Category: TELLConsult_Training

‘Supporting Discipline-specific Teacher Digital Agency development with respect to AI-assisted Instructional Design’

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The framework for learner-centred and verifiable language models (in education) published by Hans Visser  and shared in this post aligns well with one of the projects  we are currently working on: ‘Supporting Discipline-specific Teacher Digital Agency development with respect to AI-assisted Instructional Design’ that aims to develop and validate a framework that will enable educational Read more about ‘Supporting Discipline-specific Teacher Digital Agency development with respect to AI-assisted Instructional Design’[…]

Symbiosis of Generative AI and Corpus Linguistics: An Integrated Approach for Research and Education

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Attended Prof Laurence Anthony’s presentation this morning on this exciting topic. This session was part of this year’s edition of Corpus Linguistics & Applied Linguistics research online event Under the motto that better understanding of AI applications will help us in the current utopian vs. dystopian discussion to select pathways to employ the technologies involved Read more about Symbiosis of Generative AI and Corpus Linguistics: An Integrated Approach for Research and Education[…]

The NEON project and (AI-Powered) Lesson Planning Tools: supporting Curriculum in Transition

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This post was triggered by messages today on Dutch national Television and other NL media, such as NOS, IPON and DutchNews.nl presenting the NEON Project. This initiative aims to develop a cooperative educational publishing organization facilitating schools to develop their own textbooks through a new publishing initiative. This will give them greater control over the Read more about The NEON project and (AI-Powered) Lesson Planning Tools: supporting Curriculum in Transition[…]

Resources of the Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching projects (iTILT 1 + 2) accessible again.

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Key contents of the iTILT resources collection from both EU project ITILT editions are now LIVE again at https://cirittl.org/itilt-resources/ thanks to Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy. We’re thrilled to announce the re-launch of access to a collection of resources developed during the two editions of the EU-funded iTILT projects—Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching. Read more about Resources of the Interactive Technologies in Language Teaching projects (iTILT 1 + 2) accessible again.[…]

‘Generation AI’ Is Already Here: 5 Critical Insights from Estonia’s Student AI Study

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AI summary of Linkedin Post by Matthew Wemyss Estonia, the famously tech-savvy country, has given us one of Europe’s largest baseline studies on student AI use. Surveying over learners (ages ) before formal AI literacy was introduced, the results confirm what many teachers already suspected: our students are way ahead of the system. This isn’t Read more about ‘Generation AI’ Is Already Here: 5 Critical Insights from Estonia’s Student AI Study[…]

Reviewing AI-powered Lesson Planning Tools

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This LinkedIn message by Barend Last and the reactions it generated triggered us to share our latest activities dedicated to contributing to (language) teachers’ AI literacy development. In the current EdTech storm (driven by a bigger group of Tech companies than just Apple and Microsoft I experienced in my early days as educator) I noticed Read more about Reviewing AI-powered Lesson Planning Tools[…]

New book: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching

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Just published: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching (Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and Kevin M. Wong) in the Series: Elements in Generative AI in Education by Cambridge University Press Hurray, another publication on GenAI in language education. Here’s my first (Claude-supported) impression: This eight-section book systematically covers GenAI in language education, starting with foundational knowledge about Read more about New book: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Language Teaching[…]

Great new publication on Data-Driven Learning in Language Education

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With the publication ‘DATA-DRIVEN LEARNING IN AND OUT OF THE LANGUAGE CLASSROOM’ Pascual Pérez-Paredes and Alex Boulton, leading experts and zealous advocates of DDL-based approaches in language education, add another item to their impressive contribution to research on theory development and promotion of data-driven language learning practice in both academic and pre-tertiary contexts. From Rules Read more about Great new publication on Data-Driven Learning in Language Education[…]

AI assistants for teachers

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In the context of our AI tools research for both TELLConsult’s EU project development and its professional development courses offer related to AI integration in Language Education, I attended the first webinar in the series ‘TeacherMatic Language Teaching Takeoff Webinars’ to discover how TeacherMatic can elevate lesson planning presented by Nik Peachey.Find a brief video Read more about AI assistants for teachers[…]