Professional Development on the Go
CASLS understands the pressures of today’s teaching environment. Time and resource scarcities make finding time to engage in professional development difficult.
To help educators navigate this reality, CASLS is developing a series of free professional development modules. Each asynchronous module is comprised of several lessons and provides educators with an overview of the stated topic. All modules imbed a special focus on contemporary trends in language education, such as career-related connections, and include both opportunities to reflect and checks for understanding along the way. Also, because each lesson is mobile-friendly and designed to last for about 15 minutes, they are easy to complete on the go!
Thank you, educators! We will continue to post these modules here as they are developed.
Module 1: Self-Directed Learning
- What is self-directed learning?
- How can I support learners in setting their own goals?
- What pragmatic concepts should learners understand for intercultural communicative competence?
- What resources can I connect learners with?
Module 2: Effective Assessment
- What are foundational principles of effective assessment?
- What frameworks for assessment and instruction can I utilize to support my self-directed learners?
- What are the best practices associated with assessing for intercultural communicative competence?
- How can I best support self-assessment?
Module 3: Strategic Communication and an Overview of Pragmatics
Module 4: Generative AI and Self-Directed Learning
This in-depth module is available as a Canvas course. To request access, please email info@uoregon.edu.
If you wish to access the mini lessons incorporated in the Canvas course that provide background on both intercultural communicative competence and higher-order thinking, please check out Beyond the Algorithm with AI: Collaboration with World Language Learning.
Finally, for more explicit and direct consideration of intercultural and communicative competence in a Generative AI world, check out this guidebook.