English Learning on the Web
María del Carmen Boloña
Content • Part 1: The Science of Learning
Active Language Learning
Interactive English Learning on the Internet
• Part 2
Principles, Conditions and Standards CALL
• Part 3
The Nicenet / Internet Classroom Assistant
Collaborative English Learning Environments
Design, Management & Assessment
The Science of Learning:
Research
Part 1
Active Learning
Research Findings
Cognitive, social, affective
& cultural engagement
Communicative
competence
Literacy
Self directed
learning
Learner’s training
Facilitation
Interactive English Learning
on the Internet
• Information Access
• Organization
• Interaction
• Collaboration
• Engagement
• Time Management
• Information Access
• Team Work
Diagram
CALL
Principles, conditions &
standards
Part 2
Key Principles for CALL
Pedagogic support
Facilitation
Critical Thinking
Engagement
Metacognition
Collaboration
Interaction
Digital Literacy Cultural Exchange
Conditions and standards
Selection
Criteria
Technical
Support
Time
Management
Autonomy
Engaging tasks
Authentic
Audience
Warm
Atmosphere
Production
& exposure
Classroom Management Systems: Types
The Moodle
The Nicenet Internet Classroom Assistant
The Nicenet
Internet Classroom Assistant
Part 3
Design, management and assessment of e-
English learning activities
• Syllabus Design: skills addressed
• Administration
• Collaboration & Interaction
• Knowledge Management: Thinking skills
• Information access and delivery
• Monitoring: Type of communication, standards, strategies
• Assessment
Planning: Syllabus Design
The Nicenet: Overview
UI Grades Breakdown English Learning Environments
Internet
participation
levels
Scale
Online Work
Writing Tasks
Research
Projects
High Internet
Participation
100 – 75 17% 39%
Average Internet
Participation
74 - 50 72% 55%
Low Internet
Participation
49 or less 11% 6%
Assessment
After Class Survey
English Learning on the Web
www.nicenet.org
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