LTSIG webinar

On Sunday 15 September, I gave a webinar presentation using Adobe Connect as part of a series of online events hosted by the IATEFL Learning Technologies Special Interest Group.  The webinar was moderated by Heike Philp, the new online events organiser.  The slides are embedded below while the recording is available (to LTSIG members only) - here - under events archive.

It was my first experience of being a presenter to an IATEFL audience.  Despite some early audio issues, it seemed to go OK.  50 or so participants turned up, with many contributing  in the chat window.   

This was a view of the webinar as seen by the LTSIG treasurer, Sophia Mavridi, and the view from my end, including my extensive notes:

screenshot: Sophia Mavridi - @SophiaMav

My view from The Whitehouse library

Abstract:

Most of us have to, at some point, use ICT or web tools as part of our practice, but how autonomous are we when it comes to learning those tools?  To what extent do we teach ourselves and to what extent do we learn from others?  What training do we expect, if any?  How can we create our own autonomy? This webinar is intended to build on research carried out for a master’s dissertation.  Hopefully, it will also provide an up-to-date snapshot of current practice and you will be invited to participate in adding to this research for possible further publication.

Teacher Autonomy in Learning ICT/Web Tools from Phil Longwell

Intro Video:

Extended Interview extracts - here.

MA Dissertation #2

NEW WEBINAR ON 20 JUNE  - CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO CLASS

WiZIQ webinar on 20th June

This blog on the use of ICT and web tools in English language teaching continues to be a focal point for my Masters dissertation.  I have so far conducted one webinar, on 7 June, which discussed the tools that teachers are currently using and how they go about learning these.  I used this small focus group, consisting of six participants plus one more who submitted their responses after the event, to formulate ideas for a survey questionnaire on a similar theme.    I have now devised that questionnaire and wish to run it past the same or similar group of professionals.  If, however, you weren't part of the original group and wish to join me I am going to conduct the (link now removed) this Wednesday 20 June, at 6pm / 1800 HRS BST (that's 1700HRS GMT/UCT). 

This is an important part of the process, to check the validity of the questions, before I send the questionnaire, along with a monthly newsletter, out to nearly 9000 people signed up to Russell Stannard's Teacher Training Videos website.  Many of the professionals on this email list will not be involved in ELT and, of course, questionnaires have serious limitations in response rate.  I am, nonetheless, hoping for 100 replies.  I also have access to other EFL teachers through my personal learning network, which has grown from practically nothing at the start of this year, and I will contact those people more directly, via Twitter, Facebook and via this blog.

I am looking for EFL teachers who are able to take part in the webinar and also to complete the questionnaire. The webinar, using the WiZIQ tool, will last around 30-40 minutes. If you are interested please comment below, send me a direct message to @teacherphili on Twitter or make a comment below.

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The actual questionnaire can then be circulated, subject to any modifications, on 21 June after the webinar has taken place and there will be a link on this blog post directly to it so that anyone can complete it.

In the meantime, I will continue to write my 5,000 word literature review, which includes, of course, what other research has been done in this area. Although there is much written about the implentation and integration of technology into the classroom, I am specifically restricting my focus to teachers working in ELT, due to my MA coming under the Centre of Applied Linguistics, here at the University of Warwick. 

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