innovation in language learning spaces
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Plenary presentation given at the 20th annual Latvian English Teachers conference in August 2012TRANSCRIPT
Innovations in Innovations in Language Learning Language Learning
SpacesSpaces
British Council, Barcelona British Council, Barcelona
http://languagelearningspaces.wikispaces.com http://languagelearningspaces.wikispaces.com
www.benettontalk.com/classroom.jpg
classrooms used to be like thisclassrooms used to be like this
http://www.ypfp.org/files/classroom.jpg
now they're like thisnow they're like this
http://www.dasma.dlsu.edu.ph/ico/dlsud_gallery/images/classroom%20business%20administration.jpg
or like thisor like this
http://www.mexicanpictures.com/archives/photos/xinjiang/classroom.jpg
What has What has changed?changed?
What is What is changing?changing?
How areHow arepeople people learninglearninglanguages in languages in the 21the 21stst century?century?
http://www.papert.org
Seymour Papert (1993)Seymour Papert (1993)The Children’s MachineThe Children’s Machine
www.calhoun.org/page.cfm?p=16
collaborative collaborative learninglearning
http://www.pequeapreschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/PB260034.JPG
more funmore fun
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvertlibrary/996745721/
technologytechnology
more more technologtechnologyy
http://blogush.edublogs.org/files/2007/10/classroom.jpg
home schoolinghome schooling
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/crazy-english/
larger classeslarger classes
Li Yang
http://www.screencast.com/t/OTVK2kl3dqR2
http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp180_crazy_english.pdf
http://www.screencast.com/t/E5AKtChtdv
http://ethio.wikispaces.com/Ethiopia
plasma teachingplasma teaching
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristinacosta
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Videos/Madangir.mpg
minimally invasive educationminimally invasive education
http://www.angiedweldon.com/2011/02/skype-granny.html
http://solesandsomes.wikispaces.com
Self Organized Self Organized Learning EnvironmentsLearning Environments
&&Self Organized Self Organized
Mediation EnvironmentsMediation Environments
Sole and Somes Sole and Somes
the “granny cloud”the “granny cloud”
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/parents
parents & kids parents & kids learning together online learning together online
http://www.youtube.com/user/BritishCouncilLEKids
online language exchangeonline language exchange
online & online & blended blended coursescourses
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/lep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/
LMS LMS VLEVLE
Learning Management SystemLearning Management System
Virtual Learning EnvironmentVirtual Learning Environment
= institution managed system= institution managed system
http://www.twitter.com
http://www.facebook.com
PLE PLE & &
PLNPLN
personal personal learning learning environmentenvironment
personal personal learning learning networknetwork
http://blog-efl.blogspot.com.es/
5,000 followers
1,900friends
= TOOLS= TOOLS = PEOPLE= PEOPLE
APLaNeT
Seven Partners:
ISTEK, TurkeyUniversity West Scotland, UK Sofia University, Bulgaria British Council, SpainEuroEd Foundation, Romania CELT Athens, GreecePelikan, Czech Republic
Associate Partners 140 institutions from 33 countries
http://aplanet-project.org/
http://aplanet-project.eu/
helphelpwithwithPLNsPLNs
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org
supporting a personal learning network / social media approachsupporting a personal learning network / social media approach
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk
MOOCMOOC
massive massive open online open online
coursecourse
http://youtu.be/eW3gMGqcZQc
https://www.coursera.org/course/fantasysf
39,000 students
virtualvirtualworldsworlds
http://secondlife.com/
http://www.worldofwarcraft.comhttp://www.worldofwarcraft.com
online online gamesgames
http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/
online online gamesgames
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/mobile-learning
BYODBYOD
Innovations in Innovations in Language Learning Language Learning
SpacesSpaces
British Council, Barcelona British Council, Barcelona
http://languagelearningspaces.wikispaces.com http://languagelearningspaces.wikispaces.com