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eBooks Pilot: Modern Hebrew and Medieval Latin

August 23, 2013

Modern Hebrew

Irit Aharony’s Modern Hebrew course was offered in the fall of 2012. The iBook for this course was a grammar textbook that took advantage of a number of web-based grammar widgets developed for the course. Hebrew provides an additional challenge because it is written right to left and Hebrew grammar books include niqqud (diacritic marks representing vowels), which are mostly absent in modern Hebrew orthography, but are extremely useful for language learners.... Read more about eBooks Pilot: Modern Hebrew and Medieval Latin

Modern Hebrew and iPads

April 3, 2013

In the fall of 2012, students in second-year Modern Hebrew piloted an iPad project that combined all their handouts, worksheets, exercises, and review materials into a digital format. The goal was to allow students to review materials anywhere at any time, take self-correcting quizzes, review material that could be updated instantly by course staff, bring text files to life with native speakers and pop-up definitions, and make for a much more interactive and enriching experience.

ATG staff created an interactive iBook, an online flashcard interface, and an enhanced mobile-ready...