The Consultants-E is offering a scholarship to enable one person living and working in a developing country (as defined by the World Bank) to take their e-moderation skills course starting in October free of charge. What is e-moderation? It’s the skill of guiding students through online learning activity whether that forms part of a blended course with face to face contact or a purely online course. Working online demands different skills as the signals that students send out about whether they understand, follow or are about to give up are quite different in an online environment than they are in the face to face situation. The course also looks at what types of activity work online and how to vary the task type. The course will be tutored by Lindsay Clandfield, lead author of MacMillan’s Global series of English books so you will be in good hands.
I have been collecting links about how technology can help learning even in low resource areas of the world with ScoopIt and it is quite clear that the ubiquity of mobile phone use is going to make the online option increasingly common in developing countries.
You need to apply for the scholarship by the end of August.
Full disclosure: I have been tutoring with The Consultants-E since 2009 but you don’t have to take my word for it. Go to the Consultants-E website and see some of the feedback which previous participants have left.