(2) A critical analysis of six key technologies
Blended learning and new pedagogies
Critical analysis1) Interactive whiteboards
2) Virtual Learning Environments
3) Podcasts
4) Wikis
5) Interactive practice materials
6) M-learning: electronic translators
1. Interactive whiteboards
Saving annotations to server
Power Point Word Excel
Materials banks
Flip-charts
‘Just – in-time’ / ‘Always-on’
Audio in one place
Highlight text to play
Tools - screen reveal
Spotlight tool
Learner response devices
Text to board
Voting
Interactive whiteboards
Upside Downside
saving flipcharts ‘always-on’ Internet generic software
available audio in one place features e.g. screen
reveal learner response
devices
need to calibrate time to learn! cost business English
software? can encourage
Teacher-centred classroom
technology not yet ‘invisible’
(2)Virtual Learning Environments
Focus on appropriacy
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Virtual Learning Environments
Upside Downside
information on demand
appropriacy pre/post course tasks
time-consuming to learn
‘blended courses’ pleasing no-one
cost issues (Blackboard to Moodle)
robustness issues (Nicenet)
narrow-use
Features:Assignments / Chatrooms / Questionnaire /Quizzes / Forum / Glossary / Handouts
(3) Podcasts
Upside Downside portability – mp3
player learner control authentic materials –
ESP DIY
‘wrong kind of podcast’
authoring – not for every teacher
(4) Wikis
Upside Downside collaborative process writing ‘history’ to see
changes
not intuitive not everyone wishes
for peer correction
(5) Interactive practice materials
Upside Downside analytical learners anytime practice instant feedback good for ‘crisp’ areas tracking tools
‘skewer’ language over-emphasise one
area stimulus-response qualitative vs
quantative
(5) M-learning: electronic translators
Upside Downside ubiquitous / helpful listening to lectures cross- check bilingual
/ mono-lingual review – ‘favourites’ /
games
stop students guess from context
restrict fluency mis-used for
‘production’ - writing
Task Consider in which ways your own teaching is
different today from 5 years ago.