Comments on: Livemocha and Pearson Announce Partnership for Online Language Learning http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/ EDU2.0 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:04 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Spanish Sentences http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Spanish Sentences Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:15:40 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-884 <strong>Spanish Sentences...</strong> Fundamental principles: Foreign Language courses are not like other courses so you must never procrastinate. The basic time requirement of any foreign language course is that the student ought to devote minimum of 3 hours weekly and 15 minutes on a dai... Spanish Sentences…

Fundamental principles: Foreign Language courses are not like other courses so you must never procrastinate. The basic time requirement of any foreign language course is that the student ought to devote minimum of 3 hours weekly and 15 minutes on a dai…

]]> By: AnneHwang http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-330 AnneHwang Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:26:31 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-330 Yes, Please explain more! I'd love to learn about this! A new twist to those publishing companies with online platforms. Hmm... Yes, Please explain more! I'd love to learn about this! A new twist to those publishing companies with online platforms. Hmm…

]]> By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-328 KirstenWinkler Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:15:39 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-328 I will explain this in my next post. It's a new wave that hits the education market: publishers like Pearson, Collins and Hueber syndicate their old content to online companies. Those build new language courses on the basis of this provided content. Quite interesting. I will explain this in my next post. It's a new wave that hits the education market: publishers like Pearson, Collins and Hueber syndicate their old content to online companies. Those build new language courses on the basis of this provided content. Quite interesting.

]]> By: AnneHwang http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-323 AnneHwang Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:19:13 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-323 What? What does all this mean? Are they developing something for students to access or for teachers to use as teaching material? What? What does all this mean? Are they developing something for students to access or for teachers to use as teaching material?

]]> By: 英文家教 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-213 英文家教 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:31:33 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-213 I hope we all learn something new each and everyday. It is what helps to improve who we are. I hope we all learn something new each and everyday. It is what helps to improve who we are.

]]> By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-182 KirstenWinkler Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:45:28 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-182 Hello Paul,<br>welcome to my blog. :)<br><br>If you look on most of the big players in the internet today you will see that most of them were not the first ones (Google for example - Altavista was THE thing before them). <br>Being Avant-Garde is nice but you need the resources to survive until the mainstream recognizes the importance of your services.<br>So I would be suprised if all of the language platforms would survive, too. They will be bought by their competitors which will then cut out the interesting parts (I think this will be the communities in most cases) or they will simply die in the desert.<br><br>It is already starting. Babbel bought Friendsabroad and this site will be discontinued after six month. Hello Paul,
welcome to my blog. :)

If you look on most of the big players in the internet today you will see that most of them were not the first ones (Google for example – Altavista was THE thing before them).
Being Avant-Garde is nice but you need the resources to survive until the mainstream recognizes the importance of your services.
So I would be suprised if all of the language platforms would survive, too. They will be bought by their competitors which will then cut out the interesting parts (I think this will be the communities in most cases) or they will simply die in the desert.

It is already starting. Babbel bought Friendsabroad and this site will be discontinued after six month.

]]> By: Paul Maglione http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Paul Maglione Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:33:07 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-181 Interesting development indeed. We are starting to see start-ups injecting new ideas and fresh energy into the ESL/EFL industry. Not all of them will survive (it is a notoriously hard sector to make good money in, unless you have a network of language schools); and not all of them will advance the state of the art; but some good platforms and working practices will emerge. Livemocha, Babbel, Myngle, and a couple others are leading this new wave. I anticipate a few more later in the year (wink wink). Interesting development indeed. We are starting to see start-ups injecting new ideas and fresh energy into the ESL/EFL industry. Not all of them will survive (it is a notoriously hard sector to make good money in, unless you have a network of language schools); and not all of them will advance the state of the art; but some good platforms and working practices will emerge. Livemocha, Babbel, Myngle, and a couple others are leading this new wave. I anticipate a few more later in the year (wink wink).

]]> By: KirstenWinkler http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-180 KirstenWinkler Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:27:02 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-180 Hi Karenne,<br>thanks for joining the talk. Quoting Livemocha and Pearson:<br>"...announced today a strategic agreement to co-develop a new, direct-to-consumer, conversational English language learning experience available on Livemocha’s online platform with a global community of over two million members."<br><br>Sounds as if they develop a new course. A good example for this is Babbel.com's new Spanish premium course. It is based on offline material but works great as an online self learning course.<br><br>And I am glad you like the template. :) Hi Karenne,
thanks for joining the talk. Quoting Livemocha and Pearson:
“…announced today a strategic agreement to co-develop a new, direct-to-consumer, conversational English language learning experience available on Livemocha’s online platform with a global community of over two million members.”

Sounds as if they develop a new course. A good example for this is Babbel.com's new Spanish premium course. It is based on offline material but works great as an online self learning course.

And I am glad you like the template. :)

]]> By: Karenne Sylvester http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Karenne Sylvester Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:34:00 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-179 Hmmm... are Pearson Longman intending on actually producing a separate material designed to stimulate discussion? <br><br>I've just read through the other comments below - hey Jason - and hear storm giants playing lightning bolts too. <br><br>To be honest if 'on-line' learning is simply going to be a regurgitation of textbooks rather than a new approach to pedagogy then woe be to all of us. Scanning the same old-same old and calling that online learning will produce little real communication. <br><br>West's materials are aimed at producing conversations, as are mine <a href="http://www.kalinago-english.com" rel="nofollow">www.kalinago-english.com</a>), wonder if Goliath will notice David?<br><br>Karenne Sylvester<br>p.s. NICE blog template. Hmmm… are Pearson Longman intending on actually producing a separate material designed to stimulate discussion?

I've just read through the other comments below – hey Jason – and hear storm giants playing lightning bolts too.

To be honest if 'on-line' learning is simply going to be a regurgitation of textbooks rather than a new approach to pedagogy then woe be to all of us. Scanning the same old-same old and calling that online learning will produce little real communication.

West's materials are aimed at producing conversations, as are mine http://www.kalinago-english.com), wonder if Goliath will notice David?

Karenne Sylvester
p.s. NICE blog template.

]]> By: China_Mike http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/livemocha-and-pearson-announce-partnership-for-online-language-learning/comment-page-1/#comment-178 China_Mike Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:55:06 +0000 http://www.kirstenwinkler.com/?p=456#comment-178 Jason in the past I played D&D. The storm giants were the biggest creatures in a world. They would be heard from long before they were seen. They loved to throw lightning bolts around for fun.<br><br>Well, these two companies are giants, and from my point of view they are being heard from long before their true impact is felt or seen. Jason in the past I played D&D. The storm giants were the biggest creatures in a world. They would be heard from long before they were seen. They loved to throw lightning bolts around for fun.

Well, these two companies are giants, and from my point of view they are being heard from long before their true impact is felt or seen.

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