AEI Online Distance Learning Programs
Current and Upcoming Online Courses
Registration is now open for 10-week online training courses for EFL educators, see:
Courses Available Now
...or, go directly to Registration Information.AEI Faculty are also available for teacher training lectures and workshops delivered via digital videoconferencing (DVC). Costs vary, depending on the number of sessions and other factors. For more information, please contact:
Dr. Leslie Opp-Beckman, AEI Director of Distance Education, leslieob@uoregon.edu.
Previous Courses and Learning Events
University of Oregon's American English Institute (AEI) has been offering online distance learning courses and programs to educators and students from around the world since 1996. Following are some examples of previous and ongoing projects.
- Access Teacher Development Online Program (ATDOP), 2011-12
Online training with a focus on listening and speaking skills for 350 EFL educators in the English Access Microscholarship Program in 8 countries. Funded through a cooperative agreement grant with the U.S. Department of State ECA/A/L. [Public ATDOP website coming April 2012.]
- E-Teacher Scholarship Program, 2009-12.
Online training for EFL educators from more than 100 countries worldwide. A consortium project with University of Maryland, Baltimore County, funded through a cooperative agreement grant with the U.S. Department of State ECA/A/L.
- AMIDEAST, Model Schools Network, Gaza, 2010-11.
A series of 4 online courses for EFL educators in Gaza, in cooperation with AMDIEAST.
- Shaping Chile Networks, 2010-11.
A cooperative project involving the U.S. Embassy Santiago Regional English Language Office (RELO) and the Chilean Ministry of Education’s “English Opens Doors Program” with a network of EFL educators in public schools throughout Chile.
- Women Teaching Women English, Lebanon, 2010-11.
A materials development project, funded through the US Embassy Beirut and in cooperation with Hayya Bina, for the benefit of adult, female, low level English language learners throughout Lebanon. The text, teacher's manual, audio files and other resources are open access and freely available for non-profit use.
- Oregon-Iraq Guided Online English Language Studies (OR-Iraq GOES), 2008-10.
A professional development online series for EFL educators throughout Iraq, funded through the U.S. Embassy Baghdad. Previous courses in 2008-09 English Language Learners also took place.
- UO-Indonesia 2009-12
Critical Thinking Skills in the EFL Classroom, Fall 2009, and
Individual Learning Styles & Strategies in the EFL Classroom, Winter 2010.
A collaboration among Institutions of Higher Education throughout Indonesia; the Regional English Language Office in the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Jakarta in tandem with their English Language Fellows Program; and, UO AEI.
- E-Teacher Program, Critical Thinking Skills, 2004-09.
10-week EFL teacher training courses sponsored through the E-Teacher Program in the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Fall 2004-Spring 2008.
- Tools and Tips for E-Learning, Spring 2008.
A digital videoconferencing (DVC) lecture series with EFL Educators in Costa Rica.
- Shaping the Way We Teach English, 2006-12.
A 10-week video-based EFL teacher training course sponsored through the U.S. Department of State. Educators from the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia participated Fall 2006. Fall 2007 EFL educators from Central and South America successfully completed this course. Since 2008, we have welcomed educators from the Levant region (Jordan, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and West Bank) and from Ecuador, Mexico, and West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal). Also available online: Examples of participants' projects.
- Thai-UO Videoconferencing Series, 2003-10.
A digital videoconferencing (DVC) EFL teacher training course offered in partnership with the U.S. Embassy Bangkok, the Royal Thai Distance Learning Foundation, Chulalongkorn University, ThaiTESOL, TOT Communications in Thailand, and the Thai Ministry of Education.
- Online English Language Center, 2003-06.
A joint project with the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State to provide self-access teacher resources.
- Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning though the Web, Fall 2002.
An EFL teacher training course with the Kuwait Ministry of Education.
- Africa Online: Using Web-Based Resources to Develop Content-Based Materials, Fall 2001.
An EFL teacher training course through the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
- Computer-Enhanced Language Teaching
EFL educator development online and face-to-face with the Integrated English Language Program II (IELP II) in Egypt, 1999-2002.
- UO-Senshu Project for Academic English
Online tutoring using the Fluency First approach with students at Senshu University, 1996-2002.
- Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Incorporating Information Technology Resources in English Language Teaching. An EFL teacher training course, Winter 2002.
- English for Young Learners
An EFL teacher training course, Winter 2002.
Contact
For more information on program options and costs, please contact:
Dr. Leslie Opp-Beckman, AEI Director of Distance Education
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu or Web Contact Form
+1 (541) 346-3917, FAX
+1 (541) 346-3945, Office