MASTER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING -AUTONOMOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS May 19, 2017 SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

SETTING AND OPTIMIZING LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTRES II Tutor Patricia Alvarez

LOs: Revisiting concept LOs. Yes there is a template SESSION AGENDA Instructional design LOs: Revisiting concept LOs. Yes there is a template Peer and self- evaluating learning objects: The instrument Learning opportunities of your LOs Sample Learning Objects SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

Web 2.0 tools to foster collaborative learning SESSION AGENDA Web 2.0 tools to foster collaborative learning Design Principles for LOs Refining your LO1 Drafting your LO2 and LO3 SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

Learning Objects: Instructional design Does the acronym ADDIE ring any bell? Instructional design (ID) models describe a systematic process, typically delineated by phases. They provide a structure to use when designing instructional products and experiences to meet learners’ instruction. Taken from: http://www.instructionaldesignexpert.com/addie.html

Learning Objects: Instructional design There are also learning goals that involve critical thinking, problem solving, and lifelong learning skills (Dunlap & Grabinger, 2003). Oh no…. Achieving these goals requires a different approach to instructional design

Learning Objects: Instructional design Let’s see what the sociocultural approach has to teach us… Taken from: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/e-jist/docs/vol10_no1/papers/full_papers/grabinger.htm

Learning Objects: Instructional design Now let’s contrast these two models and see how they can support the design of our LOs. Let’s take a look at the article: Grabinger, S. Aplin,C. Ponnappa-Brenner,G. ( 2007). Instructional Design for Sociocultural Learning Environments. Online available: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/e-jist/docs/vol10_no1/papers/full_papers/grabinger.htm

Learning Objects: Revisiting Concepts Dickens, A. and Corner, A. (n.d.) have characterized a learning object as: a particular type of online electronic learning material that is generally defined as a small, digital and self-contained unit of learning Also… a key quality learning object contains a high level of interactivity, has defined learning outcomes and specific tasks or activities for the learner a LO won’t necessarily depend on other resources or other units of learning and should be reusable in a number of learning situations. Is composed by a given number of activities ( 3 in this case) which are sequenced and clearly help students to reach the objective of the collaborative project.

Have you taken into account the LO template?

Peer and self- evaluating learning objects: The instrument SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

Learning opportunities of your LOs Engage students with an informative useful general intro to the activity Engage students in active reflection. Provide students with visible input.

Learning opportunities of your LOs Give Ss access to immediate feedback

Learning opportunities of your LOs Give your students immediate feedback opportunities. Make sure you do this for all the activities. Remember that there are different strategies to provide effective feedback SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

Learning opportunities of your LOs Engage students with a sequence of three staged activities which become increasingly challenging and their feedback . ¿

Learning opportunities of your LOs Make input accessible to Ss by various means so that you cater for various learning styles SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO FOSTER SELF-DIRECTED LANGUAGE LEARNING IN COLOMBIA -DIAGNOSING THE CURRENT STATUS IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS-

Learning opportunities of your LOs Give users, short, precise and clear instructions

Learning opportunities of your LOs Link the word resources to the actual section in the VLRC

Learning opportunities of your LOs The use of free digital photos and your own pictures is higly advisable

Learning opportunities of your LOs Refer your students constantly to consult and make use of the all the sections of your VLRC

Learning opportunities of your LOs Let students know who their tutors are.

Fostering collaboration in your VLRC Create collaborative mind maps This slide was taken from: Alvarez, P. and Molina L. (2012). Web 2.0 tools, the E-Champions course. Colombian Ministry of Education

Fostering collaboration in your VLRC Create forums to foster discussions Screenshot taken from: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/discussion-forum-tools/

Fostering collaboration in your VLRC Give students a space to write and share their ideas. Collaborative whiteboards are a nice idea. http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/collaborative-whiteboards/

Fostering collaboration in your VLRC Find out how much Ss know on a given topic. Screenshot taken from: http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/form-polling-survey-tools/

Copyrights and creative commons Make sure you create and display the CC attributions

Sample Learning Objects http://enjoyspeakingyourmindvlrc.weebly.com/step-1.html#/ https://www.elanguages.ac.uk/los/sst/using_paraphrase_in_writing.html https://www.elanguages.ac.uk/los/dl/using_other_peoples_digital_content_responsibly.html

Important dates LO3 design May 30 Piloting LOs 1 and 2 (submission of observation instrument) June 13 Next F2F class June 17