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Publication Date: 2020-Jul
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Taking DDL Online: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a SPOC on Data-Driven Learning for Tertiary L2 Writing
Crosthwaite, Peter
Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, v43 n2 p169-195 Jul 2020
This paper describes the rationale, design and implementation of a short private online course (SPOC) on data-driven learning (DDL) (Johns, 1991), focusing on L2 error correction in postgraduate academic writing and involving over 300 registered users. I discuss the affordances of using a SPOC platform (namely "EdX") for online DDL training, describing activities that cover a range of useful strategies for DDL-led error detection and correction. Learners' usage of the SPOC platform and their quantitative and qualitative perceptions of the course are described for the reader. The paper also outlines certain conceptual and methodological challenges involved in taking DDL instruction online.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Error Correction, Graduate Students, Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Computational Linguistics, Writing Instruction, Student Attitudes, Barriers, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Course Descriptions, Instructional Effectiveness, English for Academic Purposes
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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