Sendai JALT:

Creating and Utilizing Online Courses and Coursework

Date: Sunday, July 24th, 2005 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Speaker: John Spiri (Akita International University)

Description:
This PowerPoint demonstration will start with the presenter explaining some of the applications of moodle, the free, open source course management system for online learning. Various online courses, including those created for the presenter's self-published textbooks, will be explained, critiqued, and discussed. These online learning applications will be contrasted with self-study websites available to students. Online self-published readers, with accompanying audio, will be explained, critiqued and discussed as well, with focus areas being materials development, pedagogical effectiveness, and computer-related issues. Weather permitting, this will be followed by a summer party at a beer garden.

Organization: Sendai Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Teaching (Sendai JALT)

Cost: JALT Members: free
Non-members: 1000 yen; students free the first time, 500 yen thereafter

Venue: Sendai Mediatheque map

Location: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

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