Supporting interaction

between language

learners Teresa MacKinnon

April 9th 2013

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The INTENT project: telecollaboration.

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EWC: Echange Warwick Clermont

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Establishing a community:

• Social presence is “the ability of participants to identify with the community (e.g., course of study), communicate purposefully in a trusting environment, and develop inter-personal relationships by way of projecting their individual personalities.” (Garrison, 2009)

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Student identities:

Management of own image relevant to the function of the space.

Visual media and spoken voice support engagement with others.

http://technorati.com/social-media/article/google-plus-crosses-90-million-user1/

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Extending interaction

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Spoken voice in forum postings:

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Levels of engagement:

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Case study on Uni-collaboration.eu

Kearney et al, Research in Learning Technology Vol 20, 2012 http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/14406/html

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