What Technology Enhanced Learning is, and what it is not by Peter Lahiff

The first challenge for the speaker as Academic Director of Future Learning Language School in 2014 was to define what we meant by a technology enhanced language and what that would look like in practice in a summer language programme. The process of turning a concept into a course and refining in the years since then has led to a keener understanding of what TEL means and what the limitations are and what misconceptions there are about it. This talk will explore this journey from definition to implementation and the practical understanding of Technology Enhanced Learning that resulted.

Peter is an experienced course designer, teacher trainer and academic manager who has worked in ELT for just under 20 years. As Academic Director of Future Learning since 2014, he develops and implements innovative technology enhanced language courses for young learners across various locations in Ireland and the UK. He is also course director on Dublin's first Trinity Cert. TESOL.