About Me

This blog makes up part of my ‘community of practice’ as an Adult and Vocational Education professional (Bates, 2014) and is a lifelong learning reflective practice tool (Rushton & Suter, 2012, p.20)

I have recently completed a Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education and Training with CSU and have been a TESOL teacher for 20 years. After just under 5 years teaching in South Korea I moved to the Gold Coast and entered the ELICOS industry (ELICOS stands for English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students). After a couple of years teaching ELICOS I got into ELICOS management as a Director of Studies/Academic Manager for two different colleges based on the Gold Coast. After that, approximately 7 years ago, I ventured into the Vocational Education and Training Industry as a trainer of TESOL.

These days I train online Certificate IV and Diploma of TESOL as well as teach ELICOS a couple of days a week to maintain my industry currency. I aim to use this blog to record ideas and knowledge I glean in relation to learning and teaching technologies. I aim to use this subject and the ideas of my fellow students to enhance the online learning platforms that we are currently using to train TESOL students as well as to present ideas to my TESOL students for teaching English as Second/Foreign language online.

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References:

Bates, T. (2014). The Role of Communities of Practice in a Digital Age. Online Learning and Distance Education Resources.    Retrieved from https://www.tonybates.ca/2014/10/01/the-role-of-communities-of-practice-in-a-digital-age/ 

Rushton, I. & Suter, M. (2012). Reflective Practice for Teaching in Lifelong Learning. Open University Press. Maidenhead, Berkshire.