Jill Hadfield: How to create tasks for online contexts Date: August 30th, 2020 Time: 14:00 to 15:00 Location: Zoom (Link to be provided using the link below) Fee: Free for all attendees RSVP: http://bit.ly/TJALTrsvp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/319418069193539/ Click the link in our bio! Presentation abstract In the current worldwide situation, we are having to teach increasingly online. In this webinar I will give participants a number of instantly usable online activities plus a toolkit for designing their own online tasks . We will discuss principles of task design and explore how the nature of task design for online contexts differs from that of classroom contexts. We will look at five categories of online tasks: Critical, involving an exchange of opinions, Personal, involving an exchange of personal information, Factual, involving sharing information, Fanciful, involving entering into an imaginary scenario and Creative, involving the creation of a ‘product’ and seven types of online interaction: Confetti, Pass the Parcel, Poker, Breakout, Postal Ballot, Writers’ Group and Creative Commons which teachers can use as templates for designing their own materials. Presenter bio Jill Hadfield has worked in France, China, Tibet and Madagascar and was until this year Associate Professor in Language Teacher Education, Unitec, New Zealand. She is currently working freelance, writing and editing ELT materials. She has published over 30 books for language teachers including the Communication Games series, Classroom Dynamics, Introduction to Language Teaching and Motivating Learning. She has also written two travel books and a novel. She is currently interested in bringing research into practice through the Research and Resources in Language Teaching series, creativity in language teaching and online interaction. Her latest book Interaction Online, with Lindsay Clandfield (CUP) was shortlisted for the Ben Warren Prize and the ELTons Award for Innovation in Teacher Resources. #learning #tokyojalt #jalt #trachers #education https://www.instagram.com/p/CEApwGLj1Wb/?igshid=ygj36n638h0n
