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ELC and EDC at universities; focus on improving skills of university faculty rather than of students
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3 ELI people had worked in Yemen in the mid-1980s on an earlier ELI project there.
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The website includes workshop material (you’ll see the URL again at the end). Mentored training = hallmark. It let us see actual teaching styles so we could recommend certain trainers for more training and use as trainers
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We chose these as a result of a needs analysis and because the grant called for faculty to be better able to deal with assessment.
Our faculty doing a workshop
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A trainer doing a workshop
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These topics were called for in the grant –especially reading - and the needs analysis reflected concerns about these areas. English teachers wanted to know how to teach students; we focused on how to teach faculty members.
Group work
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Mixed groups
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Needs analysis pointed us in this direction, as well as work with other teacher groups
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Our nicest site.
Typical computer lab.
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Occasional issues with hierarchy due to the inclusion of adjunct faculty members. We held our ground to encourage inclusivity.
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Part of the grant. We asked that teachers have access to the books, camera, and voice recorder in the Center.
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Sometimes trainers’ students. Administrative understanding of expectations and buy-in had a lot to do with the number of trainees available and whether they were faculty members or students.
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Exceeded goals by a factor of 5 or more.
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Exceeded goals except in IT; lack of infrastructure was a problem, especially in Thamar.
We had hoped to do follow-up visits, which would let us actually measure how much of what we had given the trainers was being used in workshops. They have not yet happened.
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The challenges encouraged learning a variety of lessons – including that change can happen, at least with individuals
Most of those who traveled to Yemen were experienced at living overseas. The uncertainties in the project itself – timing, funding, availability of resources – challenged everyone. The people in Yemen were wonderful, and the country is amazing...
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