Forum on using online resources for teacher development
Exploiting seminar and conference videos for professional
development and training
Ellen Darling, British Council, EnglishAgenda Website Manager
IATEFL Conference, April 2015
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This session
• Why video for Continuing Professional Development
(CPD)?
• Useful online video resources
• New training materials on EnglishAgenda
• Conclusions: Is this effective CPD?
Slides available at http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org/2015
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Why use video for CPD?
• Low cost or free
• Stop and start
• Own pace
• Your needs and your context
• On the go
• Flipped training
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• Which video resources are out there?
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TeachingEnglish
Teaching Speaking
videos
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Teacher Training Videos
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ELT training.com
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British Council seminars
 >100 recorded seminars
 Bite size video clips
 British Council CPD Framework
 Training materials by
Loraine Kennedy
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The speakers
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Michael Swan
Catherine Walter
Jim Scrivener
Rachael Roberts
Gavin Dudeney
Kathy Bailey
Ken Wilson
Sam McCarter
James Keddie
Russell Stannard
and many
more!!
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Themes
Grammar
IELTS
Technology
Assessment
Classroom
practice
Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
Additional
needs
EAP
….. and many more……
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seminars
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Collaboration
tasks
Experimenting
Practical
teaching ideas
Thinking &
reflection
Effective
CPD
Sharing
findings online
or face-to-face
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‘Before you watch’ questions
GRADED READERS
Have you considered
why graded readers are
suitable for encouraging
extensive reading
amongst English
language learners?
Video-telling
How can you get a 90minute lesson out of a
3-minute video clip?
Jamie Keddie seminar
Jez Uden seminar
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Real Life Practice
Classroom
activities
New
methods
Authentic
materials
Student
feedback
Coaching
and
mentoring
Observation
New
technology
Teacher
research
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Real life practice
collaboration
observation
Seminar: Michael Swan, Some things that matter in grammar teaching…
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Join the discussion
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Additional Resources
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Training materials
Handouts
Website links
Suggested reading
Top tips
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Do - It - Yourself
It’s easy as ABC…D
ctivate schemata
e an active listener
ommunicate and ollaborate with olleagues and try
out lassroom experimentation
And D!!
iscuss your findings
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Research says effective CPD should be:
 Linked to prior beliefs, knowledge and experience
 relevant to needs
 active experiential teacher learning
 collaborative teacher learning
 inquiry-based learning through reflection and
teacher research
? job-embedded, situated within schools
? aligned with the broader system teachers are part of
 a sustained process rather than a finite event
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• http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/seminars
• https://www.youtube.com/user/bcseminars
• http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/teaching-speaking
• http://iatefl.britishcouncil.org
• http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com
• www.elt-training.com
• https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understandinglanguage
• http://www.lorainekennedy.com
• http://simon-borg.co.uk/553
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