Become part of a network of colleagues who have a common interest in quality PBLL implementation as experts guide you through the generation of project ideas and the skills you will need to create a project. Learn about the elements of high quality, rigorous Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) and explore PBLL’s connections with pragmatics, task-based language teaching, and performance assessment.
Complete Option 1 as part of a facilitated cohort or Option 2 via self-paced study. Successfully complete all assigned tasks to earn an NFLRC Digital Badge, which qualifies you to apply for the NFLRC PBLL Intensive Summer Institute offered in Honolulu in 2018.
Jan 31 | Feb 7 | Feb 14 | Feb 21 | Feb 28
10 am Hawai‘i | 12pm PST | 1pm MST | 2pm CST | 3pm EST
DEADLINES
If you are planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you will need to complete all online institute requirements by March 31, 2018 (to earn your qualifying badge in time), so plan accordingly.
If you are not planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you have until July 31, 2018 to complete all online institute requirements to earn your digital badge.
DEADLINES
If you are planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you will need to complete all online institute requirements by March 31, 2018 (to earn your qualifying badge in time), so plan accordingly.
If you are not planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you have until July 31, 2018 to complete all online institute requirements to earn your digital badge.
In order to participate in the online institute, you will need the following:
Computer with web browser and internet connection
A Gmail account (or a university/school/organization-affiliated Gmail account) [If you do not have a Gmail account, you can sign up for one for free - https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441]
High Quality Project Design
From PBL to PBLL: What Teachers Need to Know to Adapt PBL to the Language Education Context
Generating Project Ideas
Evaluating Your Project Idea & Engaging Students in Project Development: The Product Square
Product Square Showcase
Pragmatics: Appropriate Use of Language in the Real World
Enhancing PBLL through Pragmatics
Starting with the End in Mind: Defining Student Learning Outcomes
Formative Assessment in PBLL
Scaffolding Sustained Inquiry in the Interpretive Mode
Scaffolding Collaboration in the Interpersonal Mode
Scaffolding Product Creation in the Presentational Mode
Rubrics for Assessing Student Learning
Assessing Pragmatics
Evaluating Project Design
Five 90-minute synchronous sessions (7.5 hours)
Fifteen lessons total (three lessons per each session) in the online module. The activities for each lesson include:
A core reading
A short quiz
A forum discussion
The estimated average time for completing each lesson is 1 hour (combining synchronous session time and asynchronous reading, discussion, and quiz time) and for completing all online institute badge requirements, 10 hours.
Fifteen lessons total (three lessons per each session). The structure of each lesson:
A 20-minute video lecture (archival video from the live webinar)
A core reading
A short quiz
A forum discussion
The estimated average time for completing each lesson is 1 hour (combining synchronous session time and asynchronous reading, discussion, and quiz time) and for completing all online institute badge requirements--10 hours.
All materials and resources for the online institute are included in the online module.
You will earn a digital badge granted by the National Foreign Language Resource Center that specifies the following: (a) the description of the institute goals and objectives, (b) the activities you participated in, and (c) evidence of your performance
DEADLINES
If you are planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you will need to complete all online institute requirements by March 31, 2018 (to earn your qualifying badge in time), so plan accordingly.
If you are not planning to apply for the 2018 Pragmatics in Project-Based Language Learning (PBLL) Intensive Summer Institute, you have until July 31, 2018 to complete all online institute requirements to earn your digital badge.
At this time, university credit is not available for this institute. However, if you complete the institute requirements, you will receive an NFLRC Digital Badge that acknowledges your work.
The NFLRC provides all the materials you will need.
You will need to learn the missing material on your own time afterwards. The webinars will be recorded. Please be advised that video materials and online institute activities will not be available until approximately one week after the date of the corresponding webinar session, and you will not be able to interact and ask questions as you would during the live facilitated session.
If you think you will have to miss more than half of the live Facilitated sessions, we ask you to change from Option 1 (Facilitated) to Option 2 (Self-Study) to make room for those who can participate in Option 1 (Facilitated) fully. If you need to change options, please contact us at nflrc@hawaii.edu.
In order to pay for expenses related to our ongoing PBLL professional development offerings, we have decided to start charging registration fees, starting from the 2016 Fundamentals of PBLL Online Institute.
It is the registrant’s responsibility to check their schedule and workload to determine whether they will have sufficient time to complete all 15 lessons and any digital badge requirements before the deadline. Once a person has registered and access to the PBLL online module has been granted, no refunds will be given.
Please send all your inquiries to nflrc@hawaii.edu.
Yes, digital badge holders can take subsequent Fundamentals of PBLL online institutes for free. Please contact us at nflrc@hawaii.edu, and we will make the arrangements for you.
