Sharpening pencils in the digital age. International Seminar, 14th October 2013 – Venice (Italy) This one-day event is organized by LaDiLS (Laboratory of Didactics of Foreign Languages), as part of the Language Teaching Centre at the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. The Seminar will reflect on how Technologies favour Language Learner Autonomy, considering relevant issues as: how technologies can make students more aware and responsible for their own learning processwhat technological applications better foster language learning autonomy at different age and school levelshow technology can help build a bridge between formal and informal language learning.
Shona Whyte (University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis) Sharpening pencils in the digital age: classroom integration of interactive technologies to support learner autonomy Like this: Like Loading... About Shona Whyte Applied linguist, teacher, trainer, researcher in the English department at the University of Nice (France). Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER) Published since 2008 ISSN 1940-5847 (print), ISSN 1941-756X (online) The Contemporary Issues In Education Research (CIER) welcomes articles in contemporary issues related to research in education. CIER publishes papers that significantly contribute to the understanding of cutting edge issues in education. Using a wide range of research methods including statistical analysis, analytical work, case studies, field research and historical analysis, articles examine significant research questions from a broad range of perspectives.
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TEDxTeen - Jacob Barnett: Forget What You Know. Education by Mikko Hakala | ZEEF. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age December 12, 2004 George Siemens Update (April 5, 2005): I've added a website to explore this concept at www.connectivism.ca Introduction Behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism are the three broad learning theories most often utilized in the creation of instructional environments. Learners as little as forty years ago would complete the required schooling and enter a career that would often last a lifetime. “One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge.
Some significant trends in learning: Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime. Background Driscoll (2000) defines learning as “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential…[which] must come about as a result of the learner’s experience and interaction with the world” (p.11). Driscoll (2000, p14-17) explores some of the complexities of defining learning. Conclusion: Jcal12040. Socrative | Student Response System | Audience Response Systems | Clicker | Clickers | Student Clickers | ARS | Mobile Clicker | Software Clicker. Connectivism.
WhatIsConnectivism. HETLReview2013SpecialIssue. Connectivism. Connectivism. Connectivism is a hypothesis of learning which emphasizes the role of social and cultural context. Connectivism is often associated with and proposes a perspective similar to Vygotsky's 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD), an idea later transposed into Engeström's (2001) Activity theory.[1] The relationship between work experience, learning, and knowledge, as expressed in the concept of ‘connectivity, is central to connectivism, motivating the theory's name.[2] It is somewhat similar to Bandura's Social Learning Theory that proposes that people learn through contact. The phrase "a learning theory for the digital age"[3] indicates the emphasis that connectivism gives to technology's effect on how people live, communicate and learn. Nodes and links[edit] The central aspect of connectivism is the metaphor of a network with nodes and connections.[4] In this metaphor, a node is anything that can be connected to another node such as an organization, information, data, feelings, and images.
Technology | Texting 'improves language skill' Text speak, rather than harming literacy, could have a positive effect on the way children interact with language, says a study. Researchers from Coventry University studied 88 children aged between 10 and 12 to understand the impact of text messaging on their language skills. They found that the use of so-called "textisms" could be having a positive impact on reading development.
The study is published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. "Children's use of textisms is not only positively associated with word reading ability, but it may be contributing to reading development ," the authors wrote in the report. The children involved in the study were given 10 different scenarios and asked to write about them using text messages. The textisms were split into categories, including shortenings, contractions, acronyms, symbols and non-conventional spellings, and analysed for their use of language alongside more traditional schoolwork. Misspellings. Language reaches poor by mobile phone | Education | Guardian Weekly. English language lessons are providing a blueprint for the way that mobile phones can be used to deliver education opportunities to communities in some of the poorest parts of the world.
In Bangladesh the BBC Janala service, targeted at rural and urban poor, has delivered over 3.5m three-minute audio English language lessons since its launch in November 2009 and last month Nokia, the Finnish handset maker, expanded its Ovi Life Tools suite of information and education content to low-income mobile phone users in Nigeria. Since 2009 Nokia has been rolling out its Ovi Life Tools in China, India and Indonesia, and now claims that it has a total of 6.3 million users. Its Learn English service, which offers vocabulary lessons at three levels of proficiency, are proving to be among its most popular services, alongside price information for farmers and sport and entertainment news.
Nokia also believes that support for learner in their first language is a key to success for mlearning. Technology and Education | Box of Tricks | Technology and Education.