Category: Podcast

Moderated by Paul Carter, a mentor and resource developer for the Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project, this podcast is an interview with Diane Ramanathan, the Tutela Community Coordinator for Tutela.ca. The session focused on what LINC teachers and Avenue users can find on Tutela, how the resources are organized and classified, what the Collections are, and professional development opportunities available on the site. Diane also shares

Moderated by Paul Carter, a mentor and resource developer for the Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project, this podcast is part three 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 teaching and learning excellence by learning about and reflecting on

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 teaching and learning excellence by learning about and reflecting on

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 teaching and learning excellence by learning about and reflecting on

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 move to online teaching, the challenges and frustrations, and the

Vesna Radivojevic is an Avenue/LearnIT2teach team member and the Coordinator/Assistant Department Head for the Vancouver Community College LINC program.  In conversation with Avenue/LearnIT2teach team member Paul Carter, Vesna talks about the many contributions she made to the eLearning module and some of the challenges teachers faced with the pandemic and the rapid shift to online learning as well as some of the solutions that were

MingJi Wang works with AMSSA’s Language Program Manager to provide supports for language programs funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in British Columbia, including online events, online training opportunities and info sheets.  In conversation with Avenue/LearnIT2teach team member Paul Carter, MingJi talks about her own immigration experience, working with AMSSA, what AMSSA is and what they do for LINC service providers, the rationale

What is TESL Basics for Language Volunteers (TBLV)? How do front line service providers put this seven unit online course to work locally or regionally? How does the partnership with the Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project work, and what does Avenue expect from partners?  In this podcast Genevieve Spicer interviews Shabana Shahzad from the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary about how her agency has made TBLV

This is the third and last podcast interview with Dr. Tony Bates, a leading light for Canadian educators on questions of online and distance learning. In this episode,we are talking about how educators can make creative use of media. Tony describes the key ‘affordances for the main media types and what each does best.

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 shape the adult education world of the future? How will

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 & Training Network. Tony is a leading light for advocates of

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 work. Rostam Pooladi-Darvish has been using Edulinc with his LINC