Technology in research and teaching: the view from the University of Southampton, UK Kate Borthwick Modern Languages, University of Southampton 21 May 2013, Tomsk, Russia

2 Overview eLearning at the University of Southampton, UK –Course support –Distance learning –Authoring tools –Teaching and learning repositories Developments in technology to support teaching and learning –open educational resources –communities and social media

3 eLearning at Southampton Course support –EAP toolkit and Study Skills Toolkit –In-sessional and pre-sessional support

4 EAP toolkit Learning to study Academic writing Academic reading and critical thinking Academic listening and note- taking Academic communication skills Grammar for academic purposes Vocabulary for academic purposes

5 Online, distance courses Online, distance MA in English Language Teaching Information and example materials at:

6 Online, distance courses Pre-arrival courses for international students –Boarding Pass (tutored, 2000 students last year) –Prepare for Success

7 The LOC tool Learning Object Creator (LOC) Online authoring tool to create interactive materials in the style of the EAP toolkit No technical support required Simple, easy-to-use Clear pedagogic approach Professional look

8 Open access repositories Open educational practice: publishing teaching resources for others to use, download and adapt for their own classes The LanguageBox Share teaching materials Find materials Make contact with others

New ways to support teaching and learning.

10 Open educational resources "OERs are teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others.” (Report for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2012) -Whole courses ‘big OER’ -Official sites: iTunesU, YouTubeEdu, TEDtalks -Individual resources ‘small OER’

11 Benefits in using/creating OERs demonstrates excellence in teaching way of showing impact as a teacher and as an institution raises your profile (and your institution’s) at home and internationally a way of linking research and teaching demonstrates excellence in content, technology or pedagogy a way of making connections in discipline community a way of making contact with other audiences for your work encourages collaborative working

12 Communities and social media Social media enables communities to grow around shared interests and they offer support and new ideas Find communities all over the internet, especially on Facebook and Twitter MFL Twitterers “the best staffroom in the world” #mfltwitterati Massive open online courses (MOOCs) – what does this mean for conventional providers of education?

13 Спасибо! – useful links Selected open content repositories: Humanities: Languages: All subjects: or For tips on cool new tools and how to use them in education: e.g. MyBrainshark, Linoithttp:// MyBrainsharkLinoit Authoring tools: LOC: and Xerte:

14 …more useful links For more about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) listen to this webinar c.aspx c.aspx Free MOOC-style courses at: - Khan Academy - Udacity - Coursera