{"id":7310,"date":"2019-07-18T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T12:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/44.242.7.17\/community\/?post_type=course&#038;p=7310"},"modified":"2025-01-02T09:08:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T09:08:30","slug":"evaluating-digital-materials","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/course\/evaluating-digital-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Digital Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI love this app!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI hate it!\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMy students love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We often find ourselves assessing digital materials, but how subjective are we? Can we evaluate digital materials objectively? This course is designed to formally reflect on the criteria on which we evaluate digital learning materials. It provides a systematic approach, taking participants through the What? Why? Who? and How? of evaluation. Participants assess material relevant to them, share the evaluation with others and finish the course with a useful set of tools. If you have to select digital materials for your school or class, this course is for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Get your professional development certified with iTDi<\/h3>\n<p>In this course, you will read articles recommended by the instructor, watch four recorded sessions, and answer four discussion questions. (This is not a live course.) If you would like to receive a Certificate of Completion verifying 20 hours of professional development credit, email your answers to these questions in a separate word document to <span \n                data-original-string='BHXfn4F2mFRQyz\/WgkXaAw==4d48WFPQL0lQpzNGQNaWrTyIYqrv5gIuyPJYJXHmGFIU48='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>su<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*****<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**<\/span>Di.pro<\/span> for evaluation. In the body of your document, please include your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate, your email address, and the name of course you have completed.<\/p>\n<style> #button9082{} #button9082:hover{}#button9082:hover{}<\/style><a target=\"_self\" id=\"button9082\" class=\"button primary\" href=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/enrol-course\/evaluating-digital-materials-self-study-with-pete-sharma\/\">Take this course<\/a>\n<h3>Scholarships<\/h3>\n<p>As always, iTDi believes that all teachers deserve the same opportunity to improve themselves. Therefore, a limited number of scholarships will be available for this course. Please apply through our scholarship application. <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vJtWuAPjZb93Uv7u7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><button class=\"uk-button\" type=\"button\">APPLY<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>About Pete Sharma:<\/h3>\n<p>Pete Sharma is a teacher trainer, consultant and ELT author. He works as a pre-sessional lecturer in EAP (English for Academic purposes) at Warwick University, UK. Pete worked for many years in business English as a teacher trainer and materials writer. He is a regular conference presenter at IATEFL (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language) and BESIG (Business English Special Interest Group) conferences and has given plenary talks and keynote speeches at conferences around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Pete is the co-author of several books on technology including Blended Learning (2007) and 400 Ideas for Interactive Whiteboards (2011) in the Macmillan \u2018Books for Teachers\u2019 series. 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Pete\u2019s website can be found at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petesharma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.petesharma.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-mini wp-image-7312\" src=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/self_study-90x120.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/self_study-90x120.png 90w, https:\/\/itdi.pro\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/self_study.png 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><em>iTDi Advanced Skills Self Study courses allow you to access and enjoy the content of popular Advanced Skills live courses, at your own pace and at a time that is convenient for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have to choose a suitable vocabulary app for your students? Select digital materials? 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