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Gabauda, Odette; Nocchi, Susanna – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Despite a rapid growth of Open Educational Resource (OER) availability, Thoms and Thoms (2014) note that few empirical studies examine the impact of OERs on foreign language learning and teaching. This paper presents an action research study investigating the embedding of selected components of DigiLanguages, an OER for Digital Literacies (DLs)…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Change
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Quere, Nolwenn – Research-publishing.net, 2017
Designing and sharing Open Educational Resources (OERs) requires teachers to develop new competences, in particular with digital resources. In this paper, the case of a language resource production group is introduced. Due to the centrality of the OERs in their collective activity, I show that the documents they produce are essential to the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Technological Literacy
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Mathieu, Lionel; Murphy-Judy, Kathryn; Godwin-Jones, Robert; Middlebrooks, Laura; Boykova, Natalia – Research-publishing.net, 2019
To address waning enrollments in intermediate 202 language courses, faculty have developed a multiphasic project. In phase one, alongside instructional designers, they created an open, connected platform where 202 students curate -- search, select, and share -- authentic materials online. In phase two, upper-level students help triage and scaffold…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Role, College Faculty
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Berti, Margherita – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This case study describes the development of a free-to-use online platform for storing, sharing, and accessing 360-degree Virtual Reality (VR) videos. Although in the past VR was mostly used for gaming purposes, in recent years it has become increasingly popular in numerous areas, including education. In the field of language learning, little is…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning
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Pulker, Hélène – Research-publishing.net, 2013
The use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) to support language teaching and learning in higher education has become standard practice in recent years. While OER initiatives have given considerable attention to teacher's engagement as well as the sharing of culture and the creation and uploading of OERs, there is little evidence about specific…
Descriptors: Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services, Foreign Countries
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Dodds, Colin B.; Whelan, Alison; Kharrufa, Ahmed; Satar, Müge – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter is based on a workshop at IVEC 2020 which presented a model of Virtual Exchange (VE) facilitated by interactive, digital, and cultural artefacts created using a progressive web app developed by the EU-funded ENACT project team. The model offers an innovative approach to online intercultural exchange through the opportunity to create,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Open Educational Resources
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Borthwick, Kate; Dickens, Alison – Research-publishing.net, 2012
The LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies, at the University of Southampton, UK, has led a number of projects aimed at creating and building communities of sharers and users of open educational resources (OERs). We have worked with very different groups within the language teaching community to raise awareness about OERs,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Open Source Technology, Educational Resources, Language Teachers
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Beaven, Tita – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The pedagogic practical knowledge that teachers use in their lessons is very difficult to make visible and often remains tacit. This chapter draws on data from a recent study and closely analyses a number of Open Educational Resources used by three language teachers at the UK Open University in order to try to capture how their use of the…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Shared Resources and Services
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Fitzgerald, Alannah; Wu, Shaoqun; Barge, Martin – Research-publishing.net, 2014
With this research and design paper, we are proposing that Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Open Access (OA) publications give increasing access to high quality online educational and research content for the development of powerful domain-specific language collections that can be further enhanced linguistically with the Flexible Language…
Descriptors: Open Education, Educational Resources, Access to Education, Educational Quality
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Meunier, Fanny; Meurice, Alice; Van de Vyver, Julie – Research-publishing.net, 2019
The present contribution is situated in the framework of a broad government project (entitled Pacte pour un Enseignement d'Excellence) and is specifically devoted to the learning and teaching of modern languages. Our group has been working on the collection, selection, and validation of innovative tools for foreign language learning targeting all…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Second Language Learning, Reading Strategies, Case Studies
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Appel, Christine; Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad; Jager, Sake; Prizel-Kania, Adriana – Research-publishing.net, 2014
SpeakApps 2 is a project with support of the Lifelong Learning Programme, Accompanying Measures. It follows up on the work and results reached during the KA2 project "SpeakApps: Oral production and interaction in a foreign language through ICT tools". The overarching aim of SpeakApps 2 is to further enhance Europeans' language learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Speech Communication
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Ó Ciardúbháin, Colm; Nic Giolla Mhichíl, Mairéad – Research-publishing.net, 2014
If teachers of Less-Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs), such as Irish, are to make use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and many other CALL tools, then there must be an appropriate adaptation of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) in that LCTL. The need to be "Bologna-compliant" has seen language courses and syllabuses…
Descriptors: Uncommonly Taught Languages, Irish, Resource Units, Academic Standards
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Orsini-Jones, Marina; Pibworth-Dolinski, Laura; Cribb, Mike; Brick, Billy; Gazeley-Eke, Zoe; Leinster, Hannah; Lloyd, Elwyn – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This paper reports on an exploratory research project on the evaluation of the engagement with a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) carried out by six members of staff and two "expert students" involved in the MA in English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Department of English and Languages at Coventry University (CU), United Kingdom,…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Educational Technology
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Marcus-Quinn, Ann; McGarr, Oliver – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This research study developed curricular specific open educational resources (OERs) for the teaching of poetry at Junior Certificate level in Irish post-primary schools. It aimed to capture the collaborative design and development process used in the development of the digital resources and describe and evaluate the implementation of the resources…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Poetry, Design, Educational Technology
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Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Corradini, Erika, Ed.; Dickens, Alison, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2015
This e-book is a celebration of and reflection on 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium, an event which is run by the Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies (LLAS) based at the University of Southampton, UK. Over the past ten years, the symposium has followed the innovations brought about in the digital realm and has offered a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Languages, Linguistics