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Multilingual singing: Bringing interculturality into musicolinguistics
Over the last year I have been working with Karen Ludke (Edge Hill University, UK) on a joint project about multilingual singing. This is a new research strand that I will be developing alongside my exisiting research on assignment feedback. … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, informal learning, intercultural, intercultural studies, music, project, public engagement, research, singing, translanguaging
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Why study a MOOC on Corpus Linguistics?
@corpusMOOC I thought it was time to give MOOCs a try, so I decided to sign up for the Corpus Linguistics course produced by Lancaster University within the FutureLearn platform. Experiencing online study The main reason for starting such a … Continue reading
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Tagged corpus, Corpus linguistics, Corpus Linguistics course, eFeP, feedback, Lancaster University, MOOC
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L161 starts today!
The first presentation of the brand new new module L161 Exploring Languages and Cultures begins today. Over 1000 students have already started to post some fascinating discussions on the module forum. This week the main discussion will focus on accent … Continue reading
Now you can follow me on Twitter
I have now joined the Twitter community! Follow me @MFToro to keep updated on my latest posts.
New module L161 ready to go
The new module Exploring Languages and Cultures (L161) is due to begin on the 4th October. Over 1000 students are now registered and 46 associate lecturers have been appointed to teach the module across the UK. A briefing session was … Continue reading
September 2014 update
As usual, 2013-14 was another busy academic year. Here are a few highlights of my activity: Publications Fernández-Toro, Maria and Hurd, Stella (2014). A model of factors affecting independent learners’ engagement with feedback on language learning tasks. Distance Education, 35(1) … Continue reading
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Tagged article, collaboration, conference, eFeP, event, feedback, music, presentation, research, teaching
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Record attendance at FELS accessibility event
The FELS accessibility team held a faculty-wide training on the 5th March 2013 in order to give colleagues an update on our activities and recent developments within the University. Although we expected 22 attendees, more colleagues turned up on the … Continue reading
eFeedback project presented at JISC webinar
The eFeP team was invited to hold a webinar as part of the JISC Assessment and Feedback Programme. This event took place on the 1st March and was well attended. It provided Concha Furnborough and myself with an excellent opportunity to share our latest … Continue reading
MAGICC meeting in Faro
The MAGICC team met again in Faro on the 1st and 2nd February to discuss work package 2 (Conceptual framework) and begin work on work packages 3, 4 and 5. I will be working on work package 3 to design … Continue reading
2012, another busy year
2012 was a fuitful year. Here is a quick summary of the things I did: Online teaching materials Working in collaboration with the BBC, I produced a series of OpenLearn resources based on the Hairy Bikers Bakeation series. The aim was … Continue reading
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María Fernández-Toro 