How to leverage activity-level data in the Learner Activity Report Posted by meaghan on Sep 25, 2020 in For Instructors, For Program Managers, New in Admin Reporting, New in Class Reporting
Don’t wait for the big test to see how a student or sustainer is doing—know before they go. The CL-150 Platform automatically captures learner data including assessment scores and time spent completing assignments. Program managers and instructors can use these data points to identify and mitigate “at risk” students or sustainers, ensuring everyone is on…
How a DoD language program is maintaining readiness remotely Posted by meaghan on Sep 3, 2020 in For Program Managers
With limited opportunities for annual training and face-to-face mentoring during the pandemic, many DoD language programs are leveraging the CL-150 Platform to ensure their cryptologic linguists can sustain proficiency from anywhere. We talked to the CLPM and mentors from one language program to see how they’re approaching sustainment remotely. To start, the unit’s CLPM is…
CL-150 Cohort lessons in 15, 30, or 45 minutes Posted by meaghan on Aug 19, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers, New in CL-150 Cohorts
When you open a CL-150 Cohort lesson and there are 15+ activities. 👀🤯 CL-150 Cohort lessons are designed to take two or more hours to complete, hence the long activity list! To fight language attrition, many USG language programs require at least two hours of weekly learning time, so a two-hour lesson is a one-stop-shop…
Manage your virtual language classes with the CL-150 Platform Posted by meaghan on Aug 13, 2020 in For Instructors
Language instructors need more than just a virtual meeting space like Teams or Zoom to deliver virtual acquisition courses, refresher courses, and other language training events effectively and efficiently. You need ways to organize your classes, create and schedule assignments, send messages, and track students’ progress from afar. You can slap together a bunch of…
Using CL-150 lessons synchronously in the virtual classroom Posted by meaghan on Aug 10, 2020 in For Instructors
CL-150 lessons aren’t just for independent learning or pre-class prep work. Language instructors, as you shift to virtual instruction, consider using lessons collaboratively during class time as well. Want to get your students talking? Help them produce the language in different contexts? Think critically about target language texts or videos? Practice grammar? Discuss culture? No…
Make social media time worth your time. Posted by meaghan on Aug 5, 2020 in For Learners
Language “maintenance” involves more than holding on to what you already know. Languages are constantly changing, and you need to keep up to stay current and effective. In German, for example, Hamsterkauf (literally “hamster buying”) showed up recently to describe pandemic-induced panic buying, as did “Coronaspeck” as a name for the weight gained during quarantine…
CL-150 Orientations & Training Materials Posted by meaghan on Jul 20, 2020 in For Instructors, For Learners, For Program Managers
Ever discover something you didn’t know you could do with a device or an app that you’ve used for a long time? I’ve had lots of those “I didn’t know I could do that!” moments with my iPhone over the years: from stumbling upon a “night shift” mode to spare my eyes from the bright…