Remote teaching, distance 
learning, team teaching or 
blended learning? 
Graham Stanley 
graham.Stanley@britishcouncil.org 
Serrana Muniz 
smuniz@plan.ceibal.edu.uy
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
• The British Council works in 6 
continents and 110 countries, with 
the aim of bringing high quality 
English materials to every learner or 
teacher who wants them. 
• We have 2,400 staff teaching 
English directly to more than 
350,000 students and trainee 
teachers a year in over 80 centres, 
partnership branches and on 
English http://www.britishcouncil.org/about projects around the world.
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
What happens when you attempt 
to use cutting-edge online 
technology and post-method 
pedagogies to solve specific 
educational problems? 
•What solutions are there? 
•How successfully can they be implemented? 
•What does it mean for learners? 
•What about teacher training? 
•What about teacher development? 
•What does it mean for teachers?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Plan Ceibal 
Plan Ceibal is a Uruguayan project, 
developed by MEC, the Uruguayan 
Ministry of Education and Culture; the 
National Telecommunications company 
ANTEL, (Administración Nacional de 
Telecomunicaciones); the Board of Public 
Education, ANEP (Administración 
Nacional de Educación Pública); and LATU 
(Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay). http://www.ceibal.edu.uy
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
• Started 2007 with distribution of XO-1 
laptops (ceibalitas) 
• By 2009 Uruguay became first country 
in world to have given one laptop to 
every primary school student 
• By 2009, 350,000 children & 16,000 
teachers had received ceibalitas 
• No cost wireless Internet connection 
in all state schools 
• Fiber optic connections progressively 
replacing these 
• Video conferencing equipment being 
installed in all schools 
Plan Ceibal 
http://www.ceibal.edu.uy
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
• In 2012 the British Council was 
selected by Plan Ceibal to project 
manage Ceibal en Inglés (Ceibal 
English), delivering remote teaching 
via video conferencing in Uruguayan 
primary schools. 
• Goal = provide access to English 
language learning to primary students 
(grades 4-6) and their teachers all 
over Uruguay. 
• Because of a lack of trained/qualified 
English teachers, Ceibal English uses 
remote teachers (RTs) via video 
conferencing 
• Additionally, classroom teachers (CTs) 
are taught English via moderator-supported 
English course 
(LearnEnglish Pathways) 
Ceibal English 
http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
• Proof of concept pilot phase 2012 
- 20 primary schools; 1,000 Year 4 
learners (aged 10-11) 
• March 2013 expansion: 500 
classes; 96 schools; Years 4,5 & 6 
• July 2013 expansion: 1,000 classes 
• March 2014 expansion: 2,100 
classes 
• By June 2015: Total of 4,000 
classes (c. 100,000+ learners) 
Ceibal English 
http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
3 x 45 minutes per wk. 
Lesson A – RT via VC 
Lessons B & C – CT 
RTs from Uruguay, 
Argentina, Philippines, UK 
Team Teaching 
CTs learning English through 
self-access course 
Remote Classes
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Detailed scripted lesson 
plans for A, B & C 
Coordination to allow CT to 
do the B & C practice 
lessons 
RT & CT have weekly 
coordination in Spanish 
Materials
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Online technology is becoming 
more commonplace in language 
education. How does this change 
the role of the teacher? 
•Remote teaching 
•Distance learning 
•Blended learning 
•Team teaching
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Distance learning 
a method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or classes are conducted 
by correspondence or over the Internet, without the student's needing to attend 
a school or college.
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Blended learning 
a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through 
online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control 
over time, place, path or pace
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Team teaching 
coordinated teaching by a team of teachers working together
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Remote teaching 
teaching of learners using an instructor based in another 
physical location
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Technology requirements for 
teaching live online
Maria Bossa (Argentina) and 
Ayat Tawel (Egypt) 
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/innovations-learning-technologies-english-language-teaching
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
New skillset required for teachers 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
The importance of ‘presence’ 
The importance of teamwork 
RT Daisy & CT Omar RT Maria Eugenia
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Supporting teachers
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Supporting CTs and RTs: face-to-face training
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Supporting CTs and RTs: online training and observation
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Sharing student work 
Between classes
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
RT 
Mariela Masuyama 
and 
CT Maria Ines 
Cuadrado 
and 
CT Andres Amilivia
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning?
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Results: Assessment and Evaluation: surveys 
Evaluation of digital materials of the programme (songs, videos, games, images)
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Testing 
August 2013 (baseline) 
and 
December 2013 
Aims: 
Evaluate differences:- 
Pilot groups 
March 2013 groups 
July 2013 groups 
Groups not studying English 
grammar/vocab test only 
Excluded children studying English outside 
school
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Testing 
Average scores by grade and time of test
Remote teaching, distance learning, team 
teaching or blended learning? 
“Times have changed, teachers 
have evolved…And that is just the 
beginning – because just as 
technologies have begun to change 
the way that English is learned in 
the classroom, even bigger 
changes seem to be taking place 
outside it.” 
Martin Peacock, in Motteram, G (Ed.)(2013) 
Innovations in learning technologies for English 
Language Teaching, London: British Council
Remote teaching, distance 
learning, team teaching or 
blended learning? 
Thank you! 
Graham Stanley 
graham.Stanley@britishcouncil.org 
Serrana Muniz 
smuniz@plan.ceibal.edu.uy

Remote teaching - FAAPI 2014

  • 1.
    Remote teaching, distance learning, team teaching or blended learning? Graham Stanley [email protected] Serrana Muniz [email protected]
  • 2.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? • The British Council works in 6 continents and 110 countries, with the aim of bringing high quality English materials to every learner or teacher who wants them. • We have 2,400 staff teaching English directly to more than 350,000 students and trainee teachers a year in over 80 centres, partnership branches and on English http://www.britishcouncil.org/about projects around the world.
  • 3.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? What happens when you attempt to use cutting-edge online technology and post-method pedagogies to solve specific educational problems? •What solutions are there? •How successfully can they be implemented? •What does it mean for learners? •What about teacher training? •What about teacher development? •What does it mean for teachers?
  • 4.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Plan Ceibal Plan Ceibal is a Uruguayan project, developed by MEC, the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture; the National Telecommunications company ANTEL, (Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones); the Board of Public Education, ANEP (Administración Nacional de Educación Pública); and LATU (Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay). http://www.ceibal.edu.uy
  • 5.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? • Started 2007 with distribution of XO-1 laptops (ceibalitas) • By 2009 Uruguay became first country in world to have given one laptop to every primary school student • By 2009, 350,000 children & 16,000 teachers had received ceibalitas • No cost wireless Internet connection in all state schools • Fiber optic connections progressively replacing these • Video conferencing equipment being installed in all schools Plan Ceibal http://www.ceibal.edu.uy
  • 6.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? • In 2012 the British Council was selected by Plan Ceibal to project manage Ceibal en Inglés (Ceibal English), delivering remote teaching via video conferencing in Uruguayan primary schools. • Goal = provide access to English language learning to primary students (grades 4-6) and their teachers all over Uruguay. • Because of a lack of trained/qualified English teachers, Ceibal English uses remote teachers (RTs) via video conferencing • Additionally, classroom teachers (CTs) are taught English via moderator-supported English course (LearnEnglish Pathways) Ceibal English http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
  • 7.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? • Proof of concept pilot phase 2012 - 20 primary schools; 1,000 Year 4 learners (aged 10-11) • March 2013 expansion: 500 classes; 96 schools; Years 4,5 & 6 • July 2013 expansion: 1,000 classes • March 2014 expansion: 2,100 classes • By June 2015: Total of 4,000 classes (c. 100,000+ learners) Ceibal English http://uruguay.britishcouncil.org
  • 8.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? 3 x 45 minutes per wk. Lesson A – RT via VC Lessons B & C – CT RTs from Uruguay, Argentina, Philippines, UK Team Teaching CTs learning English through self-access course Remote Classes
  • 9.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Detailed scripted lesson plans for A, B & C Coordination to allow CT to do the B & C practice lessons RT & CT have weekly coordination in Spanish Materials
  • 10.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Online technology is becoming more commonplace in language education. How does this change the role of the teacher? •Remote teaching •Distance learning •Blended learning •Team teaching
  • 11.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Distance learning a method of studying in which lectures are broadcast or classes are conducted by correspondence or over the Internet, without the student's needing to attend a school or college.
  • 12.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Blended learning a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace
  • 13.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Team teaching coordinated teaching by a team of teachers working together
  • 14.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Remote teaching teaching of learners using an instructor based in another physical location
  • 15.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Technology requirements for teaching live online
  • 16.
    Maria Bossa (Argentina)and Ayat Tawel (Egypt) Remote teaching, distance learning, team teaching or blended learning? http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/innovations-learning-technologies-english-language-teaching
  • 17.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team New skillset required for teachers teaching or blended learning?
  • 18.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? The importance of ‘presence’ The importance of teamwork RT Daisy & CT Omar RT Maria Eugenia
  • 19.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Supporting teachers
  • 20.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Supporting CTs and RTs: face-to-face training
  • 21.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Supporting CTs and RTs: online training and observation
  • 22.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Sharing student work Between classes
  • 23.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? RT Mariela Masuyama and CT Maria Ines Cuadrado and CT Andres Amilivia
  • 24.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning?
  • 25.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning?
  • 26.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning?
  • 27.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning?
  • 28.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning?
  • 29.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Results: Assessment and Evaluation: surveys Evaluation of digital materials of the programme (songs, videos, games, images)
  • 30.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Testing August 2013 (baseline) and December 2013 Aims: Evaluate differences:- Pilot groups March 2013 groups July 2013 groups Groups not studying English grammar/vocab test only Excluded children studying English outside school
  • 31.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? Results: Assessment and Evaluation: Testing Average scores by grade and time of test
  • 32.
    Remote teaching, distancelearning, team teaching or blended learning? “Times have changed, teachers have evolved…And that is just the beginning – because just as technologies have begun to change the way that English is learned in the classroom, even bigger changes seem to be taking place outside it.” Martin Peacock, in Motteram, G (Ed.)(2013) Innovations in learning technologies for English Language Teaching, London: British Council
  • 33.
    Remote teaching, distance learning, team teaching or blended learning? Thank you! Graham Stanley [email protected] Serrana Muniz [email protected]