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The 1-minute guide to teachers’ concerns about mLearning

by Nicky Hockly | May 8, 2012 | ICT, mlearning | 0 Comments

This post is a follow-up to my blog post 'The 1-minute mLearning panel summary'. (You can watch the IATEFL Glasgow panel discussion here). That post dealt with the panel's responses to questions from the chair (Lindsay Clandfield). This follow-up post summarises the...

The 1-minute mLearning panel summary

by Nicky Hockly | Apr 3, 2012 | conferences, elearning, mlearning | 0 Comments

At the recent IATEFL 2012 conference held in Glasgow, Macmillan sponsored a panel discussion about mLearning, with a number of educational experts: Agnes Kukulska-Hulme (Open University UK): researcher and writer on mLearning in education Gillian Penny (West Dunbarton...

The 1-minute guide to integrating technology into teaching

by Nicky Hockly | Feb 28, 2012 | blended learning, ICT, technology, web 2.0 | 0 Comments

One of the biggest challenges facing EFL (and other) teachers today is how to integrate technology into our classes in a meaningful and principled way. If that sounds like you or your trainee teachers, here’s a 1-minute roadmap.

The 1-minute guide to the mobile classroom

by Nicky Hockly | Jan 31, 2012 | elearning, mlearning | 0 Comments

Wondering how to start introducing elements of mLearning (mobile learning) into your language classes? Here are five ways to do so, starting from simple recognition type activities to more complex project work.

The five most fabulous Moodle 2.0 features

by Nicky Hockly | Dec 21, 2011 | blended learning, E-Moderation, elearning, Moodle, VLE | 0 Comments

Moodle is now well into its second generation, with Moodle 2.2 as the most recent release. For anyone still hanging onto a first generation Moodle (version 1.9 seems popular), it is well worth considering an upgrade to Moodle 2. Here are five of the most fab features…

5 ways to enhance your social presence in online courses

by Nicky Hockly | Dec 9, 2011 | blended learning, E-Moderation | 0 Comments

How are present are you as an instructor in your online courses? Research* has shown that tutor presence – the sense of the tutor being there – is a key motivator for online students. The trick is to find the middle ground between being omnipresent (and too stifling), and being invisible (and appearing uninterested ). Here are five things that can help you strike this balance.