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From the website:  (and there is a companion website, see below) In spite of the proliferation of online learning in higher education, creating online courses can still evoke a good deal of frustration, negativity, and wariness in those who need to create them. Essentials of Online Course Design takes a fresh, thoughtfully designed, step-by-step approach to online course development. At its core is a set of standards that are based on best practices in the field of online learning and teaching. Pedagogical, organizational and visual design principles are presented and modeled throughout the book and users will quickly learn from the guide's hands-on approach. The course design process begins with the elements of a classroom syllabus which, after a series of guided steps, easily evolve into an online course outline. The guide's key features include: a practical approach informed by theory clean interior design that offers straightforward guidance from page one clear and jargon-free language examples, screen shots, and illustrations to clarify and support the text a Companion Website with examples, adaptable templates, interactive learning features, and online resources a checklist of online course design standards that readers can use to self-evaluate. Essentials of Online Course Design serves as a best-practice model for designing online courses. After reading this book, readers will find that preparing for online teaching is, contrary to popular belief, a satisfying and engaging experience. The core issue is simply good design: pedagogical, organizational, and visual. Companion website:  http://www.marjorievai.com/WEBSITE-CONTENTS.html

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The website says "Set up a voicemail widget on your website or add the voicemail application to your Facebook page" - Like the AudioDropbox, but sends it to your email?

From the website: "NOVASTARTALK website, [is] an online resource that supports workshops and webinars designed to help teachers use technology tools and 21st century language pedagogy in the official STARTALK languages. In the face-to-face program, teachers of less-commonly-taught languages (Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu) create technology-enhanced activities [..]"

Lingro.com: No need to look up words in the dictionary or with an online translator with this useful translation website. Enter a website address and you'll be taken to a Lingro supported version of the page where every word is clickable. Click on a word to see its definition.

I have used Larry Ferazzo's website in the past and have found it has awesome resources and ideas!  When I was glancing over it today, I found the video "Word Crimes" by Weird Al Yankovic.  I think students would like watching this video about grammar made to a popular tune :)

I agree. I have been following on Larry Ferazzo's website since last week. I already found several useful and interesting tools to use for my students.

"A few pointers on how to guide middle and high school students to determine whether a website offers accurate information."

Language Teaching Technology

This is a great explanation. Thank you for posting it. Any idea about the legality of editing YouTube videos with eduCanon?

A blog post about blogs. Kathleen Morris lists no fewer than 18 educational benefits of using sites like WordPress and Blogger in the classroom. These include allowing students to develop new literacies and exercise their creativity.

- Crop & Resize Images Free Online - Optimize images for websites and email Upload your photo and resize easily - preview to see what you've changed.

Abstract: This case study is based on an investigation into the use that a group of language learners made of Livemocha.com, a Social Networking Site through which language exchange is enabled via social media applications. The learners created profiles in the website and proceeded to interact with speakers of their target languages, reporting back on their experiences over a 10-week period. As communication between language partners can take place through several different channels, and can be asynchronous or synchronous, written or spoken, it was considered that the preferences of learners with different personality types (as indicated by responses to a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator questionnaire) might be accommodated. Several studies have suggested that the anxiety that some language learners feel when communicating in L2, especially when speaking, is reduced in online environments. Under the premise that a reduction in anxiety may lead to an increased "willingness to communicate" (MacIntyre et al., 1998), the principal objective of this project was to examine the type and frequency of online interactions that the participants engaged in with other speakers of their target languages in the Livemocha language learning community.

website maintained by Judy Shoaf, director of the Language Learning Center at the University of Florida since 1993. She now writes a column on legal issues for the IALLT journal Language Learning and Technology

This is "The Story of Exploroo" found on the actual Exploroo website. 

I really like this site. I also like the fact you can use it to get unbiased opinions about potential vacation spots. We love to travel and I can see myself using this in the future.

Seems like a great website with suggesting for utilizing webtools. Since I really enjoy teaching the students songs in Spanish, it was fun to learn about Tubeoke, a website which supplies the lyrics for songs you find on YouTube.

I tried to find a fun reading website and found this blog. It seems like this is one of the very popular websites in Japan for English learning where people can improve their reading skills with a lot of fun.

A website that helps to optimize language learning.

Create different color QR codes in order to separate the groups by task. Differentiated instruction but more discreet with the use of QR codes.

From the wespeke website - a list of articles about it. 130 languages are available!