evaldesmat lecture feb2012
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Introduction to some of the issues about using online materials, and starting to consider evaluation of online materialsTRANSCRIPT
Evaluation and design of online materialsFebruary 2012
Ruby Rennie
Outline of session
• Introductory ideas: some areas to consider
• Learning outcomes for your students• Finding out about materials• Evaluating materials• Creating materials• Group task• Group report
AREAS TO CONSIDER IN ONLINE LEARNING
Introductory ideas
Terminology
• Online learning• E-learning• Distance learning• Blended learning• Mobile learning• Web 2.0• VLE
Keeping up
• Changing technology• New apps• Save useful links eg delicious http://
www.delicious.com/rubyr/ • The research basis• Theoretical justification• Receive notifications: emails; RSS feeds;
podcasts; online discussions/forums http://www.futureofeducation.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
• Related journals• Conferences
LEARNING OUTCOMES
First considerations
• Learner needs• Learner context
– Learner background issues– Educational system
• Personal ideologies– Behaviourist?– Constructivist?
• Goals / outcomes
Systems and skills
• Reading, writing, listening, talking• Task-based learning• Problem-solving learning
• Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, discourse
• Tasks and exercises (Ellis, 2003)
Simplified summary
• Learning doesn’t change• Processes don’t change• Issues don’t change• Consider tutor’s role
– Understand your ideology
• Start with learning outcomes
FINDING OUT ABOUT MATERIALS
Stepping up the double ladder
Learning • Theoretical
justification for choices
• Choosing appropriate materials
• Understanding processes
Technology
• World constantly changing
• Understanding choices
Role of tutor
• Understand learning and learners• Plan, evaluate learning• Understand available technologies• Integration• Evaluate and reflect• Consider materials with outcomes
EVALUATING MATERIALS
Finding and keeping track
• http://delicious.com/rubyr • Set up own blog
http://rubyonwheels.wordpress.com/• bookmark online journals
http://llt.msu.edu/ • Attend conferences and join groups
http://ltsig.org.uk/ • Share with others; work
collaboratively http://tesolmaterials.pbworks.com/w/page/20605955/FrontPage
Use systematic evaluation of learning• Learning outcomes• Learning processes• Plan and evaluate• Authenticity of outcomes / tasks• Checklists to be systematic
– E.g. Bates (1995)
Bates (1995) ACTIONS modelfrom Motteram (2011) Developing language-learning materials with technology In Tomlinson, B (2011) Materials Development in Language Teaching 2nd edition Cambridge: CUP
• Access• Costs• Teaching and learning• Interactivity and user-friendliness• Organisational issues• Novelty• Speed
CREATING MATERIALS
Useful tips
• Have a clear starting-point (blog? wiki? )• Don’t compete with professionally-
produced materials• Be aware of the range of possibilities• Don’t copy or repeat; embed
– Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubyrennie/
– Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ – Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-
dnL00TdmLY
• If it ain’t worth it, don’t do it!
GROUP TASK
Collaborate with group
1. Class wiki ttp://tesolmaterials.pbworks.com/w/page/20605955/FrontPage Request access
2. Browse; add comments to wiki – http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/
– http://edcompblog.blogspot.com/
– http://onlinell.wordpress.com/
– http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/
– http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/
– http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/
3. delicious http://www.delicious.com/rubyr/ Set up your own del.i.cious site
4. Take a lesson / activity either from your own ideas or from a textbook; the activity should be a writing task.
GROUP REPORT
References
Ellis, R (2003) Task-based learning and Teaching Oxford: Oxford University Press
Motteram, G (2011) Developing language-learning materials with technology In Tomlinson, B (2011) Materials Development in Language Teaching 2nd edition Cambridge: CUP