LIT2T Leadership Guide

19 TO: TABLE OF CONTENTS SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) standards for providing interactive and media rich learning opportunities. Since the learning objects are SCORM compliant they can be transferred to most learning management systems, so Canadian settlement language training centres are not restricted to one LMS. The LINC courseware gear benefits from each of the elements in this gear system . The LINC courseware includes modules from LINC levels 1 to 7, (CLB levels 1-8). The courseware includes appropriate LINC learning objects, class organizers, glossaries, learner support materials, questionnaires and other resources suitable for PBLA and social communication features such as blogs, wikis and forums. The LINC courseware has been vetted by LINC professionals and revised as necessary. In our quest for improvement, there is a continuous cycle of evaluation of the LINC courseware. LINC Classroom Activities Books Canadian Language Benchmarks Portfolio-based Language Assessment LINC Curriculum Guidelines LINC Courseware LINC Learning Objects FIGURE 6 The working relationships of LINC courseware Aligning LINC Levels with CLB Levels As settlement language training programs align their classes with Canadian Language Benchmark levels (2012), a disconnect between LINC resources, including the LINC Curriculum Guidelines (2002, 2007), the Classroom Activities books (2009, 2010) and LINC courseware has resulted. Some benchmark levels are addressed in more than one LINC level under the LINC Curriculum Guidelines, As a result, teachers of CLB level 4 classes and higher will have to utilize teaching resources frommultiple LINC levels. To accommodate this restructuring, teachers will be able to request multilevel courseware, INC 3/4, LINC 4/5, LINC 5/6, LINC 6/7. Other variations of this are available to accommodate teachers of multilevel classes. This issue will be addressed when the new National Curriculum Guidelines are developed and the new National LMS and LINC courseware are fully online.