ELT Malta travel grant winner, Grace Alchini, talks to Sophia Mavridi about her experience presenting, networking, socialising and expanding her professional horizons as one of our chosen speakers for the LTSIG strand. Hi Grace. It was great to have you on our IATEFL LTSIG strand at 6th ELT Malta. What was your session about and how […]
After quite a few months of preparing for the LTSIG strand at ELT Malta, from the first call for proposals to the granting of scholarships, from communication with speakers to publishing content, we are proud to present all of our confirmed speakers. Get to know more about our presenters by clicking on the photos in […]
Marisa Constantinides describes what it means for the LTSIG to be collaborating at edtech conferences around the world, she gives a detailed account of the benefits of becoming a member of the LTSIG, and finally, talks about the upcoming ELT strand at ELT Malta 2017, while describing the significance of her own talk, “from […]
Virtual reality: A 21st century tool for 21st century skills The session will introduce participants to the possibilities related to using Virtual Reality(VR) for education purposes. VR tears down the walls of the classroom and immerses its user within a world that looks, sounds and feels as real it gets without actually being within a […]
Our LTSIG Co-ordinator, Sophia Mavridi, talks about the work of the Learning Technologies Special Interest Group and answers questions about her own presentation on Digital Citizenship. This area of research is both fascinating and elusive. It’s fascinating with regard to the prospect of becoming more self-aware as teachers online, and elusive in the sense that […]
Karen McRae talks about Blended learning using Moodle as a online learning management system. Interestingly, the curriculum redesign that Karen describes sprang from what we might call ‘inspirational dissatisfaction’. In this case dissatisfaction with the lack of suitable text books to cover teaching and learning needs where she works. A practical and insightful look at […]
The IATEFL Learning technologies SIG is pleased to announce its prominent strand at the 6th ELT Malta Conference, English for 21st Century skills, to be held between 12-14 October 2017. Confirmed plenary speakers of the conference are Sarah Mercer, Penny Ur, David Nunan, Andy Hockley and Robert McLarty. See the programme and registration forms below. Twelve […]
Lara Portelli, inspired by Sugata Mitra’s TED talk, Children can teach themselves, draws upon further research and practice to encourage teachers to bring learning technologies into the classroom. Lara’s research and ideas suggest that teachers can provide new frameworks for channelling self-directed learning models into the classroom in order to forge more flexible teacher-student dynamics […]
