Ilincin käyttö kieltenopetuksessaUse of ILinc in Language Classes

3rd Proflang Spring Conference, 23-24 May 2013

Minna Väyrynen, LecturerRovaniemen ammattikorkeakoulu

Rovaniemi University of Applied SciencesMatkailualan tutkimus- ja koulutusinstituutti, MTI

Multidimensional Tourism Institute, MTI

In the beginning there were…

• Optima• ILinc• Teacher

• Autumn term 2009: no previous experience of distance teaching

• By spring term 2013: • 35 credits / 10 study units • 150 students

• App. 60% of RAMK language and communication teachers use ILinc

English at Work 6 cr, Degree Programme in Land Surveying

• November 2012 – March 2013• 30 lectures in ILinc (10 x 3 lectures), all lectures recorded• 12 lectures (3 x 4 lectures) in Rovaniemi: meetings,

presentations, exam• Independent study 117 hours

• 13 students• from different parts of Finland

ILinc lectures 18 Feb 2013

• Optima: material made by Ritva Ala-Louko

• Course book: Engineer Your English (Isaacs, Palmroth, Rasimus, Ronkä)

• ILinc

• ILinc support: on-line help and recording

Ilinc 18 Feb, Tools

• Communication in class: Unmute all participants and Chat• Homework: Share your desktop• Discussion on homework: Breakout groups• Abstract worksheet, part 1: Share your desktop• Listening ch 6 (Abstract): uploaded audio file/ CD player and

headsets• Discussion on abstract writing: Breakout groups• Abstract guidelines at RAMK: Share your desktop• Vocabulary task: Etherpad http://muistio.tieke.fi