Design Thinking and the Art of Professional Development

https://celtathens.com/2025/11/17/design-thinking-and-the-art-of-professional-development/ Article by Dr Angelos Bollas Professional development is one of those phrases that teachers hear so often that it risks losing meaning. For many in ELT, it brings to mind mandatory workshops, accreditation requirements, or reflective forms completed at the end of the academic year. Yet the need for professional growth has never been moreContinueContinue reading “Design Thinking and the Art of Professional Development”

R is for Relevance

This may have happened to you, too. You are in a desperate hurry to get on with something and  your friend, sister, husband or boss, start rabbiting on about completely unconnected things, like details of the traffic, the clothes someone wore or his relationships etc. You think: “Get to the point!!!” Watch this experiment – theContinueContinue reading “R is for Relevance”

Learning and/with AI

The rapid advancement of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek undeniably raises important questions about university education and assessment. However, the proposed solution of reverting to traditional, invigilated, pen-and-paper exams and placing the responsibility on students to use AI “judiciously and responsibly” fails to address the deeper, structural challenges at play. Instead ofContinueContinue reading “Learning and/with AI”

Cambridge DELTA Diploma – more accessible than ever before

The Cambridge DELTA Diploma Online We started offering the Cambridge DELTA online with live synchronous sessions in 2014 or so and, of course, as a result, acquired a huge amount of experience about how to deliver course content and support this course well before Zoom became the thing….. It is true that now you canContinueContinue reading “Cambridge DELTA Diploma – more accessible than ever before”

4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager

by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like these, it seems, are relegated to Module 3 and its ELT Management option. Clearly, the ELTM option provides academic managers with the opportunity of a dive deep into aspects of ELTContinueContinue reading “4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager”