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Rob McBride

Major New Release: Avenue Standards for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)

New Language Solutions is pleased to announce the release of our new learning technology standards. All concerned in their development hope the standards will benefit instructors, learners and programs in the settlement language training sector. The NLS team wants to reinforce the good practices sector pros already engage in and inspire them to reflect, explore and go deeper. These standards are not performance evaluation tools

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Jeremy Cole

New LearnIT2teach Course: Avenue Basics for Supply Teachers

This 3- to 4-hour course prepares teachers to facilitate an Avenue course in the Instructor (non-editing) role. Teachers with this role in a course can show and hide content, move content on the course page, but they cannot edit the courseware. The Instructor (non-editing) role is ideal for supply teachers who need to fill in for teachers with their own Avenue courses who must take

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Jeremy Cole

Avenue Leadership Training, Part 1

What is it? How to sign up? Grow your learning tech skills with a community of LINC colleagues Engage with videos, readings, audio podcasts and discussion forums Dive deep on learning technology standards frameworks Interpret innovations and leadership theories for your local program Sample the worlds of Universal Design for Learning and the SAMR model Develop a strategic plan to improve local learning technology uptake

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Jeremy Cole

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 to test up to three CLB-4 e-Units. Your feedback is

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Jeremy Cole

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 (CLB 1L-2L) Saving Money When Shopping (CLB 1)Back-to-School Shopping (CLB

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