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iLatin and eGreek
Ancient Languages and New Technology February 1, 2014
Dr James Robson Mair Lloyd
A Council of University Classics Departments (CUCD) Teaching and Learning Symposium,
#iLeG Schedule
10:45 -11:00 Introduction: Welcome and themes of the day Dr James Robson / Mair Lloyd
The Open University
11:00 -11:30 Open access Latin and Greek resources at the OU:
current projects and future directions
Dr James Robson
The Open University
11:30 – 12:00 Online Training for Reading Latin Prof. Alison Sharrock
University of Manchester
12:00 – 12:30 Adventures in 24/7 Latin:
VLEs, spaced repetition, and roll-your-own apps
Dr Nick Lowe
Royal Holloway, RHUL
12:30 – 13:30 Show-and-Tell session (with lunch provided)
13:30 – 14:00 Finding the Gap: some contrasts between ancient and
modern language eLearning
Mair Lloyd
The Open University
14:00 – 14:30 The Digital Classics Classroom:
plaything or catalyst for pedagogical improvement?
Steve Hunt
University of Cambridge
14:30 – 15:00 eLearning in the Flipped Classroom
(online from Texas)
Bartolo Natoli
University of Texas
15:00 – 15:45+ Round Table Discussion (with coffee/tea)
The CUCD Survey 2013/14
• Last CUCD AB INITIO LANGUAGE TEACHING Survey - 1994/5
– Results available on CUCD website http://www.rhul.ac.uk/classics/cucd/questionnaire.html
– 20 returns for Latin, 27 for Greek
• CUCD Ab Initio Latin Survey and Ab Initio Greek Survey 2013/14
– Two contacts nominated by CUCD representative, one for each survey
• CUCD Ab Initio Latin Survey and Ab Initio Greek Survey 2013/14
– 24 of the 27 universities have nominated contacts (sometimes same person)
– 24 universities received links in Dec 13 and Jan 14
– 13 Greek and 13 Latin surveys returned (not the same 13 universities)
– 4 people have completed two surveys
– Varying degrees of completeness (some lack enrolment and completion figures)
The CUCD Survey 2013/14
Text Books – Latin (one department used 2 books)
• 1994/95
Jones & Sidwell, Reading Latin 9
Randall & Cairns, Learning Latin 3
Betts, Teach Yourself Latin 2
Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course 2
Cambridge Latin Grammar 2
Kennedy's Latin Primer 1
Harper Collins College Outlines 1
No Textbook/Own Materials 3
Text Books –Latin (one department used 3 books and one, 4)
• 2013/14
Jones & Sidwell, Reading Latin 6 Wheelock, Latin: An Introductory Course 3 Russell and Keller, Learn to Read Latin 2
Betts, Teach Yourself Latin 1
Cambridge Latin Course Books (CSCP) 1
Colebourn, Latin Sentence and Idiom 1
Oxford Latin Course Books 1 Oulton, So You Really Want to Learn Latin 1
Maltby & Belcher, Wiley's Real Latin 1
In-house Course 1
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014
Text Books – Greek (no university had more than one textbook)
• 1994/95
JACT, Reading Greek 13
Balme & Lawall, Athenaze 4.5
Wilding, Greek for Beginners 2
Mastronarde, Introduction to Attic Greek 2
Beetham, An Introduction to New Testament Greek 2
Abbott & Mansfield, Primer of Greek Grammar 1
Betts & Henry, Teach Yourself Ancient Greek 1
Nairn & Nairn, Greek Through Reading 1
Randall, Learning Ancient Greek (unpublished beta-testing version) 1
Usher, An Outline of Greek Accidence 1
North & Hillard, Greek Prose Composition 1
Paine, Beginning Greek 1
own materials 1
Text Books – Greek (no university had more than one textbook)
• 2013/14
JACT Reading Greek 4
Balme & Lawall, Athenaze 4
Betts & Henry, Complete Ancient Greek: Teach Yourself 1
Mastronarde, Introduction to Attic Greek 1
Parasinou & Shipley, Hellenizein 1
Taylor, Greek to GCSE 1
Wilding, Greek for Beginners 1
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014
Would you say that the use of technology for Ancient Greek / Latin teaching is actively embraced by colleagues within your
the Classics department or Classics-related subject area?
1 1
6
1
4
3
1
6
2
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Not Really Only a Minority Levels of
engagement
vary
Yes for the most
part
Yes
Greek
Latin
Interim Result CUCD Survey 2014
Sources of Inspiration
Ancient Languages
Modern Languages
Primary Schools
Technology Experts
Each other
Other Countries
Secondary Schools
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