Tag: CPD

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[…]

Empowering Language Teachers: The Research Literacy Framework

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Another great post by Achilleas Kostoulas, on behalf of the Research Literacy of Teachers project (ReaLiTea). The article clearly aims to stimulate practitioners ‘to see research not as something distant or intimidating, but as part of what it means to be an engaged, reflective, and autonomous professional’. It offers a clear insight into the interrelated Read more about Empowering Language Teachers: The Research Literacy Framework[…]

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[…]

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[…]

Media in Education event (September 30, 2024)

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We attended a recent meeting of #SURF’s CoP on Media in Education https://communities.surf.nl/media-education the more since the topic ‘Using Media Assignments as Assessment Instruments’ was relevant for a number of TELLConsult 2025 courses: Assessment and the use of Video and AI. Find the English version of Erik Boon’ report about this SURF professional development event Read more about Media in Education event (September 30, 2024)[…]

Professional development courses offered by the EU project ‘Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education’

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The Erasmus+ project TEMPLATE (Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education) has published all its results and open educational resources.  They include e.g.  ‘A Theoretical and Practical Introduction to Integrating Technology Mediated Plurilingual Tasks into the (Foreign) Language Classroom’ and the related ‘Guidelines for teacher trainers’. To further support language professionals and schools the project team Read more about Professional development courses offered by the EU project ‘Technology-Mediated PLurilingual Activities for (language) Teacher Education’[…]

Focus on AI in EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning 2023 Edition

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2023 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning Edition “Artificial Intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm, with new AI-powered tools such as ChatGPT opening up new opportunities in higher education for content creation, communication, and learning, while also raising new concerns about the misuses and overreach of technology” Used the report as content for Read more about Focus on AI in EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Teaching and Learning 2023 Edition[…]

TandemMOOC: Interesting (and free!) opportunity for English and Spanish learners to practice their oral skills

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Passing on this announcement from Christine Appel on the start of a new edition of tandemMOOC! The tandemMOOC Project, aims to bring together learners of English and Spanish in order to practice their oral skills. This is a free course that takes place over a period of six weeks, starting on the 26th of October Read more about TandemMOOC: Interesting (and free!) opportunity for English and Spanish learners to practice their oral skills[…]