Research notes
The 5-3-1 Framework: a weekly rhythm for networked teacher development
Select five resources, interact with three, contribute one original artefact. A connectivist routine that turns scrolling into professional development.
Read →For online English teachers
Teaching online is not teaching alone.
ConnectivEnglish is where online English teachers find research, frameworks, and tools for developing through their networks — built on doctoral research into connectivist professional development.
ELT teacher & trainer · teaching online since 2016 · Portugal
the premise
Online English teachers appear to be among the largest groups in ELT, and one of the least supported. No staffroom. No apparent structured CPD.
This site exists to close some of that gap: the research, the writing, and the tools all serve teachers whose careers happen in networks, not institutions.
doctoral research in progress
‘Pull the Switch’: A Connectivist Touch in the Professional Development of Online English Teachers
Conducted at NOVA FCSH / Universidade Aberta, the study asks how connectivist principles can shape professional development that actually fits the working lives of online English teachers.
About the studyFoundation
Connectivism
Learning as network-making (Siemens, Downes).
Foundation
Online teacher professional development
CPD designed for teachers who work, meet, and grow online.
Cultivated competency
Intercultural communicative competence
Byram’s ICC — developed through the network, not assumed by default.
latest writing
Recent articles
Practice
Teaching for the summary: four moves for lessons learners remember
Surface, Recap, Seed, Loop — a lesson-design framework for online one-to-one teaching, with a free AI assistant to plan it.
Read →Tools & AI
From zero to app: building language-learning tools with AI and free platforms
How Capsulingo and BizSlang were built without a development team — and how any teacher can do the same.
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Add a node to the network
Whether you teach online, train teachers, research OTPD, or want to talk about an association for online English teachers — get in touch.