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Open CL-150 Cohort Lessons – Week 3 Posted by meaghan on Mar 31, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers
On March 17 we announced Open CL-150 Cohorts to help US Government language programs meet challenges presented by COVID-19. For the next several weeks, we will release all 36 of that week’s Cohort lessons for use by any learner, sustainer, or instructor in the US Government language community. While these open lessons don’t include any data tracking…
Open CL-150 Cohort Lessons – Week 2 Posted by meaghan on Mar 24, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers
If COVID-19 is disrupting your language program, we’d like to help. Last week we announced Open CL-150 Cohorts to help US Government language programs meet challenges presented by COVID-19. For at least four weeks, we will release all 36 of that week’s Cohort lessons for use by any learner, sustainer, or instructor in the US…
“Open CL-150 Cohorts” to Help with Language Program Disruption Posted by meaghan on Mar 17, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, News and Events
If COVID-19 is preventing your language classes from meeting, cancelling language training events, or otherwise impacting your language studies, we’d like to help. Below you will find a list of free, open links to all 36 CL-150 Cohort lessons published this week. We will continue sending this list every Tuesday for the next several weeks—please…
New in Lesson Authoring: Co-authoring Posted by meaghan on Mar 3, 2020 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
It takes two to tango, and it can take two (or more) to make a great lesson. That’s why you can now add co-authors to your lessons! The lesson authoring tool in the CL-150 Platform enables instructors and curriculum developers to create online language lessons supported by more than two dozen learning activities that build…
CL-150 Platform Year in Review 2019 Posted by meaghan on Dec 23, 2019 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, News and Events
Are you and your team making the most of the CL-150 Platform? Is there anything new you missed? Let’s look back on a few of the notable updates from 2019. Platform Updates The CL-150 Platform expands and improves every year based on what you need. This year, we addressed major points for all users, including…
Lesson Authoring Tips: Creative Uses of the Table Activity Posted by meaghan on Nov 12, 2019 in For Instructors, Lesson Authoring Tips
As the CL-150’s Lesson Authoring tool continues to evolve, the more possibilities you have when creating your language lessons. To help you make the most of those possibilities, we’re tapping the collective expertise and creativity of the CL-150 instructor community in a series of Lesson Authoring tips. This time, let’s cover one of our newest activities…
CL-150 Cohorts were designed for on-the-job language maintenance. What are they doing in the classroom? Posted by meaghan on Oct 15, 2019 in For Instructors
If you are a USG professional maintaining language proficiency on the job, CL-150 Cohort weekly lesson streams were designed for you. But if you’re a language instructor, Cohort lessons might be right for you, too! Each CL-150 Cohort lesson is a 2-hour language “workout” at a given ILR level, based on an authentic source covering…