Archive for the ‘Course Design’ Category
Learning Theories – all the major concepts at a glance
CONCEPT MAP http://cmapspublic3.ihmc.us/rid=1LGVGJY66-CCD5CZ-12G3/Learning%20Theory.cmap
In: Course Design, Educational Technology, ESL Facts & Figures, Instructional Design, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, Who is Who in ELT
What is Study-English-Online.Net?
In: Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, groupwork, Instructional Design, interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, NOTES, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Uncategorized, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT
Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy
Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy 1. Cognitive Behaviourism 2. Constructivism 3. Connectivism
In: Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, groupwork, Instructional Design, interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Uncategorized, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT · Tagged with: behaviourism, cognitivism, connectivism, constructivism, theories
Educational Technology – Web-Resources: Theory & Tools
THEORY Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching & Technology TOOLS Mootools Javascript Thumbnail Viewer DimDim – A Web-Conferencing Solution More about Moodle http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm A code from answers.com which allows you to gloss an entire text. Currently used on the NY Times website, Available at: http://www.answers.com/main/answertips.jsp
In: Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design · Tagged with: links, theory
The 14 Categories of Language Use
RIvers & Temperly (A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English, OUP, 1978, p. 47) list 14 purposes or categories of language use establishing and maintaining social relations expressing one’s reactions hiding one’s intentions talking one’s way out of trouble seeking & giving information learning or teaching others to do or make something conversing over […]
In: Course Design, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: goals and objectives, lesson planning, methodology, speaking
A Multimedia Resource for Language Learning
I have been racking my brains over the past few weeks in vain. I am incapable of thinking of a proper topic myself and that prevents me from starting work on the assignment which reads as follows This assignment consists of two interrelated parts: A multimedia resource for language learning for classroom or self-access use. […]
In: Course Design, Digital Storytelling, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Teacher Skills, TEYL, Web Design · Tagged with: ideas, methodology, Web Design
Online Language Lessons – Idea Bank
It looks like more and more language teaching is being done on the web. Let me summarize what online language teachers have on offer, what they do or could do in theory. I will list several examples from Curtis J. Bonk & Ke Zhang’s (2008) Empowering Online Learning, pp. 62-63. Types of resources & activities […]
In: Collaborative Learning, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, groupwork, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Teacher Skills, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL · Tagged with: activities, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, online lessons, resources
Sources of Frustration for E-Learners
According to research, e-learners are likely to be frustrated by technical difficulties communication breakdowns Source: Hara., N (2000). Student Distress In a Web-Based Distance Education Course.
In: Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Instructional Design, Observations, Statistics · Tagged with: communication, distance learning, frustration, technical difficulties
Interactivity & The 5 Ts that Make it Fail
Ian Forsyth (Teaching & Learning Materials & The Internet, 3rd edition, p. 135) defines interactivity as emulating the traditional classroom He lists the 5 Ts that cause interactivity to fail on the Internet (pp. 19 -23) time technology timid territoriality on topics training truss – an infrastructure requirement
In: Collaborative Learning, Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, groupwork, Instructional Design, interactive CD-ROMs, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: 5 Ts, Ian Forsyth, interactivity
E-Courseware Design: Issues
Let me list some of the topical issues that keep emerging and need to be addressed asap. usability – what I mean here is all the extra clicks that either my students or I make, which takes time. Distributing courseware in space often results in learners’ having to spend more time online than they would […]
In: Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Observations, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: archiving, categorizing, feedback, interactivity, issues, materials, sorting, time, usability, worksheets