Blended Learning in English Language Teaching: Course Design and Implementation

Jody Gilbert taught in post-secondary contexts in China for two years, and has
taught EAP in Canada for 12 years. He has special interests in content-based
instruction, reading instruction, and web-based tools for enhanced language
learning, and uses the Moodle VLE to support blended course projects including
collaborative vocabulary journals, project-based collaborative reports, and
pre-arrival courses for short-term university exchange groups. Jody currently
works as a Programme Co-ordinator at Bow Valley College in Calgary, Canada.
Contact: jgilbert@bowvalleycollege.ca.
Tom Godfrey has worked as an EFL teacher and teacher trainer in a variety of
countries. He is Director of International Training Institute (ITI), which is a centre for
teacher training and development and an ELT consultancy in Istanbul. He currently
runs teacher-training courses leading to the Cambridge ESOL qualifications. He is an
ELT consultant specialising in Curriculum Design and Teacher Education. He completed
his EdD at Exeter University, UK. He is the founder of Speech Bubbles, which is a
theatre company that performs to raise money for charities that support education
and children in Turkey.
Stephen Heap is a Director of Studies at the Institute of Continuing and TESOL
Education at the University of Queensland, and has been the Brisbane co-ordinator
of the International Diploma in Language Teaching Management since 2001. He has
an MA from the University of Birmingham as well as the IDLTM, and has carried out
a variety of teaching, teacher training, management and TESOL consultancy-related
work from Britain to Brunei, Malta to Malaysia, and from Nigeria to North Korea.
Sally Hirst works as Director of DELTA training at ITI, Istanbul. She has taught
language in a variety of contexts and specialises in Business English. She has trained
on CELTA, ICELT and DELTA courses. She tutors online for the Distance DELTA.
She has an MSc in TESOL from Aston University, UK.
Andy Hockley is a freelance educational management consultant and teacher
trainer based in deepest Transylvania. After 15 years of teaching English worldwide,
he moved into management and worked as an educational project manager at the
School for International Training (USA), including participating in the curriculum
working party that developed the International Diploma in Language Teaching
Management (IDLTM). He has been co-ordinating and training on the IDLTM since
its inception in 2001. He is co-author, with Ron White, of From Teacher to Manager
(CUP, 2008).
Nicky Hockly is Director of Pedagogy of The Consultants-E, an online teacher
training and development consultancy. She has been involved in EFL teaching and
teacher training since 1987, and has co-authored a number of methodology books
on ICT in ELT including How to Teach English with Technology, Teaching Online and
most recently Digital Literacies (2013). She has published an e-book, Webinars:
A Cookbook for Educators (the-round.com), and is currently working on a book
about mobile learning with Gavin Dudeney. She maintains a professional blog,
E-moderation Station, at www.emoderationskills.com.
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