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MOOC 2.0 – What could Salman Khan do to make online learning even better?

Sep 29, 2014

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You’ve got to be careful looking for photos of Sal Khan online… There’s a Bollywood star by the same name so it could get confusing… Anyway: Back to this riff about how to improve online learning and in particular MOOCs. A MOOC is a Massively Open Online Course if you don’t know, and has become…

Using the online vocab profiler – Part 5 (Sample you can download)

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the last part… You can review how I put together my new vocabulary diagnostic via these links or just read through below and download the sample if you want to modify it. My outline is here. The initial results from the vocabulary profiling software are here. The way that I generated some useable word lists is…

Using the online vocab profiler – Part 4

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Generating assessment items for my vocabulary diagnostic I started on this earlier My outline is here. And the initial results from the profiling software are here. And the way that I generated some useable word lists is here. What follows below is an outline of my final selection of words and the sample sentences that I used. Everyday…

Using the online vocab profiler – Part 3

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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So I’m working on a new vocabulary diagnostic and I want to model the process as well as the actual template… There’s an outline of what I started on here. And the initial results from the profiling software here. The next thing is to come up with a bank of words that I can use…

Using the online vocabulary profiler – Part 2

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’m using the online vocabulary profiler to create a new vocabulary diagnostic assessment to use as a model in my course. Here’s my first post describing what I’m working on. This is a bit technical. So if it’s not your thing, just watch some cat videos. The screenshot above shows the output from the vocabulary…

Using the online Vocabulary Profiler – Part 1

Aug 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Today I’m working on a template for a vocabulary diagnostic. The one I’ve been using in my training is starting to feel a bit old, especially since the teaching I do around this has evolved into a slightly different thing. However, it’s given me the opportunity to use a really fantastic piece of online vocabulary…

Designing a database of vocabulary resources for online practice activities

Jan 10, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Education resources, Online assessment, Online learning, Uncategorized, Vocabulary

Here are the issues I’m facing in developing my vocabulary database: There is no definitive source for the vocabulary frequency lists that I want to work with. The various versions that exist around the internet more or less overlap, but I’m going to make a judgement call and go with the ones posted on Paul…

How to create my ideal online vocabulary practice activities?

Nov 2, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Literacy and Numeracy, Online assessment, Online learning, Vocabulary

I’ve been thinking about this one for awhile. And I’ve been using various paper-based versions of it with adult literacy learners, and ESOL learners before that. I need someone to programme it. Here’s my ideal: Targeted vocabulary lists Vocabulary is my numeracy if that makes sense. I like to work with targeted vocabulary lists. The…

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