Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Cheryl Bray
TESOL Arabia 2011Rethinking Language Teaching
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Internet sites for lesson support
Existing online exercises/sites
Programs for creating online exercises
collaborative learning: Blogs/Wikis
Surveys/Questionnaires
By Cheryl Bray, MA TESOL for TESOL ARABIA, March, 2011.
Exploring: Exploring:
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
learning fluency In information technologylearning fluency In information technology
Autonomous and Collaborative Autonomous and Collaborative
Empowering Students Empowering Students
Attention to product/GenresAttention to product/Genres
Visual,
auditory,
reading/writing,
kinesthetic
multimedia, multisensory
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Why e-learning? Why e-learning?
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Contemporary approach appeal
All Learners & learning styles
Wide range of resources available
higher order & lower order Thinking
Why e-learning? Why e-learning?
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Roles of the Computer
Tutor: Give instruction, feedback, test all skills
Tool: Written, audio, Visual materials, checkers, dictionaries,
Medium: Messaging, wikis, blogs,
publication and interactionKern, R. Perspectives on technology in learning and teaching languages Tesol quarterly Vol. 4, no. 1, March 2006, 191
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Iterative
Small changes
Striving for PerfectionWhen I have eliminated the ways that When I have eliminated the ways that won’t workwon’t work I will have found the ways that do I will have found the ways that do workwork. . Thomas EdisonThomas Edison
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Internet sites for lesson support
Existing online exercises/sites
Programs for creating online exercises
collaborative learning: Blogs/Wikis
Surveys/Questionnaires
Cheryl Bray, MA TESOL for TESOL Arabia, March 2011.
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Internet sites for lesson support
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Internet sites for lesson support
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Existing Online Exercises
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Existing Online Exercises
Rethinking Classroom Practices
1,380,000 results
Existing Online Exercises
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Programs to Create Online Exercises
StudyMate
Positive Washback
Variety of practice tools from one exercise
User friendly interfacehttp://www.respondus.com/movies/Intro-StudyMateClass/Intro-StudyMateClass.html
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Programs to Create Online Exercises
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Programs to Create Online Exercises
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Rethinking Classroom PracticesPrograms to Create Online Exercises
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
Rethinking Classroom PracticesPrograms to Create Online Exercises
Quizlet.com
Quizlet
Premade exercises
User creates exercises
Online or print outs
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Review Tool: Prezi
www.prezi.com
Contests
In Class or independent review
Focus on specific aspects or overview
Rethinking Classroom PracticesReview Tool: Prezi
www.prezi.com
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
BlogsDashboard
Individual or group
Integrate Music/Photos
Links, comments
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Collaborative LearningBlogs
Teacher Posts Assignment
Links to Student Blogs
Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
Blogs
Provide instructions or
Model
Students do Process writing then Post Blog
Add Photos
Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
Blogs
Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
Wikis
Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
Wikis
Wiki Means…..
PB Wiki
Folders
Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning
Wikis
Students learn formatting
Add Media or Links
Genre
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
Surveys and Questionnaires
Google Docs
Poll Everywhere
Survey Monkey
Rethinking Classroom PracticesOnline Surveys
HigherOrder
thinking
Rethinking Classroom PracticesOnline Surveys
Feedback
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Online Surveys
Create Questions
CreateSurvey
Email link to students
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/
Rethinking Classroom Practices
Online Surveys
PollEverywhere.com
Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices
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Internet sites for lesson support
Existing online exercises/sites
Programs for creating online exercises
collaborative learning
Surveys/Questionnaires
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