Distance Education:

A Cutting Edge Classroom Resource for
English as a Foreign Language Programs

April 9-18 Workshop

Participant Projects

This workshop will explore distance education via the internet, television and radio. The Internet will be examined as both a networking tool by joining and engaging in electronic discussions with counterparts worldwide and as a tool to conduct courses. Video conferencing via CUSeeMe will be demonstrated. The use of Internet audio files will be examined. The World Wide Web will be explored, locating American Studies/English language teaching sites for research and classroom materials. Satellite television and radio will be examined as a delivery system for courses for students over large geographic areas. Participants will create web pages using a commercial web page maker. The workshop is composed of plenaries by faculty followed by a question and answer session, break out or discussion groups and possible participant panels. Typing or keyboard skills are required.

Participants will be EFL program developers or instructors engaged in or interested in developing distance education programs. Application deadline via USIS is February 14, 1997.

Faculty: Anthony G. Picciano, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching, Hunter College, New York. Anthea Tillyer, Assistant Professor and Project Director TESL-L, City University of New York. Caroline Moore, Distance Education Consultant, The British Council, Manchester, England.

This program was made possible by a grant from the United States Information Agency.