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Breaking down the walls of the classroom

Nik Peachey — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:14:11 +0000

In this posting I would like to argue that in order for technology to really enhance learning and for learners to achieve their full potential, we need to fundamentally rethink the relationship between learning and the classroom and to rethink the role of the teacher. As things stand at the moment the most common scenario [...]

ELT and the Crisis in Education: Digital Literacy

Nik Peachey — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:15:45 +0000

In my last post ( ELT and the Crisis in Education – Part 2 )I touched on the area of digital literacies and made the assertion that these are, at least in part, the responsibility of the EFL /ESL teacher. This is an issue that I believe is fundamental to changing the way EFL / [...]

ELT and the Crisis in Education – Part 2

Nik Peachey — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:58:56 +0000

First, I would like to say thank you to all the people who answered the questionnaire and left comments on my first posting about ELT and the Crisis in Education. The questionnaire wasn’t intended as ‘research’ but merely to prompt thought and response to some of the issues that I wanted to raise over the [...]

Teaching Online 5: Five steps to becoming a (good) online tutor

Nicky Hockly — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:31:20 +0000

One question that I am often asked is: ´How do I become an online tutor?´ Nowadays, language teachers are increasingly expected to offer online options to their learners. Perhaps your school or institution has asked you to start teaching part of your course online. Perhaps your students themselves would like some of their classes to [...]

Teaching Online 3: Online teacher skills

Nicky Hockly — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:44:28 +0000

What makes a good online teacher? What are some of the key skills needed? Earlier this year, I asked our own team of very experienced online moderators what they thought. This is the list of top ten skills that we came up with: You can read more about each skill in my original blog post [...]

Developing with your students – circle two

Duncan Foord — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:06:25 +0000

The second circle for teachers to develop in is with their students. This is arguably the most important circle of all. Our students know our teaching better than anyone and are probably the best people to help us improve it.

Five Circles of Development

Duncan Foord — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:23:41 +0000

In my book the Developing teacher I identify five areas of teacher development, which I call five circles. You You and your students You and your colleagues You and your school You and your profession This month on the blog I would like to explore one activity from each of [...]

What is the “Robinson Crusoe” method ?

Nick Boisseau — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:54:56 +0000

See what Scott Thornbury is saying ! Have you joined the Dogme debate yet ? Scott Thornbury is hosting the Delta Development blog and welcomes your contribution.

Take a look at our ELT blog all about teacher development