Enabling Students to Succeed: a case study of

blended learning model of teaching English at MISiS

Lilia BondarevaPolina Yermakova

October 10, 2012 EduTech Russia 2012

Classroom and Online Ratio

1 module: 170 ac/ hours

Blended Learning Components

Touchstone Tool Kit

Language

Management

System

Key LMS Principles

• Semester planning

• Ongoing language practice

• Progress checks

• Individual work loads

• Team work skills development

• Opinion sharing techniques

• Written skills practice

•Organizing students’ work via calendar •Implementing online materials in lesson plans •Uploading teaching materials

•Monitoring individual study schemes •Getting feedback on students progress (online study time on the given tasks, number of tries taken)

LMS Opportunities for Teachers

LMS: Calendar

LMS Opportunities: organizing students’

group work

LMS Opportunities: personalized

monitoring schemes

•Electronic presentations of the study materials•Language drills•Interactive simulators for vocabulary and use of English practice•Video supplementary•Calendar•Vocabulary recording

LMS Opportunities for students’ autonomous

learning

LMS Opportunities: dialogue practice

LMS Opportunities: presentation grammar and

vocabulary

● Project Work instruments: wikis

● Autonomous learning: blogs, voice tools

● Written Communication Tools: chats, forums

LMS Opportunities for students: project group work

LMS Opportunities: Forums

LMS Opportunities: project work instruments: WiKi

Factors in blended model success

Thank you for your attention!

Lilia BondarevaPolina Yermakova

Department of Russian and Foreign Languages and Literature

National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”

riyal@misis.ru