<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><font size="2"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear World Language Instructor, </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">National Foreign Language Resource Center</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (NFLRC) in collaboration with the </span><a href="http://www.ncvps.org/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">North Carolina Virtual Public School</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (NCVPS) is offering a professional development (PD) series titled “Materials Development for Online Language Courses” for online language instructors nationwide. The purpose of this series is to introduce instructors to principles and best practices for designing or adapting materials for online language classes. The series consists of five sessions covering three main topics: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adapting Existing Materials for Online Language Instruction</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Scaffolding to Facilitate Comprehension and Production</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Multimodal Approaches in Online Materials Development: Balancing Language Skills and Facilitating Differentiated Instruction</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sessions take place every Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) starting September 28 (the series runs September 28-October 26, 2015). Participants who successfully complete the series by attending webinar sessions and completing associated reflective tasks will earn a digital badge from NFLRC and may be eligible to earn a Continuing Education Unit (CEU) towards maintaining their professional qualifications. (Teachers from NCVPS are automatically eligible; other educators will need to put NFLRC in contact with the awarding supervisor.)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please note that this year’s “Materials Development for Online Language Courses” series is distinct from last year’s series on “Designing Interaction for Online Language Learning,” which is </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/hawaii.edu/designing-interaction-for-online-language-learning/schedule-1" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">archived online</span></a><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To participate in this professional development series, please complete the registration form on our webpage: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events/view/91/" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/events<wbr>/view/91/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NFLRC Curriculum Design Team</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>**********</div></div></span><b>National Foreign Language Resource Center</b></font><span style="border-collapse:separate"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1859 East-West Road #106<br>Honolulu, HI  96822-2322</font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Phone: <a href="tel:808-956-9424" value="+18089569424" target="_blank">808-956-9424</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:nflrc@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">nflrc@hawaii.edu</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Website: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC Facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/NFLRC/</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC Twitter page: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/NFLRC/</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NFLRC YouTube channel:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nflrchawaii" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/n<wbr>flrchawaii</a></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">NFLRC listserv: <a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/11/" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.<wbr>edu/about/11/</a></span><br></font></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Are you an ACTFL member interested in Project-Based Language Learning?</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Sign up to support the creation of a new PBLL SIG:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/12/" target="_blank">http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/about/<wbr>12/</a></span></font><br></div><div style="font-family:'lucida grande';word-wrap:break-word">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>**********</div></div></span></font></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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