MERGING LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND PERSONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

Author(s):  
Elena Yaroslavova ◽  
Marina Fedotova
2012 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inés Gil-Jaurena ◽  
Daniel Domínguez Figaredo

El texto que se presenta analiza la potencialidad del Open Social Learning (osl), aprendizaje social abierto, en la educación superior a distancia. Tras comentar algunos aspectos acerca de las herramientas tecnológicas más extendidas en este ámbito, como son los sistemas de gestión de recursos (lms por las siglas en inglés de learning management systems), se revisa el concepto de osl y sus rasgos más relevantes: la noción de abierto, el carácter social y la centralidad del aprendizaje; se repasan las oportunidades que ofrece para facilitar aspectos como la generación de entornos personales de aprendizaje (ple por personal learning environment); la creación de comunidad; la validación colectiva de los contenidos, etc. Sin embargo, la implantación del osl genera reticencias y presenta retos para su integración en los sistemas de educación superior, retos que también se analizan y que se encuentran ligados, fundamentalmente, a la gestión del proceso de cambio del modelo pedagógico y a la evaluación de los aprendizajes.


Author(s):  
Alexandros Soumplis ◽  
Eleni Koulocheri ◽  
Nektarios Kostaras ◽  
Nikos Karousos ◽  
Michalis Xenos

The unprecedented growth of Web 2.0 has affected learning and has made the growth of learning networks possible. Learning networks are shaped by communities to help their members acquire knowledge in specific areas and are the most notable feature of Learning 2.0, the new learning era that focuses on individual learning needs. The evolution of learning forces traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) to incorporate more Web 2.0 features and slowly transform to Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). A Personal Learning Environment is a loosely structured collection of tools with strong social networking characteristics, which gives users the ability to create, maintain, and redistribute their own learning content. This paper is a field study of the most well-known and established LMSs and their support for specific features within several categories of tools of Web 2.0. The incorporation of Web 2.0 features within those LMSs differentiates them regarding their ability and potential to be used as PLEs.


Author(s):  
Alexandros Soumplis ◽  
Eleni Koulocheri ◽  
Nektarios Kostaras ◽  
Nikos Karousos ◽  
Michalis Xenos

The unprecedented growth of Web 2.0 has affected learning and has made the growth of learning networks possible. Learning networks are shaped by communities to help their members acquire knowledge in specific areas and are the most notable feature of Learning 2.0, the new learning era that focuses on individual learning needs. The evolution of learning forces traditional Learning Management Systems (LMS) to incorporate more Web 2.0 features and slowly transform to Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). A Personal Learning Environment is a loosely structured collection of tools with strong social networking characteristics, which gives users the ability to create, maintain, and redistribute their own learning content. This paper is a field study of the most well-known and established LMSs and their support for specific features within several categories of tools of Web 2.0. The incorporation of Web 2.0 features within those LMSs differentiates them regarding their ability and potential to be used as PLEs.


Author(s):  
Olha Datskiv ◽  
Sofia Datskiv

An integral part of the formation of the New Ukrainian School is an inclusive component, which forms a new philosophy of society based on the understanding of diversity and equality for all. Involvement in education and constant support of children with special educational needs should take place at all stages of receiving complete secondary education, especially in primary school. The paper discusses the features of inclusive foreign language teaching in primary school. Based on the research analysis, pedagogical observation of the educational process in English lessons in inclusive classes, the conclusion is made that it is important for primary school English teachers to use clear and comprehensive instructions before doing exercises and tasks, introduce and maintain the learning routine (greeting, a permanent place for writing homework, questions at the beginning and at the end of the lesson, etc.), change the types of tasks frequently, adapt previously used exercises to the new learning conditions, use scaffolding strategies. The article presents a set of exercises and tasks to use in English lessons when studying the topic “My home” in an inclusive 3rd grade of a general secondary education institution, as well as checklists for self-and peer evaluation of the inclusiveness of the learning environment for English teachers. The exercises and tasks of the set were tested in the 3rd-B grade of Ternopil schools No. 16 and No. 7. The final assessment of the educational achievements of students in English in the second semester of the 2020 / 2021 academic year confirmed the effectiveness and appropriateness of using these exercises and tasks in the English lessons. Checklists for self-and peer evaluation of the inclusiveness of the learning environment were tested and approved by English teachers and recommended for use in the educational process by foreign languages teaching methodology groups.


Author(s):  
Asep Budiman

ABSTRACT This paper aims at exploring in details about one of the left language learning theoriesnamely Behaviorism. Behaviorism, as how it is today, is gradually left behind since there are many new theories of language learning. Regarding this issue, it is very important to ensure that actually Behaviorism is still useful in certain teaching and learning activities in the classroom. This review investigates behaviorism methodology having advantages in learning a language in the classroom. This review also observes the critics of behaviorism and its weaknesses in a learning environment. This inquiry concentrates on the view point of B.F. Skinner, one of the most outspoken behaviorism psychologist and his experimentations about animals. The notion of antimentalism of behaviorism also discussed in the process. Keywords: Behaviorism Theory, Foreign Language, Teaching Methodology


Author(s):  
Junichi Azuma

This chapter describes how the synthesized English speech sound generated by a commercial TTS engine (Pentax “VoiceText”) is utilized within a CALL room environment as well as within the Moodle-based e-Learning environment for an EFL class in an average-level Japanese private university. It also argues that a TTS synthesized speech material will open a completely new horizon in foreign language teaching, implementing a ubiquitous multimedia learning environment at a significantly low cost.


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