December 2011
10 posts
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“Education is on the brink of the biggest revolution since the invention of...”
– Walter Russell Mead (via domesday)
English City Blog: New experience! →
A beginner students experience of Languagelab.com
languagelab:
When I started studying English at languagelab found it very strange. Despite being trained in information technology and know the distance learning in Brazil I was amazed with this mode. I found it interesting as she knew, as proved to be a true …
“Users will tell you what they think they want.
Users will tell you what they...”
– Adam Judge | Quotes on Design (via ninakix)
Adaptive Learning →
“Traditional classroom-based learning in many cases only services the middle ability students, as if you finish the task quickly and want to look into a topic more intensively you are held up by the class. Conversely, if you are struggling with the topic and want to back track and review a related topic to aid your understanding you do not have time, as the group has moved onto the next...
Language Production Tracker →
“A person living anywhere in the world is just a few clicks away from engaging others in debate and discussion of his or her interests. It is both engaging and immersive. If this is done in the target language it can be extremely valuable to the student”
“More than 10,000 hours of teaching took place at Languagelab.com in the past 12...”
“We are living through a time in book publishing where words fail us, a situation...”
– The paperless book - O’Reilly Radar (via infoneer-pulse)