COURSE DEVELOPMENT/WEB-BASED COURSES
updated January 15th, 2018
updated January 15th, 2018
I recently participated in the Freshman Year For Free program, offered by Modern States Education Alliance. The latter is a non profit dedicated to making a high quality college education free of cost.
The goal of this program is to let students earn up to one year of college credit without tuition. The French course I designed and taught consisted in a review of the fundamentals of French grammar and vocabulary (beginners to intermediate level) and was intended to provide students with the necessary background knowledge to pass the CLEP (College Level Examination Program) exam.
You can access the organisation's full statement by clicking here.
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a group of standardized tests created and administered by College Board. These tests assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses. They are administered at more than 1,700 sites (colleges, universities, and military installations) across the United States.
For the review course I created, I had to synthesize the grammar that is usually studied throughout the first three semesters at university. The creation of this course comprised:
- The creation of approximately 400 slides, using the software Keynote.
- The recording of videos in a professional recording studio. Each video lasted between 5 and 15 minutes and was designed to illustrate discrete grammar concepts, as well as target vocabulary.
- The recording of audio materials, to help students improve their listening abilities.
- The selection of an open access textbook, as well as literary texts, to help students improve their knowledge of the grammar as well as their reading abilities.
- The creation of quizzes to help students practice with the grammar and vocabulary covered in the course.
The course I created can be accessed by clicking here.
The goal of this program is to let students earn up to one year of college credit without tuition. The French course I designed and taught consisted in a review of the fundamentals of French grammar and vocabulary (beginners to intermediate level) and was intended to provide students with the necessary background knowledge to pass the CLEP (College Level Examination Program) exam.
You can access the organisation's full statement by clicking here.
The College Level Examination Program (CLEP) is a group of standardized tests created and administered by College Board. These tests assess college-level knowledge in thirty-six subject areas and provide a mechanism for earning college credits without taking college courses. They are administered at more than 1,700 sites (colleges, universities, and military installations) across the United States.
For the review course I created, I had to synthesize the grammar that is usually studied throughout the first three semesters at university. The creation of this course comprised:
- The creation of approximately 400 slides, using the software Keynote.
- The recording of videos in a professional recording studio. Each video lasted between 5 and 15 minutes and was designed to illustrate discrete grammar concepts, as well as target vocabulary.
- The recording of audio materials, to help students improve their listening abilities.
- The selection of an open access textbook, as well as literary texts, to help students improve their knowledge of the grammar as well as their reading abilities.
- The creation of quizzes to help students practice with the grammar and vocabulary covered in the course.
The course I created can be accessed by clicking here.
I also created several lessons for the educational website Study.com. Reaching over 25 million students a month, this website gives them the possibility to earn degrees or simply refresh their knowledge on a specific topic.
You can access the organisation's full statement by clicking here.
My job was to create short (around 1000 words or less) and memorable lessons on discrete grammar, vocabulary or cultural aspects of French culture, using Wiki formatting. For each lesson, I also had to create a quiz that tested students's general understanding of the points that had been covered in the lesson.
Below are the topics for some of the lessons I created:
(a) The past participle
(b) Disjunctive pronouns
(c) French infinitive
(d) French medical terms
(e) The past perfect
(f) The imperative
(g) Body parts in French
(h) Reciprocal verbs
(i) School vocabulary
(j) The imparfait
The various French lessons offered by this website can be accessed here.
You can access the organisation's full statement by clicking here.
My job was to create short (around 1000 words or less) and memorable lessons on discrete grammar, vocabulary or cultural aspects of French culture, using Wiki formatting. For each lesson, I also had to create a quiz that tested students's general understanding of the points that had been covered in the lesson.
Below are the topics for some of the lessons I created:
(a) The past participle
(b) Disjunctive pronouns
(c) French infinitive
(d) French medical terms
(e) The past perfect
(f) The imperative
(g) Body parts in French
(h) Reciprocal verbs
(i) School vocabulary
(j) The imparfait
The various French lessons offered by this website can be accessed here.