Search results for "e learning"

Trust: the basis of the collaborative interaction

2005

This contribution focuses on the role of trust in developing collaborative learning. Both in face-to-face and online environments, four types of learning interactions are required: interaction with resources, with teachers, with peers and with an interface. Collaborative interaction, and therefore collaborative learning, requires people to trust one another. Several factors, such as shared social norms, repeated interactions and shared experiences, have been suggested to facilitate the development of interpersonal trust; as far as temporary teams are concerned, the concept of "swift trust" has been proposed. It is suggested that collaborative online interactions - compared to face-to-face o…

Collaborative learning in EFL activity books

2016

Yhteistoiminnallisella oppimisella tarkoitetaan toimintatapoja, joiden avulla pyritään yhdessä työskentelemällä ja oppimalla saavuttamaan ryhmän yhteiset päämäärät. Termin voidaan katsoa olevan eräänlainen opetusfilosofia, joka kattaa useita eri yhteistoiminnallisuutta tukevia opetus­menetelmiä tai aktiviteetteja. Olennaista yhteistoiminnalliselle oppimiselle on, että ryhmän jäsenet ovat vastuussa toistensa taitojen kehittymisestä samalla tavalla kuin omasta oppimis­estaankin. Samalla ryhmän jäsenet harjoittavat ihmissuhde- ja ongelmanratkaisutaitojen kas­vokkain tapahtuvassa vuorovaikutuksessa kanssaoppijoiden kanssa laatien lopulta itsearvioinnin ryhmän toiminnasta. Koska yhteistoiminnall…

SpringCon : a collaborative teaching material package for EFL teaching in grades 7-9

2018

Yhteistoiminnallisuus on alati läsnä arjessamme, niin työssä, koulussa, kuin vapaa-ajallakin. Yhteistyökykyisyys onkin yksi tärkeimmistä taidoista, tämän päivän yhteiskunnassamme. Siksi on tärkeää, että tätä taitoa harjoitetaan jo kouluikäisenä, mistä kertookin Perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteiden (POPS 2014) lukuisat maininnat vuorovaikutustaitojen ja yhteistyön merkityksestä, muun muassa laaja-alaisen osaamisen tavoitteissa. Pedagogisten suuntausten laajassa kirjossa on yhteistoiminnallinen oppiminen (eng. collaborative learning) varteenotettava vaihtoehto näiden taitojen edistämiseksi perusopetuksessa, myöskin kieltenopetuksessa. Koska yhteistoiminnallisen oppimisen periaatteide…

Views on cooperative learning held by foreign language teachers : Henna Pitkäranta

2000

Teaching process writing in an online environment

2015

This reflective practice paper offers some insights into teaching an interdisciplinary academic writing course aimed at promoting process writing. The study reflects on students’ acquisition of writing skills and the teacher’s support practices in a digital writing environment. It presents writers’ experiences related to various stages of process writing, their growing awareness of becoming good writers but also the constant struggle with common writing problems. Preconceived attitudes towards the process of writing provide further obstacles for students to overcome in an interdisciplinary and intercultural learning environment. A writer often overcomes the barriers to effective writing by …

Language students and emerging identities

2012

The aim of our article is to study written narratives as a way of expressing emerging identities as second language (L2) users. We compare narratives written by Finnish students of Swedish during their first semester (24 essays) with data collected after the third year of study (9 essays), thereby trying to figure out how the university context has affected the development of the students as L2 users. L2 learning is regarded as a complex project entailing constant identity formation as a plurilingual subject. We see identity as a process, as something flexible, hybrid and multifaceted. Identity evolves in participation and it always includes a temporal dimension. The language learning proce…

On-line quizzes to evaluate comprehension and integration skills

2016

[EN] This work demonstrates the use of a 2.0 tool, namely, Socrative, to evaluate one of the cross-curricular competences indicated by the Universitat Politècnica de València, specifically, comprehension and integration. It has been applied to the courses in different areas: sciences, engineering and languages. As part of its implementation, activities were proposed that could be done at the beginning, during or at the end of the class to, on the one hand, help students acquire the knowledge associated with the course(s), and on the other, gather evidence that demonstrates acquisition of said competence. The results show a high level of satisfaction by the students with the use of the Socra…

The use of technological devices in English teaching as experienced by teachers

2017

Teknologiaa on käytetty osana opetusta jo vuosikymmenten ajan. Tekniikan kehitys ja saatavuus ovat kuitenkin muuttuneet laajalti vuosien aikana. Nykyään sekä koulun tarjoamat, että oppilaiden omat laitteet ovat vahvasti läsnä kielten opetuksessa. Laitteiden kirjo on moninaistunut uusien laitteiden myötä. Luokassa saattaa olla hyvin laaja kirjo erilaisia laitteita, joita opettaja voi hyödyntää osana opetustaan. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää tämän hetkistä tilannetta englannin opetuksessa yläkoulussa ja lukiossa. Tutkimus kartoittaa, minkälaisia laitteita opetuksessa käytetään, ja miksi. Lisäksi pyritään selvittämään millaisia hyötyjä ja haittoja teknologian käytöstä on vieraiden kie…

Designing and investigating pedagogical scripts to facilitate computer-supported collaborative learning

2008

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) appears to provide a promising social approach to foster learning. On the other hand, recent studies have indicated that when learners are left on their own, it is often difficult for teams to engage in productive interactions. Therefore, the use of collaboration scripts as instructional support has been presented as a possibility to trigger productive collaborative activities. This study provides knowledge of collaboration scripts as a pedagogical method to facilitate group processes in virtual environments in authentic educational contexts. The findings indicate that scripts as external support can help students proceed in solving learning …

Case-based portraits of contrasting micro-interaction processes during online assessment of collaborative problem solving

2017

This study recognizes the role and the quality of social aspects in collaborative problem solving (CPS) processes and outcomes. The aim of this study, relying on multiple data and phases of analysis, is to explore and visualise, through contrasting case-based portraits, how micro-interaction processes at pair level evolve during CPS assessments in an online environment. The assessment is designed for a student pair in the STEM domain. The results show that in despite students’ similar CPS performance scores, variations in micro-interactions occurred across pairs. It is expected that studying these patterns at pair level may provide new insights into CPS processes and so to support acquiring…