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Crowdsourcing in language learning and teaching: “small” languages’ achievements
This document discusses how crowdsourcing has been used to advance language learning and teaching for smaller languages. It provides examples of crowdsourced projects like translating TedTalk subtitles, crowdsourcing language teaching materials on platforms, and crowdsourcing language curriculum development. The document argues that the language education field could better embrace new online spaces and communities to enrich classroom practice by taking inspiration from open collaboration and learning in online communities.
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- 1. Crowdsourcing in languagelearning and teaching: “small” languages’ achievements Katerina Zourou, Ph.D. Director, Web2Learn, Greece Funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union EnetCollect: European Network for Combining Language Learning with Crowdsourcing Techniques
- 2. Can you namea event in Iceland that in your opinion was crowd based?
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- 4. Can you namea event in Iceland that in your opinion was crowd sourced?
- 5. “Engagement of individualswho voluntarily offer their knowledge to a knowledge seeker (an organisation, a company, etc. Howe (2006). Howe, J. (2006). "The Rise of Crowdsourcing". Wired, 14 (6) https://www.wired.com/2006/06/crowds/ Crowdsourcing: short definition
- 6. Forging the Icelandicconstitution: civic participation onsite… Debating the constitution with (l-r) constitution activist and lawyer Katrín Oddsdóttir, filmmaker Eileen Jerrett and Alex Prichard in Reykjavik. Info from http://theconversation.com/icelands- crowd-sourced-constitution-hope-for-disillusioned-voters-everywhere-67803
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- 9. 15 Community location: exclusivelyonline? https://stackexchange.com
- 10. Community location: blended? Meetupcommunities
- 13. What can welearn for the learning and teaching of languages?
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- 17. Subtitles of TedTalksproduced in a crowdsourcing fashion https://www.ted.com/participate/translate
- 18. A platform forcrowdsourcing language materials
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- 22. 2nd example: crowdsourcinglanguage teaching materials Note: indicative example. Work in progress- still lots to be done
- 25. => Emphasis onpractices; hands-on approach for educators https://oepscotland.org 3rd example: crowdsourcing language teaching curricula https://oepscotland.org
- 26. => Teacher engagement;re-use; localisation http://www.tess-india.edu.in
- 27. • On aglobal level: shouldn’t we embrace new spaces and modes of connectivity more actively? • How to valorize educational practice using Open Educational Resources (OER) without downplaying the value of licensed materials? • Shouldn’t we reconsider the role of communities in language education in the open? • Shouldn’t we get inspired from learning and collaboration « in the wild » to enrich the language classroom practice? Few ideas to discuss
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