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    Background to the ICT project

Background of the project

Language education is an area where open-access resources, online courses, virtual classrooms and social networks based on information and communication technology (ICT) are being increasingly used to give learners access to information, promote interaction and communication, and enhance digital literacy skills.

However, the rapid development of tools and resources presents both opportunities and challenges. In order to maximize the potential of ICT in language teaching, it is crucial that it is used in a pedagogically sound way that corresponds to the individual needs of the learners. It is also important that the use of ICT is introduced and supported in a sustainable way and in a range of pedagogical approaches that promote lifelong learning.

Would you like to learn more about using various online tools in your classroom? Are you interested in using YouTube, wikis, forums, Audacity, SurveyMonkey, Moodle, audioconferencing, podcasts, quizzes, blogs? Would you like to find out how teachers use these tools, and share your experiences with them? And, of course, you would like to be able to do it all quickly, without bulky technical explanations, and with hands-on examples? Then visit this course!

Who is it for?

  • Language teachers
  • Teacher trainers
  • Language policy makers
  • Multipliers

 

 

ECML inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources by Aline Germain Rutherford

Inventaire des outils TIC et des ressources éducatives libres par Aline Germain Rutherford

Video presenting the publication on the occasion of the ECML conference in December 2016. The presentation took place in the context of a workshop involving two related ECML project results/publications (Language for Work and More Dots).

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RELATED ECML THEMES 

 
New Media in Language Education
For ongoing activities, see the ECML training and consultancy page:
New media in language education
 
 
This tool was developed within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission