AU Workplace English wpeau.ca Dr. Mohamed Ally Colin Elliott Tracey Woodburn

New Generations of Students Online presence Now generation Virtual generation Social networking Games Digital experts Adapt to technology quickly Technology is second nature

Current Generation of Students Online presence Social networking Games Technology literate

Mobile cellular has been the most rapidly adopted technology in history. Today it is the most popular and widespread personal technology on the planet, with an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally by the end of Mobile broadband subscriptions overtook fixed broadband subscribers in 2008, highlighting the huge potential for the mobile Internet.

Shift to Mobility  E-learning to M-learning  E-Commerce to M-commerce  E-government to M-government  E-collaboration to M-collaboration  E-library to M-library  E-health to M-health

Emerging Technologies in Learning Print E-learning Mobile Learning (M-learning)

The Ultimate School in the 21 st Century (Albert Browne, Verizon Foundation, U.S.A.) Use of digital media Games as a learning strategy Mobile devices Online courses

Learning Materials Development Break content into small chunks Design as learning objects Store in repositories for easy access Metatagged, retrieved, and reused

Design Principles Chunk the information to prevent information overload Use advance organizers to facilitate the processing of details Dual-coding hypothesis: present information in visual and textual/verbal Use concept and information maps Design for specific context

What is WPE? -Content 86 Grammar lessons with 155 interactive exercises  Including: Vocabulary from 8 different workplace situations: Health and WellnessTrades and Labour Utilities-Oil/Gas/MiningFood Services and Restaurants Retail and SalesAdministration and Clerical Hospitality and TourismBanking and Personal Finance 5 audio exercises and 1 video exercise

WPEAU- Statistics 90% of students thought that mobile learning provided them with the opportunity to learn anytime, anywhere. 69% of students thought mobile technology increased the quality of their learning experience

Content: AUESL  AUWPE AU Mobile ESL AU Workplace English

Question Format There are 4 types of interactive questions:  True/False Ex. 1.1  Multiple Choice Ex. 2.1  Matching Ex. 9.2  Sequencing Ex. 13.1

Question format True/False Ex. 1.1 Multiple Choice Ex. 2.1

Matching Ex. 9.2 Sequencing Ex Question format

Audio Five styles of interactive audio exercises 1)Audio Vocabulary list (Health and Wellness Vocabulary) 2)Audio dialogue followed by text questions (Ex. 20.2) 3) Multiple Choice - audio sentence then choose text answer (Ex. 28.1) 4)Multiple Choice - read text then choose audio answer (Ex. 38.3) 5)Audio lesson (Lesson 51)

Health and Wellness Audio Vocabulary List

Ex Audio dialogue text questions

Ex Audio questions text answers

Video Lesson 10 Ex. 9.3  A short scene between a medic and an injured worker followed by text questions (01:53)

Technology Designed for advanced devices MP4, MP3 Auto-detect Re-sizes for device

Future Directions More multimedia More devices Dynamic pages apps