Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices

Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom Practices

Cheryl Bray

TESOL Arabia 2011Rethinking Language Teaching


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:


http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/MTYyMzE2NTAzMg

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http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE0Mjk0MTMyMg


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


Why e-learning? Why e-learning?


Contemporary approach appeal

All Learners & learning styles

Wide range of resources available

higher order & lower order Thinking

Why e-learning? Why e-learning?


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


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




collaborative learning: Blogs/Wikis


Cheryl Bray, MA TESOL for TESOL Arabia, March 2011.






Existing Online Exercises


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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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Rethinking Classroom PracticesPrograms to Create Online Exercises


Rethinking Classroom PracticesPrograms to Create Online Exercises

Quizlet.com

Quizlet

Premade exercises

User creates exercises

Online or print outs


Review Tool: Prezi

www.prezi.com

Contests

In Class or independent review

Focus on specific aspects or overview

http://prezi.com/mujjqcbfnmui/grammar-jeopardy/

http://prezi.com/ecedovu-qmwx/reading-review-jeopardy-game/

http://prezi.com/ecedovu-qmwx/reading-review-jeopardy-game/

Rethinking Classroom PracticesReview Tool: Prezi

www.prezi.com

Online Learning Innovations: Rethinking Classroom PracticesCollaborative Learning

BlogsDashboard

Individual or group

Integrate Music/Photos

Links, comments


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


Blogs


Wikis


Wikis

Wiki Means…..

PB Wiki

Folders


Wikis

Students learn formatting

Add Media or Links

Genre


Surveys and Questionnaires

Google Docs

Poll Everywhere

Survey Monkey

Rethinking Classroom PracticesOnline Surveys

HigherOrder

thinking

Rethinking Classroom PracticesOnline Surveys

Feedback


Online Surveys

Create Questions

CreateSurvey

Email link to students

http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/


Online Surveys

PollEverywhere.com

http://www.polleverywhere.com/

http://www.polleverywhere.com/


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collaborative learning



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