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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…
CL-150 Lesson Authoring Tips: Creative Uses of Slide Show Posted by meaghan on Sep 19, 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. With more than 25 learning activities (and growing)…
Why focus on vocabulary? Posted by meaghan on May 29, 2019 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, Pedagogy
“Why do you focus so much on vocabulary in your language platforms?” We get that question a lot, and it’s a more interesting question than you might think. We focus on language proficiency, which is largely made up of two things: vocabulary (declarative knowledge) and skills like pronunciation, grammar, structure, automaticity (procedural knowledge).[1] The CL-150 Platform and Transparent…
New in Lesson Authoring: Lesson Unlocking, Excel Import, and More Posted by meaghan on May 2, 2019 in For Instructors, New in Lesson Authoring
We recently added another batch of features and updates to CL-150 Lesson Authoring, the lesson creation technology for quickly building compelling, multi-activity language lessons that work on almost all common smartphones, tablets and laptops. Lesson Unlocking We listened to your feedback about lesson unlocking—we know how painful it was to lose progress when editing the…