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    Online Teaching Resources

    Due to the growing interest in moving language teaching online, we've created a selection of resources to assist you make the transition. 

    There are a broad range of diverse links below relating to online teaching e.g. free online courses to help you get started, information about ICTs for language teaching, resource repositories, webinars about online teaching and so much more. 

    We hope this information helps you to deepen your understanding of online teaching and learning. If a link doesn't take you to your designated spot, try copy and pasting it instead. 

    Free online courses: Teaching online and more

    FutureLearn Course: Teaching English Online

    This free course started 16 March, but you can still join and take part. This platform provides diverse online courses for teachers and learners alike.  

    https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/online-tutoring

    Open Learn Course: Take your Teaching Online

    Open Learn is provided by the Open University and offers a broad range of free online courses many of which are relevant to language teaching and learning. 

    https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/education/take-your-teaching-online/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab

    Lessons-in-Self: COVIDeo Wellbeing Tips

    https://desk.bigvu.tv/embed/5e70dd7c280532fd5366bcb2/5e70decd280532424d66bd02?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=name_some_tips_and_resources_to_help_you_at_this_time&utm_term=2020-03-20 

    Online teaching tips:

    Cambridge: useful blog posts about getting started with online teaching

    https://view.updates.cambridge.org/?qs=fad612436b8d8a4e1d9653a47027afc0bc2ef6a8e9a1f496a45cb2f2ce0958d7190d828c525a602d79881b035d512c21ba550b43af01a9f1541bfdd60ec0b7a8c64b79621d0fff69234e68e1e6f85e784deb7d2bbd338b62 

    ELT Buzz (David Deubelbeiss): Corono virus special which includes topics such as teaching with zoom, working remotely and more.  

    https://preview.mailerlite.com/h0g8w3/1378146649225828214/y7r6/

    OUP: blog posts about online teaching 

    https://oupeltglobalblog.com/2020/03/17/online-teaching-engage-motivate/

    Resource repositories: many of these repositories have open educational resources (OER) that you can adapt for language teaching. They also provide information about ICTs for teaching online. 

    BC Campus: diverse open textbooks and other resources

    https://bccampus.ca

    Guternberg project: free ebooks

    http://www.gutenberg.org

    ICT-REV project: this site offers a diverse inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources. Each tool has been evaluated against a set of criteria regarding its suitability for language teaching and learning. Click on the tool you are interested in to access its evaluation. 

    https://www.ecml.at/ECML-Programme/Programme2012-2015/ICT-REVandmoreDOTS/ICT/tabid/1906/Default.aspx

    LibriVox: free audiobook collection

    https://archive.org/details/librivoxaudio

    MERLOT: broad range of resources

    https://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?keywords=English+language+&sort.property=relevance

    OER commons: broad range of resources

    https://www.oercommons.org

    UNESCO’s distance learning solutions: this site provides a vast collection of links to educational applications, resource repositories, MOOCs and more:

    https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-emergencies/coronavirus-school-closures/solutions

    University of Cambridge: broad range of resources

    http://oer.educ.cam.ac.uk/wiki/Tools

    WISC online: broad range of resources

    https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/humanities/linguistics

    Specific tools for teaching online:

    Microsoft Teams

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/teams

    Skype 

    https://www.skype.com/en/

    Zoom

    https://zoom.us

    Webinars and training videos: 

    The International Language Coaching Association: provides free webinars about various topics including psychology and well-being.

    https://internationallanguagecoaching.com/ilca-events

    National Geographic: offers webinars, teaching resources, lessons and more.

    http://app.learn.cengage.com/e/es?s=2138&e=772590&elqTrackId=1815faacc2d1493ab6e96f5a62291175&elq=5472f4ec67f94d148ea187f578270aea&elqaid=37104&elqat=1

    Pearson Part 2: provides practical tips about teaching online and distance learning.

    https://view.s7.exacttarget.com/?qs=e05808cc6dccf55c03b653e3f2dc755712493af53fb334b81ddc5107d3ad13afc130d3c80c277764f19e9f5d898d9c29348d49288bca70441b84e52678c8e729c9af7c8ee12c1f282b851bbe0f450b07

    Russell Stannard: offers teachers a range of videos about online teaching and tools for language learning. 

    https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=name_some_tips_and_resources_to_help_you_at_this_time&utm_term=2020-03-20

    Serveis Lingüístics de Barcelona: this webinar discusses specific tools for online teaching and looks at both synchronous and asynchronous modes of teaching online. 

    https://learn.slb.coop/lesson/teaching-online/