Welcome to e-CAMAT
a club for alumni and former students
of the Máster Universitario en las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación en la Enseñanza y el Tratamiento de Lenguas.
Anyone who has studied the Master or is enrolled at present
as well as people interested in IT and languages is welcome to join.
This initiative is founded on two basic principles
that seem to us essential both for individual and group development
collaboration and solidarity.
Thus, it is our wish to provide with a free service
those of you who are finishing the Master for the rest of your professional lives
and to improve it gradually through your own suggestions for the benefit of new arrivals.
e-CAMAT's aims include
Creating bonds between all the members of the e-club or association fostering mutual collaboration.
Encouraging professional qualification and long-life education.
in the use of Information and Communication Technology in the field of language teaching and learning.
Informing members of the latest news, calls, seminars, congresses, and so on, which might be of interest for them.
Promoting participation in academic events organised by the Master
such as meetings, seminars, courses and similar events, by offering discounts and concessions.
Forwarding cooperation with other associations and institutions, national and international
whose features and interest may be akin to ours and compatible with e-CAMAT.
In accordance with these objectives, a web space has been created with the format of a wiki, or collaborative web
in which all of you are invited to take part. This is just a sample.
The present sections include
A main page welcoming you to e-CAMAT.
The advantages of being part of e-CAMAT.
How to join and collaborate on the wiki.
The possibility of receiving notifications via e-mail and RSS feed.
Samples of ICT materials applied to language teaching and learning.
ELT projects authored by students and teachers
during these years, and those yet to be completed, in case they are in search partners.
Research-friendly institutions with our same interests.
And a space for your voice, your impressions and suggestions to be heard.
For instance, topics to be dealt with in some of the modules or complementary seminars, etc.
These are the sections we have initially designed
but they will be gradually increased and enriched with your contributions.
Finally, you are invited to watch and listen to former Master students
whose experience has changed their career.
I would like to thank them for their availability and enthusiasm about this initiative.
I hope that, in future, you share many other success stories
to do with our ELT Master's Degree.
It is an honour to have been invited to comment
on the many benefits of studying at UNED.
As a native and resident of Peru, I find their support and standards extraordinary.
and a great part of that contribution has led to the publication of my sixth book
Competencias Comunicativas en los Medios Virtuales, based on my Master's dissertation.
This book includes the theoretical principles, design and implementation
of a virtual subject focused on the development of communicative competences
in an adult education programme at San Ignacio de Loyola University.
My colleagues have congratulated me on this book
as there is still not much literature in our country, despite being many interesting projects.
I believe that distance education at UNED is a formidable experience
that can lead to a number of research opportunities
and projects development. Thank you very much.
Hello, I'm María José Ruiz.
I think this Master's Degree opens up new fields of research.
For me, natural language processing has been very interesting.
I also think the Master provides students with theoretical, methodological and practical experience
to offer them a more encompassing view, and to come up with new ideas.
For instance, with Estereotipos project.
Students become involved in an international linguistic and cultural exchange
where participants comment on Spanish and German stereotypes in advertising.
Using Spanish and German to communicate.
They do it orally and in writing through videoconferences
in a billingual online community and with collaborative documents.
My experience with Language School 1 in Zaragoza has been really enjoyable.
Now, my colleague Ángel Armedo will fill you in on the details.
Best wishes from Germany.
Hello everyone. I'm Ángel Arnedo.
Those of us who enrolled in the Master's Degree did it for different reasons.
Mine was the students I teach.
What I was trying to achive with this project was that this intense technological activity
could somehow be channelled into language learning.
For that reason, once I finished my Master, I have been doing many projects
based on my own research.
such as collaborative and individual blogs, web tasks, wikis, and so on.
Perhaps the most interesting project was the one we carried out with students from Bayreuth
and María José Ruiz entitled Estereotipos, which was done entirely on Google+.
It has been a wonderful experience.
Students can improve both their linguistic and technological competences
most especially in the case of older students, the ones we refer to as digital immigrants.
Greetings from Zaragoza.
When I decided to enrol in this Master's Degree
I knew I wanted to carry on studying and to do it at UNED
because my previous experience had been very good.
It allowed me to work and study for years
and, in spite of the challenge, it was worth the effort.
From the start, the topic caught my eye because I love new technologies and
I believe it's not possible to dissociate them from education.
Perhaps the most difficult decision I had to face when I enrolled in the Master
was to decide between entering the world market
or doing research and then continue with my Doctorate instead.
In the end, I chose the latter and I think I did the right thing
because, after I received my Master's Degree, I haven't stopped even for a minute.
I belong to a research group related to the Master
I have participated in several seminaries
I was part of the teaching team of a MOOC
and now I'm doing research on a very interesting and innovative topic
in the field of language teaching and learning, my true passion.
Hello everyone. My name is Javier Quero Merino
and I wanted to tell you how this Master in ICT at UNED
changed my career.
I was lucky enough to do work experience in Macmillan Publishing
and the experience was so satisfying
that after my time there came to an end
I was offered the possibility to stay and we signed a contract.
Since then, I have been working with them
and I can say that I'm surrounded by a fantastic team of professionals
in the digital department here at Macmillan
and I'm fortunate to learn something new every day
thanks to UNED and the chance they gave me to gain this experience.
Thank you very much.