6533b872fe1ef96bd12d2fec
RESEARCH PRODUCT
Affordances of telecollaboration tools for English for Specific Purposes online learning
Ana Sevilla-pavónsubject
Cooperative learninglcsh:LC8-6691lcsh:Special aspects of educationComputer scienceOnline learningAnglès05 social sciences050301 educationEnglish for specific purposesIntercultural communicationEducationWorld Wide WebManagement of Technology and InnovationComputer Science (miscellaneous)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBusiness EnglishComputer-mediated communicationAffordanceTelecollaborationlcsh:L0503 education050104 developmental & child psychologylcsh:Educationdescription
This paper explores students' perceptions of the affordances of different telecollaboration tools used in an innovation project for English for Specific Purposes online learning carried out between the University of Valencia (Spain) and Wofford College (South Carolina, United States) during the school year 2015-2016. Different tools for synchronous and asynchronous communication were used. The asynchronous tools included a discussion forum, a wiki, social networking websites and Google forms; while the tools used for synchronous communication were text, voice and video chat, videoconferencing tools and Google Drive. All the tools were accessible through the online platform used in the project, Google+. By using these tools, students from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean carried out a number of activities and tasks through online telecollaborative methods, involving both synchronous and asynchronous communication. The tasks completed by students through the use of the different tools were aimed at fostering distance online collaboration among American and Spanish students for the development of their linguistic, intercultural and digital literacies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 | World Journal on Educational Technology |