Sign up for our Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) online course.
Aloha! Just a reminder - registration for the following National Foreign
Language Resource Center (NFLRC) online course is currently open. Sign up today!
Envisioning Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL)
*a self-paced online course*
*Open January 1 – March 31, 2020*
Envisioning PBLL is designed as an open-enrollment course for language
educators beginning to learn about Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL).
Successful learners will be able to describe essential features of high
quality PBLL and to generate high-quality ideas for projects using the
Product Square. Registration and the content for this MOOC (massive open
online course) is FREE. However, if you wish to earn the optional digital
badge for completion afterwards, you will need to meet the badge criteria
and pay a nominal fee ($25) to have your submitted materials evaluated by
NFLRC staff.
The following is a selection of targeted learning outcomes for the MOOC:
- identify essential features of high quality project-based learning (PBL)
project designs
- identify key concerns of project-based language learning PBLL compared
to PBL in other disciplines
- describe sources for project ideas
- identify the three dimensions of “authenticity” in projects
- craft an effective “driving question” (challenging question or problem)
- generate multiple project ideas and test them using the Product Square,
aligning product, audience, partners, and purpose
- anticipate "Need-To-Knows" for a project's content, skills, and
management
Instruction spans five modules, for an equivalent of five hours' contact
time (or one-half CEU).
Register here: http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/
