Distance and Online Learning
Re-imagining Virtual Interaction
Using Gather.Town to re-imagine interaction in virtual and hybrid language learning
Developing Faculty
The Spider and the Butterfly
This perspective on remote learning and teaching may sound strange at first, but bear with me.
Distance and Online Learning
Tech-Savvy FL Teachers Recommend…
Finding the right tool can be difficult for a lot of reasons. Sometimes the tech tools are hard to find because we aren’t quite sure what we are looking for. We can search by the names and types of tools, but it is harder to search based on what we Read more…
Distance and Online Learning
Keep Teaching FLT for Proficiency
Whether you have to teach remotely or you just want to use technology in innovative ways… Keep focusing on teaching language for proficiency! It doesn’t matter how many great new platforms, apps, and sites you use if they don’t increase learners’ ability to express themselves, understand others, and negotiate meaning Read more…
Distance and Online Learning
Are You Ready to Go #RemoteFLT?
How is the transition to remote learning going for you? What are your needs? What are your recommendations? Cross-posted on the MAFLT site: https://maflt.cal.msu.edu/2020/03/14/are-you-ready-to-go-remoteflt/ Please take a few minutes to share your situation and responses to it. We will return the favor by sharing results and suggestions. Here are new Read more…
Distance and Online Learning
Welcome to the Online Learning World
Cross-posted on the MAFLT site: https://maflt.cal.msu.edu/2020/03/14/welcome-to-the-online-learning-world/ Friends, colleagues, students, parents of small children, lend me your ears: there are no easy answers. Education is changing before our eyes, and some of those changes will last. Some of them will not. Going remote quickly is going to tax your patience, your Read more…
Distance and Online Learning
Creating and Sharing a Video Presentation
#MAFLTutorial from the MAFLT Community site in D2L Updated 3/20/2020 The following instructions were originally created to teach MAFLT Students how to complete the technical aspects of sharing a video presentation with their peers in D2L. There are other ways to share video presentations, and there are other ways and Read more…
Developing Faculty
Surviving and Thriving in Zoom
When the message came around on March 12 that MSU was going completely over to remote instruction, most people’s first response was to recommend live (or “synchronous”) meetings in Zoom. You can find information on how to access Zoom as a tool and modify the settings and so on fairly Read more…
Developing Faculty
Joining the Microsoft Teams Team
If you have just been informed that you now have to deliver your courses at a distance, then you may be feeling a little overwhelmed. I will add more guidance over time as I hear requests and think about what can be learned and implemented quickly. One of the ways Read more…
Distance and Online Learning
Confessions of an Online Professor
I have learned to embrace the inevitable. And I will confess: I like teaching online. Truly.
