Put a ring on it moodle mooc 6 (5 9-2015)

PUT A RING ON IT

(engaging online students)

moodle mooc 6 by rob howardmay 9th, 2015

2015 onlinelanguagecenter.com

warm-up

what country are you from?


warm-up

do you teach online yet?


are the rules of engagement:

a) carved in stone?b) meant to be broken?c) a guide to success?d) a tommy lee jones

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are the rules of engagement:

a) carved in stone?b) meant to be broken?c) a guide to success?d) a tommy lee jones

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the 12 rules of engagement

keep them:



interested


paying attention


entertained


relaxed


coming back


word-of-mouth


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the objective


about me

about me

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about me

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about me

musician


about me

entertainer


about me

business


about me

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about me

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about me

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the rules

1) have funsmile

ease tension

remove fear

foster community


“the key to learning English is to lower stress. having fun when you learn is when

you learn best.” - fluency mc


2) use students’ nameslive people

self importance

grabs attention

personalized class


“… a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any

language.” – dale carnegie


3) personalizationopen up

modeling yourself

share themselves

build friendships


4) personalized practiceknow them

use their lives

memorable

internalize usage


“… we should set them an example that we wish them to imitate.”

– brigham young


5) have students do the work

attention

practice

on their toes

has a purpose


6) use “local” pictures (your own)tailored to them

local culture

local issues

shows dedication


7) use poll questions

warm-up

effective

opinion

discussion


“different people have opinions, and it’s okay to respect all of them.”

– juan pablo galavis


8) mix the activitieschange often

dynamic

fast paced

keep ‘em guessin’


9) use short films only20-30 seconds

critically useful

cute snippets

tune out


would rather be doing

9) use short films only20-30 seconds

critically useful

cute snippets

tune out


would rather be doing

10) use a “round robin” Q & A

focused

more personal

all involved

full attention


11) ask a hot topic questioncontroversy

life language

use the language

give them voice


“now this looks like a job for me, so everybody, just follow me, ‘cause we need a

little controversy...” – eminem


12) reflectask for feedback

they own class

did it work?

improvement?



questions


join me again may 23rd @ 11am est

thanks for being engaged


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Put a ring on it moodle mooc 6 (5 9-2015)