Innovations in education: Remote teaching is part of our Innovations series. Many of the chapters in the publication focus on Ceibal en Inglés, an innovative programme teaching primary children in Uruguay. Others take a more general view, and there are also case studies from the UK, Argentina, Mexico and Iraq.
This publication is aimed at practitioners, policymakers and anyone interested in language teaching and teacher training via videoconferencing.
About technology in education:
The incorporation of technology in education, especially the use of videoconferencing equipment to connect teachers and students, institutes and schools, and from its onset organisations such as Plan Ceibal and the British Council, has proved that above and beyond the achievement of our teaching goals, an educational community has been created and flourished.
In this educational community learners are the main focus of attention, and teachers work collaboratively and co-operatively, paying little attention to restrictions imposed by geographic, linguistic or cultural barriers. The presence of technology liberates remote and classroom teachers from their comfort zones and enables them to meet challenges, to find new pedagogies, new forms of teaching and learning, and new alliances among themselves and with their learners.
This publication is free to download in PDF format below.