Avenue – VCC Interview Part 2
Moderated by Paul Carter, a mentor and resource developer for the Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project, this podcast is part two of an interview with two LINC professionals, Maureen Kelbert and Vesna Radivojevic from Vancouver Community College (VCC). The session focused on how settlement language training sector administrators, teachers, and newcomers can reach higher levels of […]
Avenue – VCC Interview Part 1
Moderated by Paul Carter, a mentor and resource developer for the Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project, this podcast is part one of an interview with two LINC professionals, Maureen Kelbert and Vesna Radivojevic from Vancouver Community College (VCC). The session focused on how settlement language training sector administrators, teachers, and newcomers can reach higher levels of […]
National LINC Online Curriculum and Online PBLA (NLOC) Project – User Testing
Calling all LINC instructors: Opportunity to test new NLOC courseware! If you are a LINC instructor on avenue.ca and you’d like to add PBLA-aligned units to your course next semester, the National LINC Online Curriculum Project is pleased to share that more ready-made content will be made available for testing. This winter, Achēv is seeking LINC instructors […]
National LINC Online Curriculum & Online PBLA Project (NLOC)
This presentation provides an overview of the National LINC Online Curriculum (NLOC) project activities and timelines, it explains the purpose of the courseware, and it includes a demonstration of an e-unit. It shows specific activities at CLB 4 and how users navigate this learner-centered, task-based, accessible courseware.
Repurposing H5Ps
Presented by John Allan, Avenue/LearnIT2teach mentor and developer, this webinar focusses on the following:
Educational H5P sources (thousands)
H5P Reuse link and copyright – Reasons to repurpose
Repurposing in Avenue
Common practical steps
Development efficiencies
Behaviour options
Practical resources
eLearning Design Guidelines
Nancy Van Dorp and Sepideh Alavi, Avenue-LearnIT2teach developers and mentors, explain how to create user-friendly, appealing eLearning resources. The design of the object really does influence the learning experience, and in this webinar, they describe practical ways to make layouts and content approachable to users.
The learning outcomes for this webinar were to:
discover why good design impacts the learning experience
differentiate good from not-so-good eLearning design layouts
apply the checklists provided to ensure good user experience design
Introducing the English Pronunciation Course on Avenue.ca
Kevin Simpson, Sepideh Alavi and Ron Thomson delivered this webinar introducing Avenue’s new English Pronunciation Training course. This course was developed with the aim of helping learners of English overcome problems in their perception and production of English speech sounds. The potential users of the course are learners with different CLB levels, first languages, education, and a range of experiences using English as a second or foreign language. In addition to the Pronunciation Training course, a training module has been developed for instructors who wish to use the Pronunciation course in their class. This short training introduces instructors to the theoretical background used for the development of the course, and take a hands-on guided tour of the typical activities included in each module.
Professional Development in Integrating Technology for Settlement Language Training
Doctors Phil Hubbard and Greg Kessler have been leading international lights in the world of Technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) for many years. From their academic positions at Stanford University and Ohio University respectively, they have each contributed as teacher trainers and authors to the theory and practice of online and blended language training. New Language Solutions, Inc. was very pleased to offer this opportunity for Canadian settlement language training professionals to gain Phil and Greg’s insights into better practices. In this one-hour webinar, Greg discussed innovative uses of technology for student engagement. Phil took ‘a deeper dive’ into listening in the digital age, drawing from research and practice along with examples from his Stanford listening and vocabulary course. Teachers were introduced to tools and strategies to help their students work effectively with online listening experiences outside of class, and they were provided with a link to the Stanford course notes for further exploration.
Introducing MANSO’s Childcare Assistant EAL Curriculum (CLB 3-5)
This webinar explored the newly launched Childcare Assistant EAL Curriculum developed by the Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO). The curriculum was designed for newcomers at CLB 3, 4, and 5 who have different levels of interest in, and experience with, early childhood education as a career. The writers and developers of the materials, Stella Wang, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Eman Ghanem, Solomon College, and Linda Manimtim, Red River College Polytech walked us through a brief overview of the development of this EAL curriculum. Following this, they shared content from the curriculum, delving into the four topic areas, Getting a Job as a CCA, Performing Daily Tasks at a Childcare Centre, Workplace Communication, and Workplace Culture, allowing time for discussion and questions. The webinar concluded with a question and answer session.
H5P Writing Tools
This webinar introduces some new H5P activities and provides a step-by-step guide to using these tools and links to working examples. The tools include:
– Documentation tool which is used to create guided writing tasks with an export to Word feature.
Handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XbvZ5PqaDcG6lgalVomi5Knd2KI1IYQL/view
– Sort the Paragraphs is a simple visual tool used to set up drag the paragraphs into the correct order activities.
Handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQY05BQE_mBUHwn1pHOhZ4CXTfeeYE_G/view
– Dictation tool which enables learners to listen and type words or sentences with scoring that you define.
Handout: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S_19UNTAYmPrqFj7t1idUsEWubiHxL_M/view
To use H5P on Avenue, it is recommended that teachers register for the LearnIT2teach Stage 3 training to have access to H5P help files and support from their mentors.
PBLA eUnits/Modules on Avenue
The following PBLA-compatible modules are available on Avenue. Teachers can request any of these modules through their mentor and preview them in the PBLA Sample Modules course (available on their Dashboard). Grocery Shopping (CLB 1L-2L)Dealing with Emergencies (CLB 1L-2L)Finding a Place to Live (CLB 1L-2L)Numbers (CLB 1L-2)Canadian Money (CLB 1L-2)A Calendar (CLB 1L-2)A Child’s Education […]
Avenue Solutions for Remote LINC Delivery Part 3
Siân Tudela is the PBLA Lead/LINC Coordinator at Vancouver Formosa Academy. In conversation with Avenue/LearnIT2teach team member Paul Carter, Siân talks about her contributions to the eLearning module and the teachers’ experience with online learning pre-pandemic and how things have changed today. Siân shares stories that will reverberate with many teachers in terms of the […]