Online Task Design for Teacher Trainers

Online education is increasingly popular in the world of ELT, and one of the first areas it really arrived was in teacher education. From initial teacher training courses to in-service development and workshops, it is more and more common for this to occur in the online space. Teacher trainers are also increasingly being asked to create forum tasks, modules, webinars and other online activities as a key part of their work. This workshop looks at principles and practical ideas in task design for online teacher education.

Bio: Lindsay Clandfield is an award-winning writer, teacher, teacher trainer and international speaker in the field of English language teaching. He has written more than ten coursebooks for language learners and is the co-author of various methodology books for teachers, including the recent book Interaction Online with Cambridge University Press. You can find out more about him at his website https://protect2.fireeye.com/url?k=50e14c02-0cc7a411-50e57f0d-000babd906fc-544917e80140a9a8&u=http://www.lindsayclandfield.com/