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Classroom with kids montage, image © British Council
Learning technologies for the classroom
On-line teacher development programme

Learning Technologies Teacher training course

British Council Russia launched a 42-hour online Learning Technologies in the Classroom Course.  
Teachers from all over Russia was invited to apply. The course was delivered 100% on-line in the virtual learning environment Moodle.

Moderators

Our team of training professionals consisted of practicing Russian English language teachers and teacher trainers who have an extensive range of experience in delivering high quality training in teacher education in different environments, including universities, teacher training institutions and language schools. As preparation for delivering Learning Technologies course, our trainers attended the British Council’s Trainer Development Courses run by the UK experts which focused on the current various modern tools and methodologies for using ICT in the classroom.

Course Description

The course covered the following content areas:
•Evaluating and selecting websites
•Office applications for whole-class teaching
•Using office applications in a computer room
•Searching for resources on the web
•Ideas for school links projects
•Safe searching
•An introduction to Web 2.0
•Using blogs
•Using wikis for collaborative writing
•Social networking sites
•Using online video
•Using online audio

On-line course was conducted in VLE Moodle.
The course started on the 25th of January, 2010. Participants received tasks that they could perform at their own time.

Participants who have attended at least 80% of the course and submitted all assignments was awarded certificates at the end of the course.

Criteria for participants

•a competent command of English
•a degree in ELT, education or similar
•teaching experience is desirable
•good basic IT skills (MS office, e-mail, Internet)
•initiative and enthusiasm to develop professionally
•interest in the area of using technology in the classroom
•need and relevance of the course to personal and institutional development, •ability to disseminate the results of the course