Online Educational Tools

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Moodle is a learning platform that allows teaching, evaluating, and managing remote students' learning. Globally tested, it is used by several educational institutions in Puerto Rico: UPR Río Piedras, UPR Carolina, UPR Arecibo, UPR Aguadilla, ICPR Junior College, and American University.

The pandemic caused by the coronavirus forced the sudden closure of schools around the world. In order not to lose the school semester, many schools were forced to migrate their offerings to the internet. For many school communities, this resulted in a painful transition. Schools faced the harsh reality that not everyone has reliable internet access for every member of the household to use at the same time. Teachers faced the challenge of managing multiple online users and overloaded networks that caused unexpected failures. Students were overwhelmed with work and frustrated to see that technology didn't always work how and when they wanted. But creative and resilient, we all fought to ensure that no one was left behind.

Now that summer is approaching, schools have an opportunity to review the achievements of the semester and prepare their educational offering for the next school year. At Altamente we offer several solutions to facilitate distance education, but the most comprehensive and flexible is Moodle.

Moodle is a learning platform that allows teaching, evaluating, and managing the learning of remote students. Globally tested, Moodle has 79 million academic and business users. In Puerto Rico, it is used by several educational institutions: UPR Río Piedras, UPR Carolina, UPR Arecibo, UPR Aguadilla, ICPR Junior College, and American University.

Originally developed in 2002 as a learning management system following constructivist principles, Moodle has grown modularly. Its modularity has facilitated its use in different ways depending on the needs and vision of each institution. For inquiries about how Moodle can complement the existing educational offering, contact us by completing the form or calling 787-523-6774.

 

New Educational and Professional Development Opportunities for Students

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Altamente celebrates its second year of the Taller de Animadores Educativos, an internship opportunity open to university students interested in an experiential learning opportunity. Participants in the workshop not only grow professionally but also have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of academic concepts from courses in business, social theory and education through their active pariticipation in educational enrichment events designed by Altamente and hosted in schools.  For more information please contact us through the Contact Form.

There are also ongoing internship opportunities for students who want to participate in Altamente Transitions program, where young talent has the opportunity to be a part of new technology-centered service areas in companies and later be considered for employment with Altamente's Transition clients.

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Insider's Look into the English for the Future Policy Congress

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This past October in Cartagena, Colombia, the British Council celebrated the first in a series of three annual policy conferences on the subject of English language education in the Americas. The policy dialogues are meant to stimulate frank discussion of challenges, opportunities and choices faced by policy-makers working with English language teaching and hence were not open to the general public but limited to ministers of education, regional education secretaries and their advisors. Altamente's principal research and policy advisor, Laura Gorbea was invited to the event in the capacity of  language policy advisor to the Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE). As a public service and at the request of the Puerto Rico Department of Education, Gorbea prepared a summary of key topics, debates and their relevance to the language education debate in Puerto Rico.

Some of the presenters and topics in this policy conference include:

  • Greeting and introduction to the new English language education policy in Columbia by María Fernanda Campo Saavedra, Minister of Education
  • "Education for the Future: 21st Century Skills"  - Charles Fadel
  • "Education and English in teh Future" - Charles Graddol
  • "English in the Early Years" - Janet Enever
  • "English and Teacher Education" - John Knagg

If you would like a copy of the report on the Policy Dialogues (available only in Spanish, at present) please request it through our contact form.

 

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