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Project News
Avenue Teachers and Developers: It’s Now Much Easier to Transfer Files Between Tutela and Avenue
The Avenue team is happy to announce a leap forward in the ease and convenience of transferring eLearning resources from the Tutela repository to the Avenue.ca learning management system. Teachers with both Tutela and Avenue accounts can now reach into Tutela to grab Word or PDF documents, media files, or eLearning objects like H5Ps or SCORMs and add them to their Avenue course. ...
https://avenue.ca/its-now-much-easier-to-transfer-files-between-tutela-and-avenue/
UPDATED Orientation to Avenue Course for TESL Students & Pre-service Teachers
The Orientation to Avenue.ca is a brief, self-directed course created for TESL students, stakeholders, and interested language training professionals to help them understand how Avenue.ca is used and its role in Canadian immigrant settlement language training. ...
https://avenue.ca/updated-orientation-to-avenue-course-for-tesl-students-pre-service-teachers/
Dr. Phil Hubbard Interview, Part Two
Part Two of an interview with Pr. Phil Hubbard, the Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Stanford University Language Center. The podcast is moderated by Avenue – LearnIT2teach’s own Dr. Sepideh Alavi, Mentor and Resource Developer. The session focused on the best practices for assessing the impact of technology in language classes according to current standards. …
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/learnit2teach/episodes/2024-08-26T09_34_16-07_00
New module from New Language Solutions
Exploring Pathways to Regulated Professions (CLB 7-8) is now available in the Avenue eUnit Catalogue and Course Builder. This is NLS's final module in the Preparing for Post-Secondary Education theme. Available modules include:
- Communicating about Choices for College (CLB 5-6)
- Deciding on a College Program (CLB 7-8)
- Navigating Student Aid for Post-Secondary Education (CLB 5-6)
- Applying for Financial Aid (CLB 7-8)
- Developing Academic and Research Skills (CLB 5-6)
- Working in Academic Groups (CLB 7-8)
- Exploring Pathways to Regulated Professions (CLB 7-8)
Web News
Canada further reducing the number of international student permits
The Liberal government says it will slash the number of international student permits it issues by another 10 per cent. The government says the new target for 2025 and 2026 will be 437,000 permits. In 2024, the target was 485,000 permits. Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday the government expects the changes to "yield approximately 300,000 fewer study permits" over the next three years. …
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inernational-student-permits-canada-1.7326996
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024
Here are the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2024 generated from the 18th annual survey. Last year, ChatGPT jumped onto the list in 4th place and this year it has moved up to 2nd place. The highest new entry this year is another AI chat bot, Microsoft’s Copilot (in at 20th place) and there are 3 more AI chatbots new on the list – Perplexity (in at #47), Claude (in at #50) and Google’s Gemini (in at #53). …
https://toptools4learning.com/
ESL teacher blames Canada's international student cap as why he's on EI
A teacher struggling to find and keep work says he’s had to rely on receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits because of the changes to Canada’s international student cap….
https://dailyhive.com/canada/teacher-ei-language-schools-international-student-cap
Neural Implants and the Future of Language
Imagine a near future in which people no longer learn language. Instead we stream it, ... from the internet directly to a neural implant in our heads. … such a near-future possibility is not limited to the realm of science fiction. It is very much grounded in current technology …
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/language-in-the-mind/202202/neural-implants-and-the-future-language
Text-to-speech brain implant restores ALS patient's voice
A man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who had lost his ability to speak has been able to communicate with a Blackrock Neurotech text-to-speech brain implant, researchers said in one of two new studies showing the promise of brain-computer interfaces for restoring speech in paralyzed patients.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/text-to-speech-brain-implant-restores-als-patients-voice-2024-08-14/
Blogs
How We Think About Technology in the Classroom
Technology is so embedded in our daily lives that we hardly notice, even take for granted … Yet, when it comes to using computers in the classroom, most teachers are reactionary in their response. The school where I work will be using Avenue as the main delivery platform for all levels starting in September. This decision, when it was announced last year, did not, and indeed, has not, gone over well with the teachers, to put it mildly. …
https://blog.teslontario.org/how-we-think-about-technology-in-the-classroom/
AI in Education: the Pros and Cons
… The role of AI in education is to augment traditional teaching methods by incorporating technology, data analysis, and machine learning algorithms into the learning process. This integration can potentially transform education for students, teachers, and administrators alike. …
https://news.elearninginside.com/ai-in-education-the-pros-and-cons/
Learning a language? Four ways to smash through the dreaded 'intermediate plateau'
How can I improve my English? This was a question frequently posed by my students… scholar Paul Nation … suggests a balanced approach to language learning and it transformed my entire perspective. He proposes that language education should be evenly divided among four critical strands: …
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-language-ways-dreaded-intermediate-plateau.html
What are the challenges of blended learning?
Blended learning is a mixture of eLearning and online classes where the students study the material and then attend a class to get their questions solved. ... Blended learning is now being followed because of its multiple advantages: … Problems in blended learning: …
https://creativtechnologies.com/2024/07/15/what-are-problems-faced-in-blended-learning/
Make your training website more accessible: 10 essential tips
In this blog post, we share ten beginner tips you can implement to start making your existing website more accessible. We also cover some frequently asked questions about website accessibility, providing the key information you need to know. …
https://www.arlo.co/blog/how-to-make-your-training-website-more-accessible
Professional Development
New in the Annotated Bibliography: Developing digital proficiencies of English learners in adult education
This short article reports the findings of a digital pilot study evaluating the effectiveness of a specific digital literacy component, “Finding information online” in the CILIA-T (Content-Integrated Language Instruction for Adults with Technology Support) curriculum which is designed for intermediate level English language learners in the United States.
http://bib.learnit2teach.ca/blog/developing-digital-proficiencies-of-english-learners-in-adult-education/
Top Benefits of Using AI in Online Proctoring
This article highlights the top benefits of using AI in online proctoring. It explains how AI enhances exam security, reduces human error, provides real-time monitoring, and ensures a fair testing environment, making online assessments more reliable and efficient. …
https://www.hurix.com/top-benefits-of-using-ai-in-online-proctoring/
TESL Ontario Webinar: Speaking Activities With Poodll Plugins
… This session will introduce and demonstrate independent digital speaking activities for online and blended language courses. The technologies are a set of Poodll plug-ins which are integrated into the Moodle learning management system, [including Avenue.ca] …
https://teslontario.org/webinars/speaking-activities-with-poodll-plugins/
e-Resource Corner
4 Tips To Prevent Cyber Attacks Infographic
Here are 4 tips to help you prevent cyber attacks …
https://elearninginfographics.com/4-tips-to-prevent-cyber-attacks/
Comedian's 'English lessons' highlight the absurdity of English spelling and pronunciation
… Despite being one of the most taught languages in the world, English is notoriously difficult to learn. So much of it is simply nonsensical, and there are so many exceptions to the rules it sometimes feels like there's no point to even having the rules. … Comedian Bobby Finn highlights the absurdity of English spelling and pronunciation in his "English Class" videos …
https://www.upworthy.com/comedians-english-lessons-highlight-the-absurdity-of-english-spelling-and-pronunciation
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