eLearningConstructing New Environments

for Learning

Manuel Ortega, Pedro P. Sánchez-Villalón, Asunción Sánchez-Villalón, Celina de Diego

ICT• Technologies in learning …

– allow participants to access information – facilitate communication – mainly through the Web

Improvement? New ‘technologies can help us engage learners in active, constructive, intentional, authentic, and cooperative learning’ (Jonassen, 1999).

Paradigmatic ChangeShift from • the teaching-centred, receptive knowledge

acquisition process, – to -

• more active, knowledge construction experience centred on learners

Change in pedagogical foundations :– roles, environment & scenarios, centres, means, – new kinds of information, contents, disciplines. – learning process: new learning strategies

Technologies influence learning• Technology features:

– Ubiquity (of information & of devices) Weiser, 1991– Collaboration enabling (communities of practice)– In authentic context (situated learning)– Interaction (fluent communication)

• Methodological principles, pedagogical design

Engagement theory (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1998)

“Relate, Create, Donate” learning by creating,

Students should participate in their learning design, (Britain & Liber, 1999, 2004)

European eLearning Program (2001) establishes competences:– general (‘savoir’, ‘savoir-être’, ‘savoir-faire’ & ‘savoir-

apprendre’ -> learning to learn). – specific to each discipline.

• Experimental Sciences: 'can-do' or ‘know-how’ skills problem solving activities or simulations:

• Humanities: skills to cope with real life situations, developing creative thinking,

• CEF: competences for language learning– Integrating skills: linguistic, sociolinguistic & pragmatic components

Speaking, Writing, Listening & Reading

Competences

Language e-Learning strategies

• CALL (Computer-assisted language learning)• Web Resources. TELL & WELL • Ubiquitous access to information anywhere anytime.

Textual & multimedia information.• Communicate (Interact) by reacting to information:

– Initially with forms, (interactivity)– by writing in forums or chatting– New technologies for writing on the Web, such as

blogging and wikis. • AWLA & AIOLE (online learning environments)

AWLA: A Writing eLearning ApplianceAWLA: A Writing eLearning Appliance A learning resource to write on the Web.

• Aim:to learn how to write by writing • on a blended learning environment• allowing ubiquitous collaboration.• centred on learning design, which

provides updatable description, instructions and links to external/internal materials (PBL).

• access to communication: Chat• and reference language tools

(a grammar parser, a lexicon, Wordnet , online dictionaries, Google search, images).

Changing roles: •Teacher as a guide•Students as creators

Users (learners) access facilities◄ Easy entrance to the Website◄ Easy, fast access to reading, writing and saving text information

◄ Collaboration (New Idea)◄ Convertible to Word format Access to corrected version ◄ Editable with images (multimedia)

Permanent display of the task ------------►

Access to additional contents ► ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲Access to language tools (menu)Access to communication facility: Chat based on the task channel

AWLA German & Spanish InterfacesAWLA German & Spanish Interfaces

XML RSS AggregationXML RSS Aggregation

AIOLE AIOLE for Languages for Outgoing Erasmus Studentsfor Languages for Outgoing Erasmus Students • European Community directives:European Community directives:

–“language learning & the use of ICT” …

• Common European Framework of Common European Framework of Reference for LanguagesReference for Languages

– “active use of language as interaction in learning”

– Levels & assessment grid

• Blended LearningBlended LearningMixture of traditional language courses with distributed learning

–Oral interaction in face-to-face sessions–Reading, Listening & Writing online

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AIOLE-CIVIEramusAIOLE-CIVIEramusActivities:• Web Writer: designed or

selected by tutors/students• Learning design (3 levels): – CEF B1 – Teacher – Student

Learning design • Getting Ready for Mobility • Travelling, Accommodation, • At the University, • Everyday Situations.

AIOLE-CIVIEramus:AIOLE-CIVIEramus: Writing

- Reading as browsing (as usual) - Involving writing as interaction)

- Text, images, video or audio

- Mutiple Choice Quizzes or Matching Exercises

-Sentences for Fill-in-the-blanks completion.

- Questions and Answers

Kinds of Activities:

AIOLE-CIVIEramus:AIOLE-CIVIEramus: AWLA integrationAWLA (A Writing Learning Appliance)AWLA (A Writing Learning Appliance)- Learn to write by writing anywhere anytime on the Web- Task-based (scenarios)- with Tutors correction (similar to traditional)

Language eLearning with AWLA & AIOLELanguage eLearning with AWLA & AIOLE• Writing practice & communication (interaction) helps to

internalize information, to build knowledge, learning a language by developing communicative skills:– Reading, Listening, and Writing online– Speaking (oral interaction) in face-to-face sessions

» BLENDED LEARNING

– Blended learning (where the teacher is essential)• using content, quizzes & access to information (CAI)• Writing process, based on tasks: TELL learning design scenarios• Adaptable to disciplines, languages, levels• Ideal for Lifelong Learning and CLIL

The AWLA site: http://chico.inf-cr.uclm.es/ppsv/awla.htmlAIOLE-CIVIErasmus: http://civierasmus.uclm.es