Developing and Implementing an Online Chinese Program

2013 ◽  
pp. 160-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyu Sun ◽  
Yea-Fen Chen ◽  
Andrew Olson
Keyword(s):  
Online Instruction ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
The Face ◽  
Guidelines And Recommendations

The virtual language classroom is becoming more commonplace, and for many instructors it is even a requirement. This chapter aims to present a virtual language classroom case study and to propose a prototype for instructors to develop and implement fully online entry-level language classes, as well as to provide guidelines and recommendations for their reference as they redesign traditional face-to-face language courses to fit the online modality. As the case study progressed, the authors discovered that this new modality of online language instruction poses many challenges. Their research aims to answer questions, such as: 1) is the online instruction in the case study comparable to the face-to-face class? and 2) how can one best balance synchronous and asynchronous components in an entry-level online language (Chinese in specific) course?

scholarly journals A Fully Integrated Approach to Blended Language Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-238
Author(s):  
Polona Vičič
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
The Face ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Study Component

In the face of increasing demand for greater continuity and flexibility in language learning, online learning has gradually established itself as an important complement to face-to-face (F2F) language instruction. Typically, the resulting blend focuses on the two central learning modes, i.e., F2F and online; however, it leaves out the self-study component based on sources that do not form an integral part of the online component. Recognising the importance of the latter, Whittaker (2014) defines blended language learning as a blend of F2F, online, and self-study components. Drawing on this three-modal approach, the present paper first outlines two language courses designed and delivered by the author of the paper. Next, it analyses students’ feedback on their experience with blended learning collected via an end-of-course questionnaire including multiple-choice statements, five-point Likert scale statements, and open-ended questions. The sample included fifty-two students, most of whom reported a positive experience, especially with the F2F component.

Evaluating the alliance in videolink teletherapy

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 33-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
G J Ghosh ◽  
P M Mclaren ◽  
J P Watson
Keyword(s):  
Working Alliance ◽  
Psychological Treatment ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Working Alliance Inventory ◽  
The Face

The use of videoconferencing in psychotherapy remains largely unexplored. Videoconferencing compromises the range and quality of interactional information and thus might be expected to affect the working alliance (WA) between client and therapist, and consequently the process and outcome of therapy. A single case study exploring the effect of videoconferencing on the development of the WA in the psychological treatment of a female–male transsexual is described. The self-rated Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) was used to measure client and therapist perceptions of the WA after each session over 10 sessions of eclectic therapy conducted over a videolink. The serial WAI measurements charting the development of the WA in 4 cases of 10-session, face-to-face therapy by Horvath and Marx1 were used as a quasi-control. Therapist and client impressions of teletherapy are described. WAI scores were essentially similar to the face-to-face control group except for lower client-rated bond subscale scores. It is suggested that client personality factors accounted for this difference and that videoconferencing did not impair the development of an adequate working alliance or successful therapeutic outcome.

Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Synchronous Learning Management Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-190
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Nami
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Foreign Language Instruction ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Synchronous Learning ◽  
The Face ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Writing Knowledge

In line with calls for a more comprehensive understanding of the potentials of virtual environments for language learning/teaching, the chapter reports a study on the application of a synchronous learning management system (SLMS). The development of academic writing knowledge of a group of MA students attending an online academic writing course in a state university in Tehran was compared with that of a similar group in a face-to-face course in the same university. The analysis of participants' classroom discussions and their writing assignments indicated that although the writing knowledge of both groups improved by the end of the course, the nature of changes differed from the online group to the face-to-face one. It is suggested that while SLMSs have opened up new horizons for the instruction/practice of language skills, their uses are largely context- and user-specific. The finding of this study feeds into research on SLMS-based foreign language instruction.

scholarly journals Perubahan Budaya Tatap Muka Menjadi Online dalam Bimbingan Skripsi Mahasiswa

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-85
Author(s):  
Iswanto Iswanto ◽  
Dasrun Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
The Face ◽  
Communication Competencies ◽  
Communication Culture

Face-to-face communication has turned directly online, which encourages changes in the communication culture of lecturers. Changes in the communication culture require communication competence so that face-to-face thesis guidance runs effectively. Therefore, this research aims to measure the communication competence of lecturers and students when carrying out online guidance. To answer the research objectives, researchers used a case study with a qualitative approach. The theory of analysis used in this study uses the theory of communicative competence based on two dimensions: the cognitive dimension and the behavioral dimension. The data technique used in this study used purposive sampling, which includes several criteria for informants, including two final-year students preparing a thesis using the zoom cloud meeting application, then actively carrying out online thesis guidance and other supporting informants of two supervisors. The results showed that the face-to-face change to online in the guidance of the online thesis culture is still positive because there are communication competencies that are owned; there are two components of communication in online thesis guidance, namely: knowledge (knowledge) and skills (skills), the most positive communication competence—perceived by students and lecturers, namely skills.

scholarly journals The Role of Responsive Leadership in Meeting Customers' Needs during Crises

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Leadership Attributes ◽  
Leadership Support ◽  
The Face ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
The Impact

This case study conducted to investigate the impact of a responsive leadership approach in meeting customers' needs in a higher education institution in the UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, a mixed-method model has been used. The data has been collected from a convenient sample working and studying at Al Qasimia University Language Center, in fall 2020. This result indicates that the provided responsive leadership support during COVID-19 was effective and helped in motivating learners and customers to keep learning and making progress greater than what was shown before COVID-19, during the face-to-face teaching and physical assessment. Although the qualitative and quantitative results in this case study revealed a significant impact of responsive leadership approach on customers’ progress, there is still a need to conduct other researches to develop and validate a responsive leadership inventory to facilitate measuring of responsive leadership attributes in a large scale sample and/or population.

The "Pastoral" in Virtual Space

2007 ◽  
pp. 218-231
Author(s):  
Mary Griffiths ◽  
Michael Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Flexible Learning ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Intercultural Skills ◽  
The Face ◽  
Learning Software ◽  
English Classroom

Two online undergraduate media and communications projects, one in Australia (1999-2003), and the second from New Zealand (2004-5), are analysed and compared in this chapter. Written by two flexible-learning practitioners, the case study gives the background and contexts of the two projects. We describe how we developed intercultural, pastoral pedagogies suited to contrasting ‘internationalised’ cohorts, despite trends in new ‘market-driven’ universities. The framework used is Michel Foucault’s ‘pastoral’ power, as modelled by Ian Hunter in studies of the milieu of the face-to-face English classroom, and the agency of the teacher in constructing self-reflexive subjectivities (Hunter, 1996). The development of valuable intercultural skills in the student depends in part on the composition of the ‘internationalised’ student groups themselves, and on their and their teacher’s awareness of the formative nature of the software being used. Learning software has the potential to mediate conduct the choice of what kind of relationships ensue rests with the e-practitioner.

Customary Connection to Land and Practices of Resilience

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Stead
Keyword(s):  
Ritual Practice ◽  
Story Telling ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Material Form

An ethnography of Cacavei, a rural subsistence community in eastern Timor-Leste, provides a case study for theorizing customary connection to land. When the community was displaced during the period of Indonesian occupation, forms of customary connection to land—including ritual practice, gardening, burial, and story-telling—were a source of resilience in the face of enormous change and suffering. In Cacavei, and in other communities where customary forms of sociality endure, people and land are mutually constitutive. Customary sociality privileges embodied, face-to-face encounters, but in the emphasis placed on genealogical continuity across time it also accords importance to relationships with the dead, with spirits, and with the yet-unborn. Connection to land plays a key role in mediating the abstraction of physical death, with relations to ancestors and other disembodied kin embedded in the land itself, and thus given material form. The capacity to negotiate abstraction underpins the resilience and negotiability of customary systems.

Out of Site, Still in Mind? A Case Study in Video Mediated Communication

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-246
Author(s):  
Beverly L. Harrison ◽  
Mark H. Chignell ◽  
Ronald M. Baecker
Keyword(s):  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Video Communication ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Floor Control ◽  
The Face

Video mediated communication alters our perception of the way in which we interact and communicate. In contrast to face to face or audio only (e.g., telephone) communication, there is relatively little systematic research on the effect of video conferencing on communication within groups of people at dispersed locations (Harrison, 1991b; Harrison et al, 1992b; Sellen, 1992; Wolf, 1988; Cohen, 1982; Short, Williams, and Christie, 1976). In this paper we describe a study of how participants at three distant locations perceived differences between face to face (within site) and video mediated (between site) communication. Results indicate that participants perceived between site, mediated communication to be unnatural and uncomfortable. They felt there were problems with gaining floor control and with conversation flow. Additionally, participants perceived the between site, mediated communication to be less interactive, less social, and less enjoyable than the face to face, within site communication. The insights gained through this and other case studies, summarized here, will be used to guide our future research. This study is one in a series of field trials and controlled experiments aimed at understanding the human factors issues associated with video communication and the design of such systems.

scholarly journals Alternatives to the face-to-face consultation in general practice: focused ethnographic case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (669) ◽  
pp. e293-e300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Atherton ◽  
Heather Brant ◽  
Sue Ziebland ◽  
Annemieke Bikker ◽  
John Campbell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Face ◽  
General Practices ◽  
The One

BackgroundNHS policy encourages general practices to introduce alternatives to the face-to-face consultation, such as telephone, email, e-consultation systems, or internet video. Most have been slow to adopt these, citing concerns about workload. This project builds on previous research by focusing on the experiences of patients and practitioners who have used one or more of these alternatives.AimTo understand how, under what conditions, for which patients, and in what ways, alternatives to face-to-face consultations present benefits and challenges to patients and practitioners in general practice.Design and settingFocused ethnographic case studies took place in eight UK general practices between June 2015 and March 2016.MethodNon-participant observation, informal conversations with staff, and semi-structured interviews with staff and patients were conducted. Practice documents and protocols were reviewed. Data were analysed through charting and the ‘one sheet of paper’ mind-map method to identify the line of argument in each thematic report.ResultsCase study practices had different rationales for offering alternatives to the face-to-face consultation. Beliefs varied about which patients and health issues were suitable. Co-workers were often unaware of each other’s practice; for example, practice policies for use of e-consultations systems with patients were not known about or followed. Patients reported benefits including convenience and access. Staff and some patients regarded the face-to-face consultation as the ideal.ConclusionExperience of implementing alternatives to the face-to-face consultation suggests that changes in patient access and staff workload may be both modest and gradual. Practices planning to implement them should consider carefully their reasons for doing so and involve the whole practice team.

scholarly journals English language teaching and assessment in blended learning

2014 ◽  
pp. 67-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sejdi Sejdiu
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Face ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Experimental Group

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of blended learning vis-à-vis face-to-face instruction. In order to achieve this aim, three research questions including were raised. The study was conducted using the case study approach which was supported by the collection of qualitative and quantitative data. The study involved two teachers, one who taught the experimental group using blended learning, and another one who taught the control group using face-to-face instruction. The results showed that the blended learning instructor executed instruction better and used more effective methods of assessment than the face-to-face instruction teacher. This is supported by differences in students’ performances which show that the experimental group performed better by scoring higher means and recording lower variances.

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