This case presents the design and implementation process of multimedia case-based learning modules for a Sex and Gender Specific Health (SGSH) education curriculum. The learning modules were designed to advance understanding of sex and gender differences, increase awareness of gender-specific health issues, and improve clinical knowledge of sex…

In accelerating fast changing knowledge-based and information societies such like the European Union technology dominates most facets of our everyday lives, and learning activities as well. Unfortunately, particularly seniors and elderly people suffer the risk to be left behind, and that the digital divide becomes bigger. This is problematic…

Describes a workshop presentation that attempted to combine the theory and philosophy behind the production of modular units with the practical considerations faced by a teacher or material developer engaged in creating such a unit for himself. The workshop grew out of a project which developed materials for adult ESL. (Author/MES)

The learning activity package (LAP) is a flexible, contract-learning approach based on concepts or skills organized around performance objectives, multi-dimensional learning materials, and evaluation. Characterized as self-contained, student-oriented, and self-directed, these packages are used for remediation, review, summarization, introduction,…

Language and cultural modules are multimedia in nature and non-sequential. Modules should be used in association with the themes and vocabulary found in the main course textbook. Reference is made to the "A-LM German Language Programs" and modules produced by Ontario German teachers in 1976 in West Germany. (SW)

A resource kit for French language instruction at the advanced secondary level is represented by a bilingual teacher's guide and two student handbooks (a biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and commentaries to accompany a tape). The guide offers suggested classroom activities, which center around the career of a leading French Canadian political…

A resource kit for French instruction at the advanced secondary level is represented by a teacher's guide. A specific area of French-Canadian "pop" music is introduced to students of French as a second language. In order to acquaint students with aspects of this type of music, four French-Canadian "chansonniers" are discussed:…

A resource kit for the teaching of French at the intermediate level is represented by a teacher's guide. The aim of this module is to make the elementary or secondary school student of French familiar with terminology used in French radio broadcasts, and especially in weather reports. The guide offers suggested classroom activities. Instructions…

A resource kit for French language instruction at the advanced secondary level is represented by a bilingual teacher's guide and a bilingual student handbook on French-English relations in Canada. The quide offers a variety of classroom activities, which center around the career of a leading French Canadian political figure. Instructions are given…

A resource kit for instruction in French literature at the advanced secondary level is represented by a bilingual teacher's guide. Three poems of the French-Canadian "chansionnier" Gilles Vigneault provide material for a mini-course. The object of the module is to help students appreciate the poetic aspects of Vigneault's work and to…

A resource kit is presented for the teaching of listening comprehension and colloquial usage in French at the advanced secondary level. The kit is represented by a teacher's guide, a student handbook entitled "Idees et personalites," and a set of transcripts of taped interviews. In the interviews, two young French Canadians discuss their…

A resource kit for the teaching of French at the intermediate level is represented by a teacher's guide and the duplicating master for a tape transcript. The aim of this module is to make the elementary or secondary school student of French familiar with basic hockey terms in French, and to enable the student to understand hockey games broadcast…

A resource kit for the teaching of listening comprehension in French at the intermediate secondary level is represented by a teacher's guide. The module is designed to develop language awareness through the presentation and discussion of basic language concepts and contrastive language study. Language variation and cognates are among the topics…

A resource kit for teaching French in a French-Canadian cultural context is represented by a teacher's guide, a student resource booklet, and a tape transcript. This module is designed for use at the intermediate or advanced level of secondary instruction. Classroom activities are based on a cassette tape that introduces some of the phonological…

A resource kit for the teaching of French reading skills at the intermediate secondary level is represented by a teacher's guide, a handbook entitled "Quebec: Facts and Figures," and a copy in French of the student news magazine "De Chez Nous." The guide offers sample activities as well as materials for several classroom games.…