This course aims to help participants develop lifelong foreign language learning skills using free information and communication technologies (ICTs). It will provide a model for informal learning by developing metacognitive skills, offering a practical selection of language-learning ICT tools and strategies, and suggesting possible learning paths. The course is asynchronous, distributed over nine units estimated to take 30 hours total, and encourages interaction among classmates and with the facilitator to support autonomous and collaborative language practice.

3. Learning and maintaining foreign language skills usually require regular
efforts as a personal challenge, which extend beyond school.
This course guides participants to achieve this objective by taking
advantage of the myriad of free information and communication
technologies (ICTs) that are just a few clicks away.
This course will provide a model of informal learning by:
developing metacognitive knowledge (i.e. learning to learn),
offering a practical selection of skill-specific ICTs, tools and strategies,
guiding the search for convenient learning resources, and
•suggesting possible learning paths.
This lifelong learning knowledge is applicable to any subject.

4. Luciana Caffesse, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Native speaker of Spanish, she studied English, French, German and Italian as
foreign languages to different extents and with different aims.
She holds a degree in translation, and her postgraduate studies -a master in
teaching and a PhD in eLearning- were focused on foreign language learning..
She taught foreign languages in secondary school and to groups of adults in
various professional fields.
She lectured graduate teacher training courses on eLearning.
Her Linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/luciana-caffesse/19/414/4

5. 1. Develop foreign language learning-to-learn
competencies.
1. Gain practical knowledge of free ICTs that help
to develop language skills.
2. Familiarise with autonomous, collaborative
scenarios.

6. The total estimated time is 30 hours distributed in nine
units.
The course is delivered in asynchronous mode (i.e. not
communicating at the same time).
While units are estimated to take 120, 180 and 240
minutes to complete, additional resources facilitate the
repetition, extension and expansion of students’ practise.
It is strongly recommended to log in at least three times
per week in order to keep up with the content flow and
interact with the classmates and facilitator.

7. This course is highly participatory as it stimulates both
ICT practice and reflection.
All ICT tools suggested to perform activities are free of
charge and massively used (e.g. Google Translate).
The course structure is customisable in terms of time
allocation, schedule, target level of skills, tools to use,
topics to review, etc.
Collaboration and co-operation are key features in the
form of written and oral exchanges on social networks.

8. At the completion of the course, participants should be
able (or better able) to:
Plan and complete an English language-learning path
that is aligned with their own learning style and the
associated strategies.
Use critical thinking to categorise, assess and select
learning resources (i.e. tools, content, personal contacts,
etc.)
Effectively practice reading, listening, writing, speaking
and conversation in English.