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wikis with WebQuests (a great form of using PBL as part of student experiential learning in my course). Then, little by little, I started incorporating more and more tools into my course, which went 80% green the last time I taught it. Sadly, I stopped teaching the reading courses, on the one hand, because of the changes in schedules and, on the other hand, because they were assigned to other professors, who by the waydo not fully incorporate Web tools in their courses and/or planning.
Teaching English reading skills is now beyond my scope of teaching, but I want to start regaining the refinement in use of learning and teaching Web tools applications I achieved when I stopped. As a language professional with vast experience in the use of educational teaching and learning technology and platforms, I want now to perfect the use of the Cambridge LMS for Touchstone, -the one I am using now with students from all university majors, to help them get the most out of it. Additionally, I want to start incorporating more tools into the other courses I do not normally teach to have students use, feel, reflect, and conceptualize English that they can use in their fields and jobs (Kolbs Experiential Learning Cycle). If
technology is there to help students learn, I need to make sure that at least mine- will fully benefit and profit from it. To regain my protagonist role in hybrid and/or blended teaching formats,
Becoming a helpful, proactive online instructor is no easy task by one that can be highly rewarding at the end of the term when you get to see your students demonstrating (based on Blooms Taxonomy of hierarchical thinking) what they have learned with you.
To fully develop and comprehend this teaching issue, its advisable to research and expand these areas: 1 2 3 4 5 Understanding hybrid and blended learning Blogs and PBL in online learning WebQuesting Kolbs Learning Cycle Blended learning course management strategies Professor Jonathan Acua-Solano ELT Instructor, Course Designer & Teacher Trainer based in Costa Rica IATEFL Member and NCTE Affiliate Resource Teacher at CCCN Senior ELT Professor at Universidad Latina Freelance ELT Consultant four OUP in Central America
For further comments or suggestions, reach me at: @jonacuso Twitter jonacuso@gmail.com Gmail Other blogs and sites I often write for my students at the university are: 1. Pronunciation 1 3. Pronunciation 2 2. Readding Skills 1 4. Computering Applications in Education