Call For Participants This is a call for participants to my online collaborative exchange project. This ‘Telecollaboration‘ will be carried out as academic research for my Masters in Digital Technologies for Language Teaching at the University of Nottingham. Please read the dissertation abstract here. Or read the full dissertation proposal here. What is Telecollaboration? Telecollaboration…
Here is a 10 slide, 10 minute presentation introducing the concept of Telecollaboration for EFL Talks 10 in 10 Terms. EFL Talks is a great place for educational professionals to learn from each other – essentially teachers teaching teachers! Want to know what it’s like to organise a telecollaboration? Listen to an interview with Eva…
My Proposed Masters Project Activities Project structure: Five 1 hour classes per week for 4 weeks WEEK 1: Introduction Phase Introduction to TC>pre-activity survey>speaking test WEEK 2: Getting to know you Phase Information exchange task 1> Self-Introduction Information exchange task 2> Respond to your partner’s self-introduction Information exchange task 3> Describe/introduce a digital tool to…
In this video some solutions and strategies for Telecollaboration are discussed, from the learner perspective.
In this video I discuss six main challenges in Telecollaboration from the learner perspective.
Using e-portfolios and rubrics to assess speaking competence in a Telecollaborative exchange between Chinese and English language learners Introduction In our increasingly globalised world, English language proficiency is regarded as crucial for future social and economic success. No more so is that evident than in China, a rapidly developing economy with bold ambitions to become…
Another interesting read has been Intercultural Competence and Cultural Learning through Telecollaboration by Theresa Schenker (2012). The six-week email telecollaboration between German students learning English and American students learning German revealed that the students interest in cultural learning did not change significantly. However, the study did show that the majority of Byram’s (1997) objectives of…
(Click YouTube CC icon for English subtitles) In this interview I chat about learning and teaching with Sean Ulley, an American PBL Teacher. Listen to the audio to learn more about Sean’s: – love of teaching and learning – favourite teacher – examples of Project Based Learning – plans for the future For friends in China, watch the video…
Last week I read A Tale of Two Communities: Group Dynamics and Community Building in a Spanish-English Telecollaboration by Mark Darhower (2007). The study explores the linguistic and social behaviours involved in community building between two groups of language learners (Group E & Group D) over a 10-week period. The research question was: What linguistic…
三周前我参加了一个很好的活动。主题是三分钟汉语演讲。虽然我很竞争我还给观众介绍我的硕士论文计划。项目叫Telecollaboration. 是一种在线共同交换。邀请你们去看看。尽管给我评价。 你有VPN的话请去看YouTube视频。