LUCie - Learner, User Customer in e-Learning
LUCie
Learner, User, Customer
in e-Learning
FREE English Course
Intermediate to Advanced
Multimedia e-Learning
Pilot Study
LUCie
Is an interactive multimedia and collaborative environment to
improve your English, web 2.0 style:
Computer-based sessions for non-native speakers of English, ( English Level = Intermediate to Advanced).
Focus on listening comprehension and academic writing skills.
Includes some grammar revision and vocabulary quizzes.
Units 1-5 cover topics such as
· Structure of English Academic Texts
· Interpreting Statistics, presenting data
· Beginning and ending, summarising
· Process description, interpreting data
· Referencing, Plagiarism
· Reading academic texts
· Quickly scanning for information on-line
· Understanding speakers with different accents
Who is it for?
Non-native speakers of English, ( English Level = Intermediate to Advanced).
Prospective international students, non-native speakers of English
Current DCULS and DCU students
Postgraduates, who want to improve their academic writing skills
If any of the above describes you, this course is for you!
What are the Benefits?
· Free English course
· Use interactive multimedia environment
· Watch, listen, learn
· Get to grips with basics of English academic writing
· Improve listening comprehension
Goodies
Unit Raffles:
Bi-weekly raffles for participants attending all 1-hr sessions/unit
LUCie Raffle:
In August, for participants attending all sessions of 3 or more units
Where and When
Engineering & Research Building
Dublin City University
1 hour sessions: Monday & Wednesday afternoon
OR
2 hour sessions: Saturday morning
Optional: Additional sessions depending on demand
Dates (TBC):
Unit 1 Mon 31/05/10 - Sat 12/06/10
Unit 2 Mon 21/06/10 -Sat 03/07/10
Unit 3 Mon 12/07/10 - Sat 24/07/10
Unit 4 Wed 04/08/10 - Sat 14/08/10
Unit 5 Mon 23/08/10 - Sat 4/09/10
Sign up for Unit 1 until or before Friday 28 May
Sign up for all other units until the week before it starts.
Places are limited. First come, first served 
More Details
Pilot Course is free.
Participants are asked to sign up for 2-3 units
Each unit: two 1-hour sessions / week for 2 weeks
If you cannot make it to the pilot (June-August 2010):
Course will be available on-line from the end of the year (2010)
Check here or twitter.com/sabine_dcu for details!
Cost:
* free during pilot study*
10€ donation for each unit (4 * 1 hr)
for one of our supported charities
(after end of pilot study August 2010 only)