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WELL Passing fad or fundamental shift in language learning? Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Overview Caveat professor… Is it changing student learning? Is there a theoretical basis for web-based learning What is it doing to the role of teacher? Conclusions Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Paradigm shift bite-sized, personalised, interactive, multimedia, integrated… Just-in-time learning “Magic clicks: no more sitting in stuffy lecture halls” Times Higher 17th May 2002 Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… “Laptop to oust books” There will be few books in the classroom of the future and the blackboard will be almost obsolete. Pupils in class will be linked by computer to the teacher in … an ‘integrated learning system’ Guardian January 17th 1998 Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… “The ………… is destined to revolutionalise our education system and … in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks” Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… “The motion picture is destined to revolutionalise our education system and … in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks” Thomas Edison, 1922 Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Imagine a technology that instantly connects teachers to resources around the world, that allows teachers to reach parents on a moment's notice, that helps teachers reach out to the community and even helps bring the community into the classroom. Imagine a time when virtually all professionals have such terminals in their work spaces, and virtually all homes -- even those of the poorest citizens -- are connected to the network. Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Imagine a technology that instantly connects teachers to resources around the world, that allows teachers to reach parents on a moment's notice, that helps teachers reach out to the community and even helps bring the community into the classroom. Imagine a time when virtually all professionals have such terminals in their work spaces, and virtually all homes -- even those of the poorest citizens -- are connected to the network. Imagine the day when all teachers in the state of California have that crown of 1880s technology, the telephone, in their classrooms. Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Getting it wrong “The world can get by with about 5 computers in toto” Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Getting it wrong “The world can get by with about 5 computers in toto” Thomas J Watson, founder of IBM Language lab CALL Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… 1997 WELL survey Do staff use any of the following for language teaching? – Word processing CALL packages E-mail WWW Other CALL activities Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… 1997 WELL survey Do staff use any of the following for language teaching? – Word processing 62% CALL packages 28% E-mail 24% WWW 16% Other CALL activities 12% Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Not so fast… “while there are some good resources on the 'Net, it is currently slow, loaded with garbage, and rapidly becoming as commercialized as network television” Clifford Stoll, "Silicon Snake Oil" Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Not so fast… “Digital Diploma Mills – the automation of Higher Education” David Noble, 1997 Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… Accelerated learning? Learn French Fast Learn French Fast! Smart Phrase.com Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… “Today’s students are tomorrow’s business leaders and customers. We have to encourage children to use computers. It will be good for the country, the economy and it’s also about building our business” Mark East, Head of Microsoft’s schools programme 1998 – overall UK schools computer market, including support services and training, was estimated to be worth as much as £500m Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Caveat professor… The Internet will change the shape of education … but not for at least five years (Roger Shrank, Director Northwestern University’s Institute for the Learning Sciences) Cambridge seminar August 2001 Despite the attention on-line learning has drawn in recent years, there are still very few examples of “pure” virtual education where all aspects of teaching and learning use technology of some sort. Glen Farrell “The changing faces of virtual education” London 2001 Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WWW – How many online? Worldwide: 513.41 million Africa 4.15 Asia Pacific 143.99 Europe 154.63 Middle East 4.65 Canada & USA 180.68 Latin America 25.33 Source: Nua Surveys (August 2001) Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Internet access Internet traffic doubles every 100 days (Source: UUNet) 95% US homes with access by 2004 (Source: Merrill Lynch) 2000 = 327 m people connected (Source: Computer Industry Almanac) 2010 = 1 billion people connected (Source: CIA estimate) Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WWW - server growth 5,000,000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 4,000,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 0 Sites Source: Hobbes Internet Timeline Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WWW - languages used Global Internet statistics by language Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Web as medium for... Delivery Interactivity Communication Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Web-based learning Different ways to exploit Full web • Merlin • Global English • Study pack online Web enhanced • BBC • Nathalie Casaux French test • VLEs Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Listening Speaking Reading Writing Grammar Assessment Cultural awareness Transferable skills Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Listening / watching Le déserteur Clare FM Funambule iVideo Live radio en direct L’Auberge espagnole RNE Champs Elysées webcam Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Speaking CAN8 MOO NetMeeting Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Reading Kidon Media Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Writing e-mail Web fora page production Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Grammar + lexis Verbix Realfrench Leo YourDictionary.com Dictionnaires spécialisés Grammar Central CILT Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Support for language learning Assessment Dialang Hot Potatoes Perception WELTS SurveyMonkey more Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 WELL Schools online Piquecos Portal sites About French Oilte Centro Virtual Cervantes Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Theories of learning Is there a theoretical basis for web-based learning? Structural perspective behaviouristic CALL Cognitive/constructivist perspective communicative CALL Sociocognitive perspective integrative CALL Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Teacher role o sage on stage v guide on side o never mind the technology, where’s the training? – herding cats o HTML o XML, Flash, ActiveX, JavaScript, CSS, broadband wireless o potential for collaboration… Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002 Conclusions Hype Not a panacea, but a tool. Ensure that the technology tail is not wagging the learning dog Costs WELL – the new chalk Oilte, Limerick September 13th 2002
