Tag: Online Learning
Empathy: The Biggest Lesson Learned during Tough Times
A rather forgettable year is coming to an end. All of us have been affected by the ongoing pandemic in some way: loss of job security, a reduction in income, a...
Can Foreign Languages be Learned Without Teachers?
Foreign Language learning has been plagued with myths through time. We may remember packages offering learners the chance to become skilled during their sleep, or those claiming to be able to...
Make Large Online Groups Fully Interactive
Continuing with our series on analyzing whether the canons of foreign language teaching can still be applied on e-learning, we refer this time to how to achieve full interactivity when giving...
Is Distance Education Threatening Student-Centred Learning?
Our series introductory post outlined the basic elements of the communicative approach, and the need for students to be at the centre of the learning process principle among them. Nowadays, we...
Providing Feedback is Crucial Even for Large Online Classes
As mentioned in the introduction to our current series of articles, one of the biggest challenges faced by teachers working in online education is how to provide feedback, especially when teaching...
Do’s and Don’ts of Online Learning
So far, much has been said about online teaching: this is an ongoing process and we are still on the move. Teaching online does not mean to replicate the model we...