Richard Twigg

Richard Twigg has over 25 years teaching experience in the U.K., Malta and Italy and has been a teacher/teacher trainer for the last 15 years. In 1998 he graduated from Huddersfield University with a Certificate in Education (Further Education). He was then a lecturer at York College before he moved to Malta in 2005, where he obtained his DELTA in 2007. He is currently the director of English Consultancy and Mediterranean Training and he works as a freelance teacher / teacher trainer in Italy and Malta. He delivers teacher training seminars (face to face and online) across Italy for both MacMillan Education and Eli – National Geographic Learning, aimed at educators in main stream education. He has delivered online teacher training programmes for the Malta ELT Council – Ministry for Education and Employment (MEDE), on behalf of the Malta Tourism Authority through Mdina International and also to a number of educators in mainstream schools in both Malta and Gozo.

Summit Session:

Is there a place for VR in education?

In this presentation we will look at an innovative VR project that has been funded by the EU Erasmus Fund Project. This is the second stage of the project called VR4LL – Virtual Reality for Language Learners. The second stage is still very much in its infancy but you will get a sneak peek at what is involved.