ELN LMS EnglishLab Virtual Classrooms

ELN Online Classrooms where methodology meets technology

designed by teachers & learners

WHERE?www.study-english-online.net

WHY?MA Educational Technology and TESOL (DEC 2012)University of Manchester

Research Questions●What are EFL/ESL student and teacher perceptions of synchronous small group work?●What facilitates and what constrains synchronous small group work as perceived by group

participants?

Expected OutcomeA Virtual Learning Environment ideally suited to teaching foreign languages in real time

ELN Online Classrooms

LO DB - a Learning Object Database - TASKS (materials)

an LMS vs an LCMS vs a LO DB

LMS - a learning management system

administrative issues* schedule* course and lesson overviews* attendance* notes of absence* course drop/change requests* lesson summaries* homework* payment collection

LCMS - a learning content management system

the teaching process* classrooms* materials aka TASKS* all class vs pair work & group work activities* immediate vs delayed feedback

ELN Online Classrooms real-time small group lessons (voiP)

discussion debate auction

essay correction


that's a discussion classroom - participants are encouraged to voice and justify their opinions on a range of topics


that's a debate classroom - teams can argue their point in an organized way


that's a grammar and vocabulary auction classroom - really addictive and competitive


that's the place where materials developers input learning objects aka tasks into the learning object database


that's the design of the front page of the schedule and discussion, debate and auction classroom module


that's Coffee Shop - the place where learners can book "tables" - enter discussion classrooms


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