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EF Distance Learning Courses
WHAT ARE EF’S DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES?
EF runs a series of fully online distance learning courses, to help EF teachers develop skills in teaching and management. These courses are each either 6 or 10 weeks long and require 3-5 hours of work per week.
You can see more information in the video below. For information on individual courses, select the courses you are interested in from the three drop-down menus above: 'Teacher Distance Courses', 'Manager Distance Courses' and 'Accredited Courses'
If you are a DOS or team leader wanting to know which courses are best for the teachers in your team, then see the PDF guide below to the aims of the distance courses and how they fit with PRM criteria, and also the video guide to supporting your team members on distance courses.
COURSE STRUCTURE AND TASK TYPES
EF’s distance learning courses all use asynchronous communication (discussion forums with a one-week deadline for posting in), mostly based around group discussion. This lets you fit the course tasks around your own work and life. Some tasks will ask you to discuss new ideas with your peers; others to apply ideas in your own work and reflect on them. There are also quizzes and e-learning content to help you digest more complex ideas.
As well as commenting on other’s posts, you may also work in pairs or small groups to create a resource or presentation or compare your ideas and learn from each other.
After each week’s tasks, your tutor(s) will provide individual feedback on your posts in Motivis, and usually a summary email of the week’s ideas and learning as well.
At the end of most courses there will usually be an interview with your tutor to talk about your learning on the course and demonstrate your application of the course aims in your own work. This is often supported by a reflective journal that lets you bring together ideas from the whole course and reflect on their success.
