THE	AMSTERDAM	SUMMER UNIVERSITY

	MAASTRICHT

Developing Multimedia Activities for Language Learning
Sunday, October 15, 2006 - Sunday, October 22, 2006

In conjunction with the University of Amsterdam, Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO)

The course will consist of theoretical sessions and hands-on workshops. In this intensive course participants will be actively involved in developing multimedia activities based on Internet resources and interactive, web based exercises for language learning. The focus will not be on the technology itself, but on its implications and added value for pedagogical purposes.

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Applicant Profile

This course is intended for newly qualified and practising foreign language teachers interested in the possibilities of the Internet for their classroom practice. A basic knowledge of computers is necessary: participants should at least be familiar with Windows platforms and word-processors.

Application

Applicants should submit their completed application form (by post or fax) as soon as possible, and no later than Friday, June 30, 2006.

AMSU Course Name: LANG-4.

Details

Date: Sunday, October 15, 2006 - Sunday, October 22, 2006.

Application Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2006.

Capacity: 25 participants.

Language of Instruction: English.

Location: This course will be held in one of the building equipped with computer rooms of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), located in the city centre.

Computers: For this course, only the use of Windows computers is supported, there will be no facilities available for Mac users.

Fee: € 745,- (including course materials, welcome drink, access to the cultural evening programme on the AMSU, coffee/tea breaks on Monday to Friday).

Course Dinner (Optional): € 35,- for the Course Dinner on Thursday evening.
Please specify if you wish to participate in the Course Dinner, either on your (pre)registration form or when confirming being awarded a Comenius 2.2/Grundtvig 3 grant.

Grant: COMENIUS 2.2/GRUNDTVIG 3 In-Service Training Grant of the European Union.

Grant's Course Code: NL-2005-003

Initiators: ILO - Graduate School of Teaching & Learning, University of Amsterdam (UvA), The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).

Coordination: The Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University (AMSU).

Registration: Confirmed participants are expected to register between 15.00 PM and 17.00 PM on Sunday, October 15, 2006 at the building Felix Meritis, located at Keizersgracht 324 in Amsterdam. Registration will be followed by a welcome drink.

Course Leaders

Ton (Anton) G.M. Koet (Netherlands) - Teacher Trainer; Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA).

Ton Koet is a teacher trainer at the Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is particularly interested in the teaching of pronunciation and in the application of speech technology in language teaching.

Links: Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO), University of Amsterdam (UvA).

Alessandra Corda (Netherlands) - Coordinator; Faculty of Arts, University of Leiden.

Alessandra Corda holds an MA in Classics and General Linguistics from the Università di Torino (Italy). From 1989 until 1997 she taught Italian at several Dutch institutions, among which the Faculty of Arts at Leiden University. Since 1996 she has been working at this Faculty as coordinator for CALL and ICT in education projects. She is particularly interested in the use of the Internet for foreign language teaching and has published and given seminars on this subject. She has been a tutor for the AMSU courses since 2001 and has worked together with Bart Bonamie, Ton Koet, Willem Verberk and Willy Weijdema.

Related: Organisations: Graduate School of Teaching & Learning (ILO); Organisations: University of Amsterdam (UvA); People: Bart Bonamie; People: Ton Koet; People: Willem Verberk; People: Willy Weijdema.

Links: Faculty of Arts, University of Leiden; Alessandra Corda on the ILO website.

Bart Bonamie (Belgium) - Philologue.

Bart Bonamie (Belgium) has an MA in Germanic Philology. After finishing his studies at the University of Ghent, Belgium, he worked at the same university for the Teacher Training Department at first, and later on for the Department of Education, specializing in digital literacy, youth cultures and integration of ICT in English language teaching. He is currently a lecturer of English at the Department of Tourism and Travel Management at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey.

Related: Organizations: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey).

Links: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (Turkey).

The three trainers were also involved in the European project International Modules in ICT and Language Learning, providing modules for language teachers. The materials of this course have been developed and tried during this project.

Accommodation

Since University apartments are not available during the academic year, for this course the AMSU can not arrange for accomodation, but only give advise about housing, mainly in hotels. Further information about available accommodation will be sent to enrolled participants by the AMSU housing representative. Participants are free to arrange their own accommodation.

Information about hotels

Programme

Sunday, October 15, 2006
12.00 PM arrival
15.00 PM registration
16.30 PM International food testing exercise, welcome drinks and Social and cultural programme

Monday, October 16, 2006
09.30 AM Welcome and getting to know the course location
11.00 AM A first look
- General information about the Internet
- Multimedia, hypertext, hypermedia
- Search engines (I): what & how
13.00 PM Lunch
14.00 PM Finding and using websites
- Search engines (II): using the Internet as a corpus
- Using text, pictures, audio and video from websites for language activities
- Using HTML editors (like FrontPage, Dreamweaver) to develop web-based language activities
17.00 PM Summary of today's session
18.00 PM Social and cultural programme

Tuesday, October 17, 2006
09.30 AM Working with digital images, audio and video files
- Different image formats, how to edit images
- Different audio and video files formats, different players
13.00 PM Lunch
14.00 PM Capturing and digitalizing audio and video
- Audio and video capture and digitalisation programs
- Using audio and video from the WWW for language activities: examples of existing activities
17.00 PM Summary of today's session
18.00 PM Social and cultural programme

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
09.30 AM Use of web-based authentic materials
- Examples of use of websites for language activities
- WebQuest: a pedagogical model for the use of websites in language activities
13.00 PM Lunch
14.00 PM
- Create your own multimedia activity
- Create one or more multimedia activities with web-based materials for the language you teach
17.00 PM Summary of today's session
18.00 PM Social and cultural programme

Thursday, October 19, 2006
09.30 AM Concluding the preparation of the activities
- Presentation of the activities to the group
13.00 PM Lunch
14.00 PM Web-based CALL-programmes
- General introduction: the principles of CALL-programmes
- Freeware software for language teaching: how to work with Hot Potatoes
17.00 PM Summary of today's session
18.00 PM Course dinner

Friday, October 20, 2006
09.30 AM Create your own language exercises
- Create two or more multimedia exercises for the language you teach
13.00 PM Lunch
14.00 PM Conclusion of the exercises
- Presentation of the Hot Potatoes exercises to the group
16.00 PM Seminar wrap-up and evaluation
17.00 PM Certificate award and farewell drinks
18.00 PM Social and cultural programme

Saturday, October 21, 2006
10.00 AM Social and cultural programme

Sunday, October 22, 2006
12.00 PM Departure