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‘Thriving in changing times’: teachers as change agents (EA Conference)

Lucy Blakemore and Danielle Rock, two attendees at this year’s English Australia Conference, share a handful of takeaways from noteworthy sessions.

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Lead indicators for international education: What are they telling us?

In this recording, Kadi Taylor presents a snapshot of what the lead indicators are currently showing for the Australian international education sector.

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The Making of MeetELT: Empowering teachers to think, share and act together

In this recording, you’ll hear how the idea of MeetELT came about and why it works with advice and guidance on how to run local events like this in your area.

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Break it down: How to exploit a model text

Why use a model text? Because it’s unfair to ask students to produce any writing without giving them a model first! Richard Ingold explains.

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Speaking pragmatics & writing feedback: PD Day Wrap

The Hawthorn-Melbourne ELICOS team share how they ran their latest PD day, with some teaching-focussed sessions on pragmatics and giving feedback on writing.

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A Never-Ending story: PD in Adult Education

Ongoing professional development is a feature of all of the Australian regulatory frameworks. But there are no hard and fast rules on the amount or type required. Here’s a guide to help break it down…

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MeetELT: Where real-life meets the classroom

PD with a difference: this is MeetELT, an event run by teachers, for teachers. The topic this time tackles how to bring students’ real life contexts into their learning.

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Catalyst for change: designing a student technology vision

How do our students want to engage with technology in their learning and study experience? ELICOS Australia undertook a project to find out, with surprising results.

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How to (re)design for independent learning

Considerable planning is needed to nurture independent learning and enable students to drive their own learning agenda. This animated summary looks at a re-design of the myStudySpace tool in ELICOS Australia.

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