1. Online teaching and learning communities: materials and beyond Eric Baber Educational Technologist eric@ericbaber.com

2. Overview Introduction Community tools Types of online materials Online communities, resources and providers Challenges

4. Community tools Email discussion lists Web-based discussion forums Blogs Wikis

9. Types of online materials Text (Word,.pdf) Audio (streaming, podcasts) Video (streaming, vodcasts) Activities

10. Text Lesson plans Worksheets (grammar, vocabulary, skills- based…) Webquests Role plays … anything you can find in printed form

11. Audio & Video Interviews Discussions Debates News Topic-based programmes Teaching/learning tips Adverts YouTube/Google videos

12. Activities Quizzes Matching activities Jumbled words Cloze activities

13. Online communities, resources and providers Quia.com BBC Learning English British Council Teaching English english360.com Cambridge University Press

14. Quia.com www.quia.com Hundreds of activities to choose from – mostly online-only Authoring tools that allow you to create your own activities Student tracking facilities No social networking facilities though

15. BBC Learning English For learners and teachers www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachinge nglish www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/teachinge nglish Lesson plans, quizzes, peer-to-peer discussions, blogs The Flatmates soap-opera. Audio files, text, worksheets for use in class

19. British Council Teaching English http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk Methodology articles Lesson plans Activities Moderated comments and Questions & Answers

20. english360.com Platform for teachers to produce materials for use with learners Teachers can put together “projects” (learning paths) for their learners Teachers can use each others’ materials for their own students. Materials authors receive payment

21. english360.com Can incorporate text, images, audio, video, quizzes & range of activities Courses can be public or private Courses currently available include Sales & Negotiation and Business Presentations in EnglishSales & NegotiationBusiness Presentations in English Range of social networking tools (internal e- mail, forums, blogs…)

22. Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org/elt/resources Good range of worksheets, infoquests, articles, podcasts, wordlists and activities Largely materials that supplement coursebooks, but can be used on their own New website specifically for professional English: www.cambridge.org/elt/prowww.cambridge.org/elt/pro

31. Other providers and sites www.tes.co.uk/resources (cross-discipline) www.tes.co.uk/resources www.teachingideas.co.uk (Primary) www.teachingideas.co.uk www.eleaston.com (index of websites dealing with ELT) www.eleaston.com

32. Challenges Finding good quality materials Finding materials for your teaching situation Balance between bottom-up/free-for-all and moderated content (example)example

34. Challenges Finding good quality materials Finding materials for your teaching situation Balance between bottom-up/free-for-all and moderated content (example)example Finding one site that does it all: social networking, professional materials, materials- sharing…

35. Thank you for attending! Eric Baber www.cambridge.org/elt/pro www.cambridge.org/elt/resources