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About teresamac

Experienced language educator and innovator, now retired. Taught and managed language teaching (French and Spanish) for 35 years, researching voice over the internet and telecollaboration (virtual exchange) in language teaching, informal learning, assessment and learning theories.

#LTHEchat 241: Let’s talk about time. Led by Alexandra Mihai @Anda19 Wednesday 21st Sept, 8pm BST.

Posted on September 19, 2022 by teresamac

Estimating time and workload in course design. Time is a crucial element in planning teaching and learning. In the past 3 years we have been forced to pay more attention to it as teaching and learning have a different temporal … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 240 Transition: Led by Emma Palmer @TheEmmaPalmer 14th Sept 2022, 8pm BST.

Posted on September 10, 2022 by teresamac

Introduction. For the first #LTHEchat of the academic year, transition seems to be a fitting theme as we are all starting the new academic year. There may be excitement and nerves along the way – both for students and staff! … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 71: Christmas special with Daniel Scott

Posted on December 12, 2016 by teresamac

Our final chat of 2016 will provide an opportunity to get into the mood for the festive season through a range of fun digital activities mediated by Daniel Scott, @_Daniel_Scott. Daniel is an award winning learning technologist who recently received … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 70: Linguistic diversity in the classroom and online.

Posted on December 3, 2016 by teresamac

Alastair Creelman works as an e-learning specialist at Linnaeus University in Kalmar, south-east Sweden. Originally from Dundee, Scotland, he has lived in Sweden and Finland since 1983. His main areas of interest are open education, the use of social media … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 67:Using data and artificial intelligence to improve learning and teaching.

Posted on November 6, 2016 by teresamac

As you may be aware Jisc are running a sector wide consultation, #Codesign16, on six topics that we’d like to spark a sector discussion over the next few weeks to identify the most promising areas to explore. Two of these … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 66: The porous university

Posted on October 23, 2016 by teresamac

My name is Ronald Macintyre, presently I am the R&D Manager for a Scottish Government funded programme called Open Educational Practices Scotland, it is sector wide aimed at raising awareness and building capacity in the development and use of free … Continue reading →

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#LTHEchat 63: The University Library in the 21st Century. With Isobel Gowers @Isobel_Gowers

Posted on September 30, 2016 by teresamac

Isobel Gowers started teaching whilst a post-doc at the University of Sheffield. With an interest in equine and human joint disease she became a lecturer at Writtle University College in 2009, where she is now Head of Learning and Teaching. … Continue reading →

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