The range and number of technologies currently available have yielded both opportunities and challenges for language educators. This study aims to review recent technology-enhanced language learning (TeLL) research, and to examine their potential relevance to EAP pedagogy, curricula, assessment (…)
samedi 10 mai 2014 par Charlotte Dejean-Thircuir, François Mangenot
Cet article se penche sur un échange en ligne lors duquel des étudiants de Master FLE (futurs enseignants de français) ont fait réaliser une soixantaine de tâches d’apprentissage à distance à des apprenants chypriotes et lettons. Pour un tiers de ces tâches, qui constituent l’objet d’analyse, (…)
Task based learning (TBL) continues to evolve as information and communication technology (ICT) inspired tools and teaching approaches afford the possibilities of transforming students’ learning experiences by heightening their motivation and sense of autonomy, and in turn, their vocabulary (...)
samedi 10 mai 2014 par Paul Newhouse, Pina Tarricone
High-stakes external assessment for practical courses is fraught with problems impacting on the manageability, validity and reliability of scoring. Alternative approaches to assessment using digital technologies have the potential to address these problems. This paper describes a study that (...)
CONCOURS JEAN VALERIEN/RESAFAD Dépôt des dossiers avant le 15 juin 2014 _____________________________________________________ L?appel pour le concours Jean Valérien organisé par le Réseau africain pour la formation à distance (RESAFAD) pour le soutien de deux projets de doctorat à hauteur de (...)
dimanche 19 janvier 2014 par Jason Scott Daniels, Michele Jacobsen, Stanley Varnhagen, Sharon Friesen
The purpose of the Technology and High School Success (THSS) initiative was to encourage innovative strategies focused on improving provincial high school completion rates, using technology and student-centered learning to engage student interest. The primary purpose of this paper is to report (...)
lundi 30 décembre 2013 par Genevieve Marie Johnson
Twelve special education teachers and teacher assistants who have instructional experience using iPads with children with special needs completed a survey that queried their practices and perceptions. In general, teachers and assistants were extremely positive about the value of iPads for (...)
This paper introduces the relatively new field of learning analytics, first by considering the relevant meanings of both “learning” and “analytics,” and then by looking at two main levels at which learning analytics can be or has been implemented in educational organizations. Although turnkey (...)
dimanche 22 décembre 2013 par Dorothy (Willy) Fahlman
The study of workplace learning and informal learning are not new to adult education and pedagogy. However, the use of mobile devices as learning tools for informal learning in the workplace is an understudied area. Using theories on informal learning and constructivism as a framework, this (...)