Course Description

In this course we will explore over three hundred digital tools in the context of task-based language teaching. After an introduction to task-based learning, participants will have the opportunity to evaluate a wealth of web-based and non web-based digital tools, design digital tasks, explore authentic assessment tasks, and develop task-based lesson plans and a digital-task based syllabus.

Objectives

By the end of the course, students will be highly aware of the wide range of digital tools available and will have a deep resource bank of digital-tasks to choose from when developing task-based lessons within their own language courses. For those interested in how this course address the Common Core Standards for K-12 in the United States please check out this link to the Common Core Standards related to technology.

Introductory Video

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Getting Started

1. Check out the syllabus using the Syllabus link in the left navigation bar or click on this link to the Course Syllabus.

2. Start with the first module using the Modules link in the left navigation bar or click on this link to start the first module.

Throughout the Course

1. Complete the weekly module. You can click on the Modules link in the left navigation bar or click on this link to the Modules page.

2. Throughout the week, make sure to consistently check out the discussion page to see which forums have unread posts for you to check out. You can use the Discussions link in the left navigation bar or click on this link to the Discussions section.