Exploring the Hype(r) of Languages Learning and Teaching

Penelope Coutas EdD Candidate Murdoch University Perth, Western Australia

p.coutas@murdoch.edu.au http://www.exploringthehyper.net

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Analysis

Methods

Methodology

Reporting

Background

Hypermedia ethnography takes observation, communication and collaboration into digital and virtual spaces and, in so doing, allows for multimodal investigations (Dicks et al., 2005).

Classroom Observations Interviews

Document Analysis

Focus Group Interviews

Misc.

Maxwell SHS

Maxwell Perth, WA (08) 9000 0000

4 Metropolitan 4 Regional

Methods interview focus group observation document

analysis participant

tagging

Methodology qualita've casestudy hypermediaethnography

Theoretical Perspective phenomenology

Ontology and Epistemology socialconstruc'vism connec'vism

Languages is one of the key learning areas in W

A’s Curriculum Fram

ework The Action Reflection Cycle. Adapted from

CELT (2008).

Theoretical Framework

Adapted from Crotty (1998)

There are many options for (re)presenting educational research with hypermedia. Models from Howard (1988).

Work in Progress

Design based on http://blogs.murdoch.edu.au. Theme by Michael.

Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching (CELT). (2008). IDEAS – Action research (AR). Retrieved October 20, 2008, from http://celt.ust.hk/ideas/ar/intro.htm.

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Crotty, M. (1998). The foundations of social research: meaning and perspective in the research process. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.

Dicks, B., Mason, B., Coffey, A., & Atkinson, P. (2005). Qualitative research and hypermedia: Ethnography for the digital age. London: Sage Publications.

Howard, A. (1988). Hypermedia and the future of ethnography. Cultural Anthropology, 3(3), 304-315.

Johnson, L. F., Levine, A., & Smith, R. (2008) 2008 horizon report. Austin, TX: The New Media Consortium.

MCEETYA. (2005). National statement and plan on Languages education in Australian schools. Retrieved April 1, 2008, from http://www.mceetya.edu.au/mceetya/default.asp?id=11912.

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Wesch, M. (2007). The machine is us/ing us (final version). Retrieved March 18, 2008, from http://mediatedcultures.net/mediatedculture.htm.

Zhao, Y. (Ed.). (2005). Research in technology and second language learning: Developments and directions. Connecticut: Information Age Publishing.

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