ERIC Number: EJ1142231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Affordances of Telecollaboration Tools for English for Specific Purposes Online Learning
Sevilla-Pavón, Ana
World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, v8 n3 p218-223 2016
This paper explores students' perceptions of the affordances of different telecollaboration tools used in an innovation project for English for Specific Purposes online learning carried out between the University of Valencia (Spain) and Wofford College (South Carolina, United States) during the school year 2015-2016. Different tools for synchronous and asynchronous communication were used. The asynchronous tools included a discussion forum, a wiki, social networking websites and Google forms; while the tools used for synchronous communication were text, voice and video chat, videoconferencing tools and Google Drive. All the tools were accessible through the online platform used in the project, Google+. By using these tools, students from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean carried out a number of activities and tasks through online telecollaborative methods, involving both synchronous and asynchronous communication. The tasks completed by students through the use of the different tools were aimed at fostering distance online collaboration among American and Spanish students for the development of their linguistic, intercultural and digital literacies.
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Spanish, Technological Literacy, Intercultural Communication, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Asynchronous Communication, Cooperative Learning, International Cooperation, Synchronous Communication, College Students, Business English, International Trade, Online Courses, Course Descriptions, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain; South Carolina
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