This module will raise your awareness of the possibilities and challenges offered by digital technologies both now and over the next five years. The course aims to equip you with the academic, technical and practical skills to use technology to optimum benefit in your classroom.
This module carries 30 credits
" I only have a lot of positives about the course and the support I received from the teachers and the NILE staff. The course is highly interesting, practical, well structured and fun. "
Ludmila
Is this course for you?
Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma or MA awarded by University of Chichester
Homestay (half-board): £560
Residential (half-board): £672
Residential (self-catering): £560
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Course content
Assessment (written after completion of the course and supervised at distance by tutors):
A portfolio (50%) containing TWO of the following four options:
- A website which provides resources for an aspect of ICT in English language teaching and learning.
- A webquest.
- A lesson or lessons making use of handheld or mobile devices.
- A technology-driven international student exchange project.
A main assignment (50%) consisting of a 3,000–word article for a professional journal on the use of technology in a specified learning/ teaching environment.
" This is an absolutely enlightening course on how to survive with technologies in the world of ELT. Gavin is a brilliant trainer and educational motivator! "
Yordanka
" The set up was perfect: input and time to practise. The online platform was nicely presented and easy to use. "
Marianne
Timetable
This course consists of 50 hours of tuition, delivered between 09:00 and 15:30, Monday - Friday. You will also take part in cross-curricular workshops on a variety of topics, and each course includes a free evening and weekend programme of social and cultural activities and trips.
Further Information
Specific course content comes from feedback you and other participants give us through pre-course questionnaires, identifying your needs and priorities.
Time will be built into the course for reflection and for you to consider how to adapt ideas from the course to your classroom in your own professional contexts.
NILE offers various accommodation options, including homestay with carefully selected hosts and residential accommodation at the University of East Anglia. NILE’s dedicated student welfare team can be reached 24 hours a day.
All NILE courses involve a significant element of English language improvement and/or the development of language awareness.
MA Module Leader: Russell Stannard
Russell spent 11 years in Spain as Director of Studies of International House Seville and a teacher trainer for the Spanish government. He had previously worked as an English teacher in Greece for 2 years.
He holds the CELTA, DELTA and an MSc in Multimedia Computing from the University of Westminster. He worked as a Principal Teaching Fellow in Educational Technology at the University of Westminster before moving to Warwick University.
In 2007 he founded the website TeacherTrainingVideos.com and was awarded the British Council 'Technology' ELTons award, the The Times Higher Education 'Outstanding Technology' award and the University of Westminster 'Excellence in Teaching and Learning' award.
Russell is now a freelance consultant. His YouTube channel where he creates videos to help language teachers incorporate technology in their teaching and learning has over 80,000 subscribers. His consultancy roles include work with King's College, University of London, the Kwazulu University in South Africa, Brugg University in Switzerland and Stirling University in Scotland. He is a Techsmith Camtasia recommended trainer and a Movavi educational ambassador.
