ERIC Number: EJ890754
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jan
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Group Work in a Technology-Rich Environment
Penner, Nikolai; Schulze, Mathias
Journal of Interactive Learning Research, v21 n1 p111-137 Jan 2010
This paper addresses several components of successful language-learning methodologies--group work, task-based instruction, and wireless computer technologies--and examines how the interplay of these three was perceived by students in a second-year university foreign-language course. The technology component of our learning design plays a central role in this article. The main part is dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of student data collected in two different groups during two subsequent semesters. After a general discussion of the learning design of the course and task-based language learning, we analyze the interaction between two sets of factors: 1) the students' use of information and communication technologies and their perception thereof, and 2) students' perception of and participation in task-based instruction and group work. (Contains 5 tables, 2 figures, and 14 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Group Activities, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Cooperative Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students, Educational Technology, Data Collection, Computer Uses in Education, German, Computer Mediated Communication, Online Courses, Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Questionnaires
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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