Episode 31: Part 2 with Dr. Tony Bates
This is the second of three podcast interviews recorded with Dr. Tony Bates, a leading light for Canadian educators on questions of blended, and online learning. In this episode, we are talking about the world of online learning in the aftermath of COVID-19. How will all the innovations educators made in response to the crisis […]
Gamify Your Avenue Course
This webinar, by LearnIT2teach senior mentor and developer Nancy Van Dorp, explained gamification and, through hands-on participation, showed participants the options available in Avenue to gamify their course.
It also showed how Moodle badges can be used to recognize skills and achievements.
Using Video on Avenue
Now more than ever video has become an effective way to increase learner engagement and motivation in online learning.
In this webinar, LearnIT2teach mentor and developer Marijke Geurts, briefly looked at some of the pedagogical theory, but she then demonstrated a variety of ways to use video in Avenue (a Moodle LMS).
Marijke also discussed how video can be used by learners to create artifacts for portfolio-based language assessment. Registered instructors on Avenue receive access to a demo course at the end of the presentation.
Introducing the PoodLL Read Aloud Activity
This webinar by LearnIT2teach developer Sepideh Alavi introduces teachers to the Avenue.ca Read Aloud activity.
Episode 30: Interview with Dr. Tony Bates, Part 1
This is the first of three podcast interviews recorded with Dr. Bates. In this episode, we are talking about educator responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, better practices in blended learning, and how educators can take advantage of the ‘affordances’ of the media available. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North, Ontario’s Distance Education & […]
Introducing Avenue’s Workshop Module
In this webinar, LearnIT2teach developer Sepideh Alavi introduces Avenue’s new peer assessment tool, the Workshop module, and demonstrates how instructors can set up and navigate through the five phases of this activity.
She also shows how learners submit their assignments and assess their peers during these phases.
H5P and Avenue Webinar
This webinar, by LearnIT2teach developer and mentor John Allan, provides an overview of the new Moodle 3.9 H5P plugin on the Avenue.ca site.
Avenue Question and Answers (Sept 2020)
This presentation by Jim Edgar answers questions from teachers about the Avenue.ca.
It includes demonstrations of the student enrollment application, and the ePortfolio,.
The session also answered questions about various features in the Moodle LMS, such as Messaging, Importing, Quiz, Activity Completion and Restrict Access.
General questions about teaching with Avenue, the training, timelines, etc. were also discussed.
10 Reasons for EduLINC Teachers to Change to Avenue.ca
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.
The NLOC project, developed for the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program, will introduce innovative and unprecedented online courseware on avenue.ca. This is a five-year project funded by IRCC for CLB-3, CLB-4 and CLB-5 learners. This curriculum incorporates digital literacy and specialized content, such as Indigenous perspectives, Francophone communities, inclusivity and cultural awareness. This accessible courseware fills a language learning gap for self-directed, asynchronous learning, offering “off the shelf” comprehensive e-units that learners can do anytime, anywhere. Also designed to be flexible, this courseware can be used as a blended model in face-to-face and virtual classrooms, providing a ready-made curriculum for instructors to supplement as they see fit. This courseware includes the principles and best practices for a PBLA-aligned curriculum, incorporating real-world tasks, prior knowledge and experience, skill-building activities, skill-using and assessment tasks and reflection. Content is organized under themes for the 21st century, and the activities are designed to take the learner on a journey that builds skills and strategies needed for integration in work, education and community.
Tips on How to Get Learners Involved on EduLINC Remotely
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.
The NLOC project, developed for the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program, will introduce innovative and unprecedented online courseware on avenue.ca. This is a five-year project funded by IRCC for CLB-3, CLB-4 and CLB-5 learners. This curriculum incorporates digital literacy and specialized content, such as Indigenous perspectives, Francophone communities, inclusivity and cultural awareness. This accessible courseware fills a language learning gap for self-directed, asynchronous learning, offering “off the shelf” comprehensive e-units that learners can do anytime, anywhere. Also designed to be flexible, this courseware can be used as a blended model in face-to-face and virtual classrooms, providing a ready-made curriculum for instructors to supplement as they see fit. This courseware includes the principles and best practices for a PBLA-aligned curriculum, incorporating real-world tasks, prior knowledge and experience, skill-building activities, skill-using and assessment tasks and reflection. Content is organized under themes for the 21st century, and the activities are designed to take the learner on a journey that builds skills and strategies needed for integration in work, education and community.
Big Blue Button Question and Answer Webinar
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.
The NLOC project, developed for the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Program, will introduce innovative and unprecedented online courseware on avenue.ca. This is a five-year project funded by IRCC for CLB-3, CLB-4 and CLB-5 learners. This curriculum incorporates digital literacy and specialized content, such as Indigenous perspectives, Francophone communities, inclusivity and cultural awareness. This accessible courseware fills a language learning gap for self-directed, asynchronous learning, offering “off the shelf” comprehensive e-units that learners can do anytime, anywhere. Also designed to be flexible, this courseware can be used as a blended model in face-to-face and virtual classrooms, providing a ready-made curriculum for instructors to supplement as they see fit. This courseware includes the principles and best practices for a PBLA-aligned curriculum, incorporating real-world tasks, prior knowledge and experience, skill-building activities, skill-using and assessment tasks and reflection. Content is organized under themes for the 21st century, and the activities are designed to take the learner on a journey that builds skills and strategies needed for integration in work, education and community.
Episode 29, Spotlight on a LINC teacher: Rostam Pooladi-Darvish
The Edulinc courseware, and the Moodle open-source learning management system on which Edulinc is built, provide a wide array of functions and tools. Wikis, blogs, the grade book, Activity Tracking, the discussion and news forums are just a few examples. But not every LINC teacher wants or needs all the tools to make blended learning […]