Services Update
Engnet-education was previously based in London, England and served clients in both London, Oxford and Cambridge as well as online clients and providing online resources. Now, engnet-education’s main operations will be based in Japan. I [...]
Adapting Authentic Materials from the Web
This post is all about resources which are invaluable to language teachers - authentic materials. There are so many authentic resources which can be adapted for use in the classroom that it may seem daunting [...]
Social Networking for language acquisition
Blogs, Wikis, micro-blogs, virtual worlds and social networks seem to dominate much of our time these days, especially with new technologies on mobile applications allowing us access from anywhere at almost any time. People are [...]
Feedback
Sending out student feedback is essential. Good materials design needs to incorporate student feedback. Also, after assessments and tests, it is vital that students receive personalised feedback in a supportive way. Below is a training [...]
VLE or LMS?
Many people ask me about the difference between an LMS and VLE, and also CMS and LCMS. Although you might find articles and posts that state otherwise, I believe that there is an important distinction [...]
Moodle 2.0
The moodle.org site is now using Moodle 2.0. Interestingly, it looks and functions in much the same way. This is a good sign as it shows that the new platform will be able to slide [...]
SLanguages 2010
This year's SLanguages Conferences kicked off yesterday on October the 15th at 18:00 with a great plenary featuring Gavin Dudeney [Dudeney Ge], Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi], Marisa Constantinides [Marisolde Orellana] , Randall Sadler [Randall Renoir] [...]
EUROCALL 2010, Bordeaux
The theme of this years' EUROCALL conference was languages, cultures and virtual communities. Here is a video-podcast I made of the conference. You can find out more at the EUROCALL site
