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Abstract:
This presentation illustrates how Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) can be designed and delivered as a pure distance/online course, in which the learners, teachers or teacher trainees, form a true learning community through interaction, collaboration, construction of knowledge, and peer reviews. This course will see its twelfth year of delivery, with participants from all over the world. Its objective is to teach participants how to incorporate technology effectively into the curriculum and daily teaching. The presentation will discuss the building blocks of this course.
Building blocks: eCollege course management system (CMS), Email, Reading Discussion Forum, Sharing What You Learned Discussion Forum, Chat (Webheads' Virtual Office in Elluminate), Professor's Office, Virtual Cafe, Announcements, DocSharing, Gradebook, Webliography
Resources used: PBWorks Wikis, Web 2.0 Tools (GoogleDocs, Quizlet, RubiStar, Engrade, and many more), MS Word (or open source ware), MS PowerPoint (or open source ware)
Created 12/26/2011 by Christine Bauer-Ramazani; last updated 1/9/2012
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