Talk

Using TECHNOLOGY to MOTIVATE Learners

What stays the same when everything changes? One of the most profound and perennial challenges language teachers face is how to best engage learners in the language learning experience. Rapidly and regularly changing learning environments, assessment processes and instructional practices can challenge learners in finding and expressing their voice but also offer opportunities for teachers to draw on the affordances of the increased range of educational tools and settings available to them to open up new ways to encourage learner participation. In this practical talk I will draw on three decades of best practice in online, blended and hybrid learning to share recommendations for turning the potential downsides of our changing situations into likely benefits for improving our teaching by encouraging greater learner participation and interaction. Specifically, we will look at ways in which technology can provide more agency to both teachers and learners alike and support language learning beyond the classroom.

Activity: Conference
Mode: Online
Date: Oct 21, 2022 (2 years ago)
Schedule: 16:00 - 17:00
Quota: Virtual Available

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Speaker/s

Hayo Reinders

Anaheim University

Dr. Hayo Reinders (www.innovationinteaching.org) is TESOL Professor and Director of the doctoral programme at Anaheim University in the USA and Professor of Applied Linguistics at KMUTT in Thailand. Hayo is Editor of the journal Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (published by Taylor & Francis) and edits a book series on “New Language Learning and Teaching Environments”. He founded the Institute for Teacher Leadership. His interest are in teacher empowerment, learner autonomy, and educational technology.