be working in a Moodle installation which is either already hosted by your institution, or hosted by us for you. [more...]

To decide whether the Moodle Starter or Moodle Smarter course is best for you, click here.

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30 hours over four weeks.

The WebQuests course examines the theory and practice of WebQuests, and looks at real examples of WebQuests created for language learners.  Participants review and develop their Internet search skills and website evaluation skills, both key to effective WebQuest design. Participants design, plan and create their own WebQuest, for use in their own teaching context with their own learners, and put their WebQuest online using free WebQuest generator tools. [more...]

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