ERIC Number: ED479245
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Publication Date: 2003-Apr
Pages: 10
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The Use of Online Courseware in Foreign Country Instruction and Its Implication for Classroom Pedagogy.
Da, Jun
This presentation analyzes learners' online learning behavior based on statistics collected from an ESL (English as a Second Language) learning system and demonstrates the need and feasibility of focusing classroom instruction more on productive skills, such as speaking that cannot be handled satisfactorily by current technologies. The NHCE (New Horizon College English) online learning system, an EFL (English as a Foreign Language) course management and learning system developed for non-English major postsecondary students in China, is described. Topics covered include system design, pedagogical design, and EFL learning objects; three figures present the organization of online instruction at NHCE, student online learning activities, and instructional activities performed by course instructors. User online behavior is then addressed, including: visits, page views, and hits; visit duration; and most frequently viewed pages. (MES)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Learning Activities, Online Systems, Second Language Instruction, Tables (Data), Technology Uses in Education, Use Studies, Web Based Instruction, World Wide Web
For full text: http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/proceed03/146.html/.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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