This year we started using a new communication platform for our online/blended DELTA courses, Wiggio. We already have our DELTA wiki, a wiki rich in resources, links, material, sample assignments and more, but felt we needed a kind of Social Network/Learning Management System that would allow us to communicate instantly and be rich in contentContinueContinue reading “Using Wiggio with our Cambridge DELTA Trainees”
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Teacher Successes & Failures
One of the questions we ask prospective candidates applying to follow a Cambridge DELTA course at our centre, is to describe an activity they have used with one of their classes which was successful and one which wasn’t. In both cases, the candidates have to explain why they think this has happened. A typical responseContinueContinue reading “Teacher Successes & Failures”
An interesting blog post discussing Ben Goldacre’s recent article in the Guardian and his thoughts on research for education. Read Ben Goldacre’s article Bad Science here Watch his TED talk too Related blog posts Evidence-informed policy and practice – we should welcome it, but also be realistic! Research and Evidence in ELT posted by JuliaContinueContinue reading
How to make the most of your DELTA course
This is the summary of an #ELTchat which was written up by Chris Wilson who has himself just started following a DELTA course. You can read the original chat transcript here and Chris’ summary on his blog. On the 15/02/2013 teachers from across the world met to discuss my suggested topic “How to survive andContinueContinue reading “How to make the most of your DELTA course”