Pilot a LaunchPad tool.
OUR TREAT.
WHAT ARE THE BLENDED LEARNING PILOTS?
The pilots are a chance for Flagship directors, instructors, and tutors to try out emerging, LaunchPad-vetted technologies in their curricula and lessons, free of cost. Alternately, instructors and tutors may choose to integrate an existing third-party tool they’ve been wanting to try into their lessons, with individualized Tech Center support. During the planning phase, the Tech Center coaches instructors as they prepare to integrate new technology into their lessons. During the pilot period, instructors will have a full semester to use the technology with their students (Fall 2024). Instructors’ feedback will be used to improve participating technologies’ fit with best practices in language pedagogy. The pilots will begin with a short webinar on August 7th at 3:00 pm EST, where instructors can learn more about this year’s technology tools.
3 Easy Steps
Step 1: Identify a challenge
Consider the instructional challenge or problem that you would like to address with the tool.
Step 2: Choose a tool to pilot
On Wednesday, August 7th, the Tech Center is conducting a short webinar on three innovative tools: Hallo, Langiddy, and Roxxem.
Step 3: Register for the Pilots
The Tech Center will assist in the implementation by helping you with the logistics of setting up the pilot and the design of activities to test. You can also work with a mentor experienced in blended learning.
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So what does Blended Learning mean anyway?
We define blended learning as a student-centered approach that entails purposeful, appropriate, and sustainable integration of technology* which optimizes the use of face-to-face and online environments. Blended learning requires a measure of synchronous interactions between instructor and learners and offers some degree of learner control over time, place, path, or pace.
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* Gruba, P., Cárdenas-Claros, M. S., Suvorov, R., & Rick, K. (2016). Blended language program evaluation. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2024 LaunchPad-vetted Choices
AI-powered language tool for conversation practice and proficiency assessment in 56 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian.
App to teach language through music, with fun song-based lessons and games. Chinese, Spanish, French, German
Timeline
August 7: Blended Learning Pilots Kickoff Webinar
August 2024: Create a plan for your pilot, with Tech Center support
August 31, 2024: Feedback to proposed plans
Fall 2024: Pilot implementation
December 2024: Summary report
December 2024: Presentation of pilot results
Contact Information
TECH CENTER
1890 East West Road
Moore Hall 256
Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956-5121
tech.center@hawaii.edu
