All sessions should be presented with the purpose to motivate participants to explore further in world languages and its cultures. While the major target audience for WLF are high school students, we welcome content targeted on other age groups, too, including college students. However, presentations and lessons should focus on education vs academic discussion. The following is a list of lesson categories and formats. Asynchronous lessons require very simple methods for proof of participation. We will assign digital badges to participants based on these evidences.
Individual Lessons (Asynchronous) | |||
Lesson Category | Lesson Format | Learner Participation and Assessment | |
Presentations
*This category applies to lessons that need no immediate learner interaction and little support from the instructor. |
| Canvas quizzes with a minimum of 3 questions and maximum of 9 questions, that allow learners to indicate mastery of the content. The quiz questions need to have correct answers and can be automatically graded (e.g., multiple choice, T/F, etc). Learners can have unlimited opportunities to take each quiz. Correct answers will be shown after each attempt. | |
Hands-on, Work-along or perform--long activities. This category applies to activities with step-by-step guide, template, supply list, etc.) such as hands-on cultural activities that participants can work on their own time and at their own pace. This category also includes instructional videos on culturally rich demos in music, sports, etc. | Same as above | Require learners to upload a document (text, image, video, etc.) or share a link indicating proof of completing the activity. (Instructors can view student submission but are not required to do so. CeLT lab assistants will check for updates on a weekly basis and help with grading. If the submission is relevant, the activity is considered complete despite quality of submission.) | |
Organizer Coordinated Language Challenges (Asynchronous) | |||
Activity | Your Submission | Learner participation and Assessment | |
World Language and culture Coloring/Tracing challenge – illustrations of cultural activities, characters to be colored in, or letters and characters to be traced. We encourage EVERY Language to come up with coloring pages. If we collect coloring pages in 5 or more languages and cultures, we will host a coloring contest. Otherwise, all the coloring pages will be combined as one module. We will also create a WLF coloring book for participants to download and print out if we receive more than 10 pages. | PDF document of the coloring/tracing page
Copyright note: You must either have created the coloring pages on your own or have permission to distribute the graphic.
| Take a picture and submit the colored page to the Canvas course. Participants need to agree to share the page in public in order to participate in the contest.
If we don’t collect enough coloring pages to host a contest, CeLT will be responsible for grading the submissions.
If we collect enough coloring pages to host a contest, the programs or the instructors that provide the coloring pages will be asked to participate in the evaluation of the submitted work.
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Tongue twister contest. If we receive 5 or more tongue twisters from faculty, we will hold the contest. Otherwise, all tongue twisters will be combined in one module as an asynchronous activity. | An audio or video clip of a tongue twister together with the text script. Please record the tongue twister yourself. Please do not download audios or videos you find online unless you get permission to distribute. However, you can provide links to audios and videos of tongue twisters found on the Internet, but please bear in mind those videos may be removed at any time. | Upload audio recording to the Canvas course. Participants need to agree to share the recording in public in order to participate in the contest.
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Synchronous Sessions-Zoom Class (Only on May 15) | |||
Description | Your Responsibilities | ||
Zoom Class Session requires a rationale for a live activity, where lack of immediate access to the instructor significantly impairs the learning experience. A Zoom Class requires additional registration for each individual session in addition to the general registration for the WLF due to the need to protect the minors. The maximum number of participants in each Zoom session is set to be 30 (excluding instructors and staff). However, the instructor can require a lower number as you see appropriate. Zoom Class sessions will not be recorded. CeLT will assign volunteers to assist with managing the participants to keep the class undisrupted. | The instructor needs to schedule the zoom meeting on their own, share the Zoom link with wlf@indiana.edu, add wlf@indiana.edu as co-host. After the class session, the instructor needs to submit a list of participants as shown in the Zoom Report to wlf@indiana.edu so that CeLT can give credit to students for their participation. Zoom Class Sessions can be repeated by the instructor as the instructor wishes. You can indicate this information in the proposal.
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Synchronous Sessions-By Departments & Programs (Only on May 15) | |||
Details will be provided in separate calls to be sent to language departments, programs, centers, etc. | |||
- Each asynchronous video lesson should be between 5 and 20 minutes in length.
- Embedded Slideshows: Published Google Slides are preferred.
- All materials shared should be clear of copyright issues.
- You can find some 3D cultural objects at https://sketchfab.com/IU3D/collections, and 360 videos at https://www.360cities.net/
- Synchronous sessions should be at most 30 minutes long with additional 10 minutes for questions.