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ELT in the Digital Age
Welcome to ELT in the Digital Age
The world of ELT is changing (1:25)
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Jargon buster
Episode 1 | ELT in the context of the digital age
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Some things you may have noticed (2:05)
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What does this mean for me?
Episode 2 | ‘Halfway to connecting the world’ – the impact of mobile on ELT
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The rise and rise of mobile (4:11)
How we're using our smartphones (1:43)
How mobile use is shaping language (2:23)
Business and the move to 'mobile first' (1:43)
Bonus scene: Scott Thornbury on 'mobility' as methodological approach in ELT (2:44)
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Episode 3 | The digital classroom: is print dead and, if so, what's replacing it?
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'Print is dead'. (2:44)
What next for print? (1:28)
What's going to happen in education? (2:20)
The future for ELT publishers (2:22)
Bonus scene: Scott Thornbury on the role of coursebooks in the digital age (2:42)
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Episode 4 | The Unicorns are coming! An introduction to the world of EdTech
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An introduction to EdTech (7:19)
No-one wants to pay for digital products (3:28)
How do EdTech companies make money? (3:30)
What is a 'Unicorn'? (1:52)
Evangelism – EdTech as a 'movement' (3:45)
How might EdTech affect ELT? (2:01)
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Episode 5 | Disruption in action
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What is disruptive innovation? (5:04)
Is ELT being disrupted? (3:04)
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Episode 6 | Stand and greet your robot overlords: Artificial Intelligence and automation in ELT
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Introducing AI and automation (3:03)
Natural Language Processing (NLP) (0:51)
Automation in ELT – the Sugata Mitra controversy (3:27)
Are we all about to be replaced? (1:16)
Bonus scene: Scott Thornbury on automation and the benefits of 'clearing the classroom space' (1:44)
Bonus scene: Professor Rose Luckin on how AI can help us understand learning (2:57)
Bonus scene: Professor Rose Luckin on the potential benefits of AI in education (2:26)
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Epilogue
Where does this all leave us? (1:48)
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