CategoryE-Learning Design & Management

What is Study-English-Online.Net?

By Stacey

In Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, NOTES, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Unsorted Notes, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT

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Teachers’ Digital Toolkit

By Stacey

In Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Groupwork, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design

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International online learning projects for students ThinkQuest Online tools for resource creation Animoto Create videos from images Benettonplay Create stunning animations Classtools.net Create educational games Gliffy Create floor plans, flowcharts and 3D diagrams Glogster EDU Create interactive multimedia posters Kerpoof Create movies and stories Mixbook Create a page turning e-book...

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Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy

By Stacey

In Accents, Collaborative Learning, Commonly Made Mistakes, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, EFL/ESL CD-ROMs, ESL Facts & Figures, ESL statistics, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, language learning e-tivities, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Learning Styles, Observations, Statistics, Teacher Skills, Testing and Assessment, TEYL, Unsorted Notes, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL, Web 2.0 Buzz Words, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design, Who is Who in ELT

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Three Generations of Distance Learning Pedagogy

1. Cognitive Behaviourism
2. Constructivism
3. Connectivism

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Educational Technology – Web-Resources: Theory & Tools

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In Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Web 2.0 Tools, Web Design

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THEORY
Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching & Technology
TOOLS
Mootools
Javascript Thumbnail Viewer
DimDim – A Web-Conferencing Solution
More about Moodle

A code from answers.com which allows you to gloss an entire text.
Currently used on the NY Times website, Available at:

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Social Presence

By Stacey

In E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Observations

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Social presence is the degree to which an individual feels real or is seen as real while studying in an online context. The higher the degree of the learner’s social presence in a VLE, the lower the probability of the learner not finishing his/her studies.

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Online Language Lessons – Idea Bank

By Stacey

In Collaborative Learning, Course Design, Digital Storytelling, E-Learning Design & Management, Groupwork, Instructional Design, language learning e-tivities, Learning Language Teaching, Observations, Teacher Skills, Using Blogs in EFL, Using Wikis in EFL

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It looks like more and more language teaching is being done on the web. Let me summarize what online language teachers have on offer, what they do or could do in theory.  I will list several examples from Curtis J. Bonk & Ke Zhang’s (2008) Empowering Online Learning, pp.  62-63. Types of resources & activities for online language learners online flashcards electronic dictionaries...

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Is Studying 1-to-1 Pairwork?

By Stacey

In Collaborative Learning, E-Learning Design & Management, Groupwork, Learning Language Teaching, Observations

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Does studying 1-to-1 qualify as pairwork? And is it necessarily teacher-centered and bad? Anyone?

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Sources of Frustration for E-Learners

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In Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Instructional Design, Observations, Statistics

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According to research, e-learners are likely to be frustrated by

technical difficulties
communication breakdowns

Source: Hara., N (2000). Student Distress In a Web-Based Distance Education Course.

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Interactivity & The 5 Ts that Make it Fail

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In Collaborative Learning, Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Groupwork, Instructional Design, Interactive CD-ROMs, Learner Skills, Learning Language Teaching, Teacher Skills

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Ian Forsyth (Teaching & Learning Materials & The Internet, 3rd edition,  p. 135) defines interactivity as
emulating the traditional classroom
He lists the 5 Ts that cause interactivity to fail on the Internet (pp. 19 -23)

time
technology timid
territoriality on topics
training
truss – an infrastructure requirement

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E-Courseware Design: Issues

By Stacey

In Course Design, E-Learning Design & Management, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Observations, Teacher Skills

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Let me list some of the topical issues that keep emerging and need to be addressed asap. usability – what I mean here is all the extra clicks that either my students or I make, which takes time. Distributing courseware in space often results in learners’ having to spend more time online than they would otherwise have, and that should be avoided. feedback – it is not enough to...

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