{"id":30,"date":"2020-07-01T02:18:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T00:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/167.172.42.162\/wordpress\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T18:25:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/matbury.com\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-41 size-full\">\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_41\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41\" style=\"width: 190px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/matbury.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/matt_2019-08-19_300x321.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Bury, August 2019\" width=\"190\" height=\"235\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Bury, August 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p>26 years&#8217; experience with Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)<br \/>Making online English language learning engaging, effective, &amp; manageable<\/p>\r\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 C\u00f3rdoba, Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p>Hi! My name&#8217;s Matt &amp; I&#8217;ve been teaching English as a foreign language, &amp; using &amp; developing computer assisted language learning resources &amp; systems since 2000. I have a 3-year masters degree in online and distance education &amp; applied linguistics, which has been invaluable for understanding the field of second language acquisition. As well as teaching, I design &amp; create classroom and online English language learning resources, activities, &amp; curricula, according to the most up-to-date, evidence-informed principles of effective learning design &amp; language learning design.<\/p>\r\n<h4><strong>About<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>MA Online &amp; Distance Education &amp; Applied Linguistics<\/li>\r\n<li>English Language Teacher<\/li>\r\n<li>Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) specialist<\/li>\r\n<li>Instructional Designer &amp; Curriculum Developer<\/li>\r\n<li>Moodle Admin &amp; online Course Designer<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>ELT Design &amp; Development Work<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Online &amp; Distance Education: Developing online curricula which accommodate learners&#8217; unique circumstances &amp; diverse needs<\/li>\r\n<li>Blended Learning: Developing integrated classroom &amp; online learning curricula<\/li>\r\n<li>Enhancing ELT curricula: Developing optimal supplementary &amp; substitute classroom &amp; online activities for coursebooks<\/li>\r\n<li>CPD: Providing teacher continuing professional development for classroom &amp; online ELT<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h4>Moodle<\/h4>\r\n<p>Moodle is the world&#8217;s most popular learning management system (LMS). Spain has more than 148,000 registered sites &amp; 497 million users, &amp; is used by universities, training institutions, schools, charities &amp; NGOs, language academies, &amp; businesses.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Installing, configuring, &amp; maintaining Moodle<\/li>\r\n<li>Repairing, restoring, upgrading, &amp; generally rescuing Moodle sites that are having issues &amp;\/or are out of date<\/li>\r\n<li>Establishing best practices for secure, GDPR compliant, reliable, &amp; easy to maintain online learning systems<\/li>\r\n<li>Customising Moodle modules &amp; WordPress plugins (PHP, HTML, CSS, &amp; JS)<\/li>\r\n<li>Clients include various universities, the Council of Europe, the European Union, &amp; the OSCE\/ODIHR<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile Hi! My name&#8217;s Matt &amp; I&#8217;ve been teaching English as a foreign language, &amp; using &amp; developing computer assisted language learning resources &amp; systems since 2000. I have a 3-year masters degree in online and distance education &amp; applied linguistics, which has been invaluable for understanding the field of second language acquisition. 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