Gonzalo Fortun
Biodata
Gonzalo Fortun, English Language Specialist at the US Department of State and English Programs Coordinator at the US Embassy in Bolivia.
Gonzalo has a Master's Degree in TESOL from ASU, a Master’s Degree in Education and a Higher Education Teaching Diploma from CEPI, USFX, an English and Quechua degree from USFX, a Teacher Training Certificate from the Education Bureau of the Department of State of the U.S., and several other specialty courses including ESP, Critical Thinking, Assessment in ELT, Advanced Writing, Gamification, and others.
He has participated in, designed, organized, supervised, carried out, and evaluated all sort of pre-service and in-service programs for English Teachers, assessed English programs, lectured in local, national, and international events, and has made of the support of English Teachers' work, professional growth and development his life task.
TITLE: Blended Learning Revisited. Towards a Learning Centered Approach
A lot has been said about Blended Learning but very little but a huge infusion of technology is what has been observed in the English classroom. Blended learning actually implies re-thinking the role of the teacher and new sets of skills added to their pre-service curricula of instruction. In this workshop, participants will be guided through a necessary theoretical foundation of what blended learning is, then, focus on a Blended Learning model, the Flipped Classroom, and have practical experience analyzing when and what to flip in order to maximize classroom time and encourage student agency and learner autonomy.