Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Attitudes to using electronic resources in teachingEnglish

Gard B. JensetHøgskolen i Bergen

gbj@hib.no

March 15 2011

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Overview

A questionnaire study of student teachers’ attitude toE-learning and technologyAn example of how these skills can be put to use to achieveattainment goals

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Student E-attitudes and skills

How much do students like technology in the class room?How well equipped are they to use it?Do student teachers learn anything about using technology?

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Method

Questionnaire studyLikert scale, 1 – 5Student teachers at HiBTwo different programs“Apparent time” design

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Participants

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Students like technology

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Teaching English with technology

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Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

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Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Students and technology

Students are familiar with web platforms (itslearning)Students use word processors (Word, Writer)Most familiarize themselves with presentation software(PowerPoint, Impress, electronic boards)Is this sufficient?Achievement goal: learning how to make use of tables andstatistics in English (LK 06)

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The bleak industrial city: Doré, 1870

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The idyllic countryside

(Mr and Mrs Robert Andrews, 1750, by Thomas Gainsborough)

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The Web as a source of data

Wages (pence / day)

Year Building craftsman Agricultural laborer

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International Institute of Social History(http://www.iisg.nl/hpw/data.php#europe)

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Data visualization: Florence Nightingale

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Web based delivery: Animated bubble plots

http://www.gapminder.org

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The past is foreign country

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Population, price, and wages in England

http://home.hib.no/ansatte/gbj/population.htm

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Making the data dance

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Attitudes and skills are similar across cohorts and programs

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Students are more confident about web skills

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Teaching with technology

Much can be achieved with basic skills, Dudeney and Hockly(2007).But some might feel frustrated, Rimmereide et al. (2009).Proper training in computer use makes a difference, Hattie(2009, 223–224).

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Non-trivial use of technology

Student teachers’ self-reported IT skills do not improveOffice-type skills open new possibilitiesThe Web provides data and possibilities for presenting them

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Non-trivial use of technology

Student teachers’ self-reported IT skills do not improveOffice-type skills open new possibilitiesThe Web provides data and possibilities for presenting them

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Non-trivial use of technology

Student teachers’ self-reported IT skills do not improveOffice-type skills open new possibilitiesThe Web provides data and possibilities for presenting them

Introduction Data Technology in the classroom E-learning Summary References

Non-trivial use of technology

Student teachers’ self-reported IT skills do not improveOffice-type skills open new possibilitiesThe Web provides data and possibilities for presenting them

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References

Dudeney, G. and N. Hockly (2007). How to Teach English withTechnology. Harlow: Pearson.

Hattie, J. (2009). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of over 800Meta-analyses Relating to Achievement. London: Routledge.

Rimmereide, H. E., T. G. Madsen, G. Husøy, Ø. Gjøvik, andS. Ekker (2009). Digitale mapper og konsekvenser forlæringsmiljø i høgere utdanning. In H. Haugen (Ed.),Læringsmiljø på nett: Erfaringer fra forsøk og prosjekt, pp.231–247. Trondheim: Tapir.