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Teaching in in the 21st Century:
new approaches in the digital age
Pete Sharma
alumniSao Paolo
July 2011
1)Do you blog?2)Do you tweet?3)Do you Facebook?4)Do you have a Smartphone?5)Do you have a tablet pc?6)Do you have an anorak?
Aim
• To update on “what’s new” in digital trends in language teaching
• To explore good practice
Overview
(1) Innovations(2) Critical analysis(3) Controversies(4) Practical ideas(5) Focus on the future
(1) New era!
• Chalk – e-pen• Digital immigrants vs digital natives
(Prensky)
• Web 1.0 – Web 2.0 – user content / collaborative
More than a coursebook…….
Publishers no longer ‘sole’ owners
(2) Controversial:Multiple perspectives
Multiple perspectivesTeacher
Student
Trainer
DOS
$$$
School
PublisherAuthor
Designer
Developer
Theory
Corpus linguistics
(3)Technology - changed language teaching forever
Augmented RealityAppTweet-deckTwitterverse“What’s trending now?”iPadBlogWikiTxt spkCU l8terBack channelWeb 2.0
(4) Wider range of course types
Importance of attitude
www.farmgirlfollies.com
Knowledge – Skills - Attitude
K S
A3 numbers
Innovations
• Is it ‘new for you’?• Five recent developments
–iPad–Mobile dictionaries–Digital learning platform–Software developments–Second Life
English360 [Publisher + authentic + Teacher]
New terms for the digital age
• ‘Learning object’• Re-usable• Tagging• Re-sequencing – ‘playlists’
Part two:Critical analysis of five technologies
1) Podcasts2) Interactive whiteboards3) Wikis4) Virtual Learning Environments5) M-learning
(1)Podcasts
Upside Downside• portability – mp3 player• learner control• authentic materials – ESP• DIY • range
• ‘wrong kind of podcast’• authoring – not for every
teacher
• Power Point • Word • CD-ROM• Internet• “Always-on Internet” • ‘Just-in-time’ teaching Approach one
Four approaches
(2) Interactive whiteboards
Approach two –IWB software
Approach 3 - courseware
Approach four - DIY
Learner response devices
Text to board
Voting
Benefits• memorable presentations• ‘savability’• review• ‘heads-up’• precise answer
Drawbacks• cost issues• need to calibrate• ‘learning curve’• can encourage teacher-centred
classroom
(3) Wikis
Upside Downside• collaborative• process writing• ‘history’ to see changes
• not intuitive• not everyone wishes for
peer correction
(4) Virtual Learning Environments
Upside Downside• information on demand• appropriacy• pre/post course tasks
• time-consuming to learn• ‘blended courses’ pleasing
no-one• cost issues
Features:Assignments / Chatrooms / Questionnaire /Quizzes / Forum / Glossary / Handouts
Focus on appropriacy
Synchronous
Asynchronous
(5) M-learning
“learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_learning
M-learning
Upside Downside
• ubiquitous / helpful
• exciting• 24/7
• Young• Too many
contexts• Too-focussed
on ‘apps’
