Another learning modality that will be considered is open learning, which in fact dates back to the invention of the Internet and has taken different forms as open educational resources and practices and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latter constitute highly challenging learning scenarios but have proven effective for the development of language communicative competences.
A successful case study will be presented of a series of two MOOCs designed and developed for displaced people, a complex user profile, with highly positive results, both from a qualitative and a quantitative perspective (e.g., overcoming the usual dropout and low accomplishment rates).
Finally, an ongoing project currently being undertaken by the author’s research group will be mentioned which aims at developing a paradigm that synthesizes mobile and open L2 learning.

In this lecture, Dr. Evangelia Triantafyllou will present the flipped classroom as an instruction method and then discuss the state-of-the-art on learning analytics for flipped classrooms. Moreover, she will present the preliminary results of our Erasmus+ FLIP2G project, where she is developing a learning design framework that incorporates learning analytics for gamified flipped classrooms.

In this lecture, Dr. Evangelia Triantafyllou will present the results of their Erasmus+ PBL3.0 project, where she employed Learning Analytics to monitor Problem-Based Learning project work. The Learning Management System, where educational data was gathered through various learning activities, was Moodle. She applied both quantitative and qualitative methods on the educational data gathered in order to identify predictors of student performance. The results showed among others that basic engagement data is a good predictor of student performance.

Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) will be presented as a learning modality whose implications and affordances go far beyond the use of a certain type of device and its portability. A successful case study will be presented of an app designed and developed for the practice and development of listening comprehension of a L2. The app is built upon a synthesis of theoretical frameworks and explores design elements such as news podcasts, multimodality, exploratory learning and social networks to ensure engagement and long-term usage

《英美概况》课程思政是英语专业教学和思政教育的深度融合，注重中英、中美人文比较，积极培养学生的文化思辨能力、树立学生“向心”的民族自信和文化自信。
本公开课采用国际学术会议Panel Discussion的形式，由五位教师联合主讲，在“师师、师生、生生”三维交互的空间里共同探讨以下几个方面的内容：
（1）教育：中国数学走进英国课堂、中英高校共建、和中英教师互换等项目，赢得中国教育理念和范式的全球关注和认可；
（2）经济：英国面对中国经济的崛起，及时战略性调整其经济政策，英国认真学习中国的产业政策，青睐中国政府推动经济发展的举措；
（3）历史：从19世纪中期英国社会语境出发探究其发生发展过程，看马克思、恩格斯如何评价自由贸易，由此窥见资本主义社会发展的困境；
（4）文化：中国的传统文化和中国的经典思想，特别是道家和儒家思想对英国人文社会领域的深远影响。

Share of wealth held by the top one percent in the U.S. has increased from 24% in 1980 to 42% in 2012. In this paper, we examine the potential role played by three factors in accounting for this increase: the decline in the progressivity of taxes and the increase in income inequality in the U.S., as well as the decline in the world interest rates. Our model consists of altruistic households who either run a business or work for others. Entrepreneurial households enjoy high returns due to high productivity while the worker household savings earn the bank deposit rate that is determined in a competitive banking sector that equals the rate of return on foreign bonds. While the model economy is calibrated to match the wealth inequality in the U.S. it has other properties that have been difficult to capture in standard life-cycle models such as a positive relationship between life-time income levels and saving rates. We find that the decline in the interest rate plays a major role in accounting for the increase in wealth inequality as it effects the two types of households very differently. Entrepreneurial households benefit from lower financing costs and increase their investments while worker households face lower returns to their savings as the interest rate declines. Other changes such as the decline in the progressivity of taxes plays a less significant role.

讲座从图书、文章和索引三个方面集中介绍了本校图书馆电子资源库的使用方法，着重讲解中国知网、EBSCO、Literature Online、ProQuest、JSTOR及读秀等数据库的检索和使用方法，使英语专业本科生了解文献检索的路径及技巧，学会使用电子资源库，以此打开学术研究之门。

In this presentation, Simon Nelson will discuss the trends impacting education today, asks what this means for the higher and further education sectors, and explains the role that online education can, and should, play in this new world.Education is changing. As our societies adapt to the constantly evolving digital landscape so too does education. The transformative impact of digital technologies and the emergence of new online educational models is not limited by national boundaries. But this new global online higher education eco-system is both an opportunity and a threat. Most traditional universities would have us believe that a “real education” still takes place on-campus, in-class. In the meantime, more innovative universities and new commercial providers scramble to meet increasing demand from industry partners and students themselves for flexible learning, which develops work-ready skills for the 21st Century. Research suggests that jobs for life are a thing of the past, replaced by the gig economy and shorter stints in one role or one company for most employees. This reality, in addition to the widely reported digital skills gap as well as ,the threat of automation is resulting in businesses, governments and individuals seeking new ways to reskill and upskill. Online education may come with grand challenges, and has its critics, yet it presents huge opportunities for bridging skills gaps, sector sustainability and opening access to transformative life-long learning on a global scale.

献礼SISU70华诞。网络教育学院名师系列讲座——莎士比亚作品赏析系列讲座第八讲。

二语学习离不开输入与输出。如何使目标语的输入更加有效？如何使二语者的输出更加接近输入？如何让二者产生积极的互动，最终达成协同？这些是二语学习的关键。讲座结合大量实例，深入浅出地探讨可理解性输入和可理解性输出的关系；结合具体教学和前沿研究，结合“续”理论的实施，讨论如何让互动具有可操作性，并实现高效率的“习得”。通过讲座，让受众学会如何进行师生互动的话语分析和量化研究，如何把握“三段式话语”、垂直结构等方法研究课堂语言，如何进行纠错反馈，如何将输入转化为“吸收”。