Autumn TELLConsult course on mobile learning in Amsterdam

Thanks to the kind cooperation of the Berlage Lyceum we could run one of our autumn courses in Amsterdam again in 2019. This year, also thanks to agreements made with two schools and a KA1 project consortium sending several teachers, we could confirm Course #9 ‘ Using mobile devices effectively to innovate learning and teaching Read more about Autumn TELLConsult course on mobile learning in Amsterdam[…]

TELLConsult workshop on CLIL at Leuven University

TELLConsult tutor Ton Koenraad was invited to deliver a customised workshop for a Dutch school preparing its teachers for implementing a bilingual programme in its pre-vocational stream. For this purpose an initial one-day workshop was run last week at Leuven University’s Learning Centre ‘Agora’   The programme was developed on the basis of a selection Read more about TELLConsult workshop on CLIL at Leuven University[…]

Two TELLConsult Erasmus+ courses confirmed

On Twitter and in our recent Summer Newsletter (view or download here) we announced that two of our ErasmusPlus eligible courses on mobile learning have already been confirmed: Course 12 Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies https://www.tellconsult.eu/course-12-designing-and-evaluating-innovative-mobile-pedagogies/(with input from the DEIMP project partners)and Course 9 Using mobile devices effectively to innovate learning and teaching in Read more about Two TELLConsult Erasmus+ courses confirmed[…]

TELLConsult contributions to Redesign Project & Cyprus Language Centre conferences

   We were most  pleased to have been invited for a presentation and workshop contribution to the conference “The Implementation of Technology in Second/Foreign Language Learning: Past, Current and Future Ventures”  organised by the ReDesign Project in collaboration with the KIOS Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence and the Language Centre at the University of Read more about TELLConsult contributions to Redesign Project & Cyprus Language Centre conferences[…]

TELLConsult in Krakow for project Meeting of EU project CATAPULT AND PL-CALL Conference

The 2nd meeting of the EU project CATAPULT was kindly hosted by its partner, The Pedagogical University, in Krakow, Poland. Preceded by 2 training days for academic staff on the teaching of languages for specific purposes, the consortium meeting took place on Wednesday May 29. One of items on the agenda was the presentation to Read more about TELLConsult in Krakow for project Meeting of EU project CATAPULT AND PL-CALL Conference[…]

MALL SIG symposium CALLmi @ Milan great success

As newly appointed members of the EUROCALL MALL-SIG we,  Bruce Lander (chair),  Valentina Morgana (secretary) and myself (co-chair) decided to organise two activities in 2019: a symposium on Mobile Assisted Language Learning ( MALL) in May and a SIG Meeting / Teachmeet event at this year’s conference of the Eurocall Association in August. Valentina managed Read more about MALL SIG symposium CALLmi @ Milan great success[…]

Recent EU project related activities

At TELLConsult we just had two intensive weeks of activities related to some of our EU projects. We have been promoting the #DEIMP contributions to the @MiTEconference 5th annual International Conference on Mobile Technology in Teacher Education in #Sidney on the project’s Twitter account @DeimpAdmin EU ErasmusPlus Project ‘Designing and Evaluating Innovative Mobile Pedagogies. Another promotion Read more about Recent EU project related activities[…]

TELLConsult supports views in EU publication ‘Future of Work, Future of Society’

At TELLConsult we strongly support the views expressed in ‘Future of Work, Future of Society’ by the EU Commission ‘European Group on Ethics and New Technologies (EGE)’ to offer upskilling and lifelong learning opportunities of the current workforce for a changing labour market. With innovation in education and language teaching  as our specific focus we Read more about TELLConsult supports views in EU publication ‘Future of Work, Future of Society’[…]

Why we also need blended forms of CPD courses in the EU Mobility Programme

At TELLConsult Training we have been pleading with the EU #EACEA organisation  for some years now to also financially support blended forms of  courses in the #ErasmusPlus Mobility Programme. So a combination where providers of professional development courses offer an intensive 3-day face-to face, international meeting with lots of input on innovative educational concepts & Read more about Why we also need blended forms of CPD courses in the EU Mobility Programme[…]

TELLConsult to contribute to Symposium on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Milan

TELLConsult senior consultant Ton Koenraad, co-chair of the EUROCALL Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Special Interest Group,  will be contributing to the organisation, promotion and programme of the 2019 SIG event ‘CALLmi‘ in Milan. Find an excerpt from the CfP here: CALL FOR PAPERS CALLmi: Where are we going? Current and future trends in MALL and CALL Read more about TELLConsult to contribute to Symposium on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning in Milan[…]