So the first step is always to record some conversations. If we are all in the same physical location I use an Edirol recorder (though now most phones can do the job just as well). But for online chats I use Skype together with Pamela. When I have all the recordings then I get to [...]
‘What’s a podcast?’ was the reply I got when I suggested to a young lady recently that her forthcoming study trip to India might feature in my podcast, Absolutely Intercultural. As I am about to facilitate one of The Consultants-E’s short podcast courses aimed at language teachers, this shows that the concept is perhaps not [...]
I spend a great deal of time facilitating courses helping teachers learn how to integrate ICT into their everyday practice. Although I have facilitated such courses in blended format with a great deal of face to face input, most of the time now I find myself facilitating 100% online. There are worries of course about [...]
Well it was good while it lasted but if you value any of the materials from Teachers TV then you have only until the end of this week to copy or download them. I knew that the site was no longer going to be funded by the British government but the promise that the materials [...]
I’m offering an hour of free coaching to the first five teachers who contact me wanting help with integrating ICT into their everyday teaching practice. You should be a reasonably confident computer user who surfs the Internet regularly, prepares documents in Word and can make a basic PowerPoint presentation. The coaching will take place through [...]
It is quite a step to move the concurrent design (CCD) process from a technical product to the design of a course (CCeD) and it is even more of a step to move the CCD process online. But this is the aim of the UnderstandIT project and we took our first steps last Friday with [...]
The sessions for the 2011 round of EVOnline workshops aimed at EFL teachers have been released. Although you cannot sign up until the beginning of January it is a good idea to browse the available options so that you can decide which ones you want to join. The organisers recommend that you join no more [...]
Is it possible to transfer an industrial design process to the development of e-learning material? This is what I and a group of other European partners are going to try out using the VITAE course as a trial product. Earlier this week I made a very quick trip to Trondheim in Norway to attend the [...]
Edublogs is a leading brand in the edublogging field though I must say that their free version has become so restricted and full of advertising that it is difficult to give teachers a flavour of what it has to offer. However one great thing about Edublogs is that they started the Edublogs Awards seven years [...]


