Archive for the ‘Instructional Design’ Category
The 4 Types of Multilevel Class Activities
Heather McKay & Abigail Tom (1999, CUP, Teaching Adult Second Language Learners, pp. 21-22) suggest teachers differentiate among four types of mixed-ability activity. Unless the text is in quotation marks, it is my own interpretation. same input, same task What is different in this situation is the level of your students’ language proficiency. What makes […]
In: Collaborative Learning, groupwork, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: dictations, games, input, level, mazes, mingling, mixed-ability, puzzles, quests, scaffolding, task, trivia quizzes
Is Studying 1-to-1 Pairwork?
Does studying 1-to-1 qualify as pairwork? And is it necessarily teacher-centered and bad? Anyone?
In: Collaborative Learning, E-Learning Design & Management, groupwork, Learning Language Teaching, Observations · Tagged with: 1-to-1, mind-boggling thoughts, pairwork
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
Web 2.0 Synonyms & Opposites
The opposite of hyperlinking is RSS aka really simple syndication. Users find content on the web and hyperlink to it . The opposite is subscribing to syndicated content aka RSS feeds. RSS readers are also known as aggregators. Metadata or metatags are usually embedded in website code, are not visible to the eye, are added […]
In: Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Web 2.0 Buzz Words · Tagged with: aggregators, hyperlinking, metatags, RSS feeds, RSS readers, tag clouds, tagging
How Long Should One Online Language Lesson Last?
To begin with, I am not aware of any reliable statistics. I can only draw on my personal experience and summarize a number of related Google search results. It is obvious, I hope, that it is impossible to spend more than 3 clock hours talking without a break. I guess that’s the maximum. As for […]
In: Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: duration, EFL lesson structure, lesson planning, lesson stages, online lessons, warmers
An Ideal E-Notebook
‘Spent the day contemplating Clarke’s e-note-taking advice. Isn’t it amazing? They’ve got it all online but for proper note-taking tools. I mean Moodle doesn’t have such a module or activity as a notebook. Nor does Blackboard Vista. Well, they do have blogs and notes sections, but they’re so-o badly designed that I do not want […]
In: Course Design, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Observations, Teacher Skills, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL · Tagged with: affordances, categorizing, Clarke, e-learning skills, note-taking, sorting, tagging
E-Learning & Note-Taking
Alan Clarke (E-Learning Skills, 2004, p. 26) made my day today when I read this E-learning does not provide an event at which you are required to take notes. All the content is presented in a form you could save as a file or print out. It would seem that you can capture everything. However, […]
In: Learner Skills, Learning Styles, Using Blogs in EFL · Tagged with: e-learning skills, note-taking
Techniques to Increase Memory & Stimulate Deep Cognitive Processes
According to MacLachlan (1986) сited by E. L. Criswell (1989, pp 36-39) the following instructional techniques can help the teacher teach and the student learn: Explaining the benefits of the lesson to the student before or at the beginning of the lesson. Memory is increased when the student is paying attention. That’s logical though sometimes […]
In: Instructional Design, Learning Language Teaching, Statistics, Teacher Skills · Tagged with: Criswell, MacLachLan
