ERIC Number: EJ1108551
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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EFL Learners' Perceptions of Blog Assignments and Instructors' E-Feedbacks
Aliakbari, Mohammad; Mohammadi, Saeedeh
International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, v11 n3 p1-16 2016
The use of blogs in EFL settings considerably supports learner-centered interactive learning and constructivist environments. Moreover, using blogs to provide instructor's feedback has a crucial role in the language learning process. The present study aimed to explore Iranian EFL learners' perceptions of blog assignments and instructor's e-feedbacks thereof. To this end, assignments were established and teacher's feedbacks were transmitted via the blogs for a period of one educational semester. Data were triangulated and collected using think-aloud protocols and reflexive journals during the semester, as well as semi-structured interviews at the end. Data analysis through grounded theory further revealed six major categories: educational effects, psychological effects, technological effects, social effects, teacher's traditional feedbacks vs. e-feedbacks, and students' preferences of e-feedbacks. Accordingly, implications are discussed in light of EFL settings.
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Feedback (Response), Web Sites, Assignments, Teacher Attitudes, Protocol Analysis, Journal Writing, Semi Structured Interviews, Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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