Help! New Avenue Support Webinar

In the Help! New Avenue Support webinar, Nancy Van Dorp, John Allan & Paul Carter, demonstrated features on the new Avenue online supports for instructors. This included the new searchable knowledge base, link to live assistance, a digital suggestions box, a report an issue tool, and suggestions to acquire assistance more efficiently with their mentors. The aim of this session was to assist instructors to become more autonomous with their Avenue courses.

Tips for LINC 7 8 Avenue Instructors

Marijke Geurts and Dori Tarjan, project mentors and developers, demonstrated various strategies, ideas, and tips for teaching LINC 7-8 learners. Dori and Marijke also shared ways both those with an Instructor (non-editing) and Teacher (editing) role on Avenue can adapt and add resources for the higher levels, when teaching a blended or online program.

Enhancing Your Avenue Course Page

In this session, Chayan Mallick, Avenue instructor mentor, instructor and developer, shared some tips and tricks with some suggestions to customize and energize a blended or online course so that it makes the course page more user friendly and motivating.

Teaching with a Classroom Volunteer

In this session, Marijke Geurts, TBLV project lead and developer, shared ideas and suggestions on how a volunteer can support you in the LINC classroom. These suggestions have been collected over the past three years from ESL instructors and volunteer coaches. Instructors were also encouraged to share their experiences..

Approaching Post Secondary Education in Canada

In this session, Marijke Geurts and Dori Tarjan, Avenue mentors and developers, looked at seven modules for CLB 5-8 under the theme ‘Post-Secondary Education’ with specific attention to the latest module, CLB 7-8: Exploring Pathways to Regulated Professions.

All about CanAvenue

In this webinar, CanAvenue (and Avenue) developers, Nancy Van Dorp and Sepideh Alavi, provided an introduction to CanAvenue.ca, a new self-directed language learning resource from New Language Solutions, In addition to providing a tour of the new platform, the presenters explained:
what CanAvenue is exactly
who CanAvenue is for, and
what you need to know about CanAvenue.

ChatGPT Prompting to Streamline Learning Object Development (Part 2 of 2)

Creating H5P and Moodle quizzes are not easy. In this webinar, Avenue-LearnIT2teach mentor and developer John Allan, built on the techniques introduced in the ChatGPT Prompting to Streamline H5P Development (Part 1) These included:

fill in the Blanks and Mark the Words from a generic prompt
taking this further to create an H5P Columns activity
a simple Moodle quiz with the assistance of ChatGPT
a complex Moodle quiz with the assistance of ChatGPT

ChatGPT Prompting to Streamline H5P Development (Part 1 of 2)

Creating H5Ps is not an easy task. It is time consuming and involves a lot of steps. In this webinar, Avenue-LearnIT2teach mentor and developer John Allan, introduced and demonstrated ChatGPT prompts that will speed up H5P development for your learners and streamline the development of H5P Single Choice set, Summary, Drag the Word and Question Sets with multiple choice questions. John also included fill in the blanks and mark the words Question types to be inserted into H5P Columns, Course Presentation and Interactive Book activities.

Teaching with BigBlueButton

BigBlueButton is Avenue’s virtual classroom software that comes pre-loaded in all Avenue courses. In this session, Chayan Mallick, Avenue mentor, demonstrated the steps to set-up a BBB classroom, facilitate a session and check data about student activity during a lesson. The session also provided some tips and tricks to lead a successful learning session.

Dr. Phil Hubbard Interview, Part Four

The final episode of an interview with Dr. Phil Hubbard, the Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center.

The session begins with Dr Hubbard sharing challenges he has faced in integrating Technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) into language education and how he has overcome them. He also speaks about the rapid advancements in technology, and how he sees artificial intelligence shaping the future of language learning and teaching. The conversation concludes with advice for educators who are just beginning to incorporate TELL into their teaching methods.

Dr. Phil Hubbard Interview, Part Three

Part Three of an interview with Dr. Phil Hubbard, the Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center.

The session begins with Dr Hubbard sharing his journey into the world of CALL (Computer-assisted language learning) and TELL (Technology-enhanced language learning) and what inspired him to venture into these realms. He also spoke about how TELL has transformed the landscape of language education over the years and some of the most significant ways in which TELL contributes to modern language learning practices.

Dr. Phil Hubbard Interview, Part Two

Part Two of an interview with Dr. Phil Hubbard, the Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center. The podcast is moderated by Avenue – LearnIT2teach’s own Dr. Sepideh Alavi, Mentor and Resource Developer.

The session focused on the best practices for assessing the impact of technology in language classes according to current standards. Dr Hubbard also spoke about the major challenges faced when integrating standards into an existing language teaching curriculum and future developments that could reshape language learning technologies. The conversation is rounded out by a discussion on the role the technology standards play in promoting equity and access and language learning and some sage advice for instructors looking to integrate more technology into their language teaching.