Teachers’ Perspectives on the use of mobile technology for English Language Learning

Are you an English language teacher looking for new ways to engage your students?

This free workshop led by experts at the OU’s highly renowned Institute of Educational Technology (IET) will focus on how to design activities for language learners on mobile devices. The session will be based on IET’s free resource for language teachers and will offer the opportunity for attendees to explore the key ideas behind using mobile technology as a teaching tool, to hear from others who are already using this technology, and to work in small groups to design mobile language learning activities to accompany your teaching practice.

This workshop will be led by Professor Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Programme Lead: Learning Futures (Learning and Teaching Innovation) at the OU’s Institute of Educational Technology. Professor Kukulska-Hulme’s areas of expertise are on the use of new technologies in education, understanding learner experiences and transformational educational practices. To find out more about her work, please see her profile on IET’s website.

This workshop would be ideal for teachers either already familiar with this approach or curious to find out about it, and researchers working in this area.

Workshop agenda:

9.30 Arrivals and informal mingling, with coffee/tea

10.00 Welcome and introductions

10.15 Icebreaker: mobile language teaching dreams and nightmares

11.00 Presentation on using mobile technology in teaching, and Q&A (led by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme)

12.00 Groupwork: Design inquiry processes for different language teaching contexts

13.00 Lunch (provided)

13:30 Group report-backs, feedback and reflection

14.30 Evaluation and final discussion

15.00 End of workshop (tea/coffee for those who want to stay on to chat)

Register to attend

To register, please email agnes.kukulska-hulme@open.ac.uk