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Presentation given at the Oxford English Centre, 24th February 2012, on English for Medical Purposes and the English360 learning management system
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Online and Blended Learning: English360 for EMPSaturday 24th February 2012
This session...
• What is blended learning?
• Is it worth considering?
• How can I implement blended learning in my teaching situation?
• A look at English360, a blended learning LMS
English360 is about blended learning...
Web-based extra skills work
Outside the classroom
Traditional classroom teaching
Feedback from tutor
Aim: major time and efficiency savings
“Blended Learning refers to a course which combines F2F classroom component with an appropriate use of technology” (Sharma, Barrett 2007)
Is blended learning worth considering?
“Allocation of time between blended learning and face-to-face instructional strategies is not the question. It is a question of which methodology will best serve student needs. We want to provide the right and best opportunities for learning.”
Tom Ryan
Hardware, Software
Traditional Courseware
Your students’
needs
Blended
Learning
Technophobia
Training Needs
Teacher / Your expectations
Costs
Commitment
Marketing Needs
How can I implement blended learning in my teaching situation?
Integrated or Parallel Blended Learning...?
Face to Face Lesson
integrates with...
Parallel Blended Learning
Integrated Blended Learning
Online practice is monitored and feeds back into
next lesson
...online practice for self-access,
delivered via LMS
Extra online practice,
delivered via LMS
Face to Face Lesson
English360 LMS – a tool for blended learning implementation
Platform (LMS)
English360 Structure
Monitor your students’ progress
Set up your users & classes
Exchange detailed feedback
Platform (LMS)
Create your tailor-made courses
English360 Structure
Set up forums for collaborative work
Send personal messages
Monitor your students’ progress
Set up your users & classes
Exchange detailed feedback
Platform (LMS)
Create your tailor-made courses
Pre-loadedContent from Publisher
or Community
English360 Structure
Set up forums for collaborative work
Send personal messages
Monitor your students’ progress
Set up your users & classes
Exchange detailed feedback
Platform (LMS)
Create your tailor-made courses
Pre-loadedContent from Publisher
or Community
Over 45 CUP course titles
=
Over 12,000 learning
resources
“double click”
dictionary
+
English360 Structure
Set up forums for collaborative work
Send personal messages
Monitor your students’ progress
Set up your users & classes
Exchange detailed feedback
Platform (LMS)
Create your tailor-made courses
Pre-loadedContent from Publisher
or Community
Your Own (interactive)
Content
Over 45 CUP course titles
=
Over 12,000 learning
resources
“double click”
dictionary
+
English360 Structure
Set up forums for collaborative work
Send personal messages
Monitor your students’ progress
Set up your users & classes
Exchange detailed feedback
Platform (LMS)
Create your tailor-made courses
Pre-loadedContent from Publisher
or Community
Your Own (interactive)
Content
Over 45 CUP course titles
=
Over 12,000 learning
resources
“double click”
dictionary
Picturelabelling
+
English360 Structure
Text, audio, video
Reorder
Drag & drop
HighlightMatching
Gap fill
Needsanalysis
Set up forums for collaborative work
Send personal messages
Building a 20 hour B1 medical English online course
Your own Material
Content from the Web
Content re-formatted for consistency
6 hours 1 hour5 hours 3 hours5 hours
New 20 hour branded course
• Click on “Create a new course”• Choose your title and descriptive text• Choose start / End dates• Choose length• Choose Copyright• Start to add units, folders and content!
Build your own Course
Find the content you need...
...and add to your new coursecopy
Create your interactive resources
• Choose what kind of exercise you with to create (add video, gap fill etc etc). Here I’ve chosen picture labelling.
• Give it a Title and Introduction
• Use the intuitive template to create the exercise....
The finished Interactive exercise. This took about five minutes to create. Now you can add it to your new course....
...et voila!
For commercial information, demos and Evaluation access :
Byron Russell
For further training and ongoing pedagogical advice:
Valentina Dodge
Thank You!
Key Contact details:
Go to www.english360.com then Pricing, then
then Signup...Educator Sign-up
Fill in the Form with the information requested. NOTE
you will NOT be billed !!!!
Now Click here !
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