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Blended teaching: Remote English instruction in Uruguay
This document summarizes Uruguay's national program to provide blended remote English instruction to students. It created a strong technology infrastructure, providing laptops and internet access to over 700,000 students. To address a lack of certified English teachers and unequal access to language classes, it implemented a remote teaching program where foreign English teachers provide instruction to multiple classrooms simultaneously via videoconferencing. Evaluation results found annual performance improvements across all socioeconomic groups, high student engagement correlated with online interaction, and that remote teacher interaction was a key predictor of performance. Coordination between remote and classroom teachers also correlated with higher performance. The program demonstrates that social innovation and technology can be effectively combined to connect communities through learning.
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- 5. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 87% 79% 75% 72% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% People access to a PC by fiths of income in Uruguay In percentage by person you can call it innova.on (only) if you can scale it up Overall Country average (2014) = 77,3 1st quin=le 2nd quin=le 3rd quin=le 4th quin=le 5th quin=le
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- 7. o Lack of cer.fied English teachers o Unequal access language class Remote teaching of English Remote Teacher (BC) Classroom Teacher • 2 ways HQ VC + HD Tv • Fiber optic connectivity • LMS (lesson plans, materials) • Strong quality control: Common EU Framework of Reference for Languages) • Co-Teaching: RT (A) + CT (B,C)
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- 9. 1. Inter annualimprovement in all SES 2. Engagement: Performance is correlated with online interaction 3. Performance: RT interaction - key predictor 4. Coordination between RT – CT correlated with performance Results Summary:
- 10. Lessons learned The planworks: • Strong coordination: good balance Social Innovation & Tech. • Teachers are great learners
- 11. @cristobalcobo From using technologyto replace people into using technology to connect communities – learning as a social practice