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Learning to swim in new waters : A meta-narrative about the design and implementation of a virtual learning environment for language learning and teaching

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MacKinnon, Teresa (2015) Learning to swim in new waters : A meta-narrative about the design and implementation of a virtual learning environment for language learning and teaching. In: Borthwick, Kate and Corradini, Erika and Dickens, Alison, (eds.) 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium : case studies in good practice. Dublin, Ireland: Research-publishing.net, pp. 57-66. ISBN 9781908416230

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000267

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Abstract

In the past 5 years, the Language Centre at the University of Warwick has designed and implemented a blended learning environment in order to meet two important challenges to our Institution-Wide Language Programme (IWLP) language teaching mission. These were to connect teachers and learners together online in order to better support progress where class contact time was limited, and to provide effective support to teaching colleagues with little or no experience of e-learning. Designing the portal, known as Languages@Warwick, involved a complex process of needs analysis, technical and financial understanding and interaction with many stakeholders. Progress in the use of the platform was regularly reviewed and shared with the tutor community in order to inform next steps. This chapter will present an emerging understanding of the nature and impact of the developments set against the rapidly changing technological and pedagogical landscape. One which can perhaps best be described not as a community of practice, as had been expected, but rather as a collection of participatory communities known as collectives.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Language Centre
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Computer-assisted instruction, Language and languages -- Study and teaching
Publisher: Research-publishing.net
Place of Publication: Dublin, Ireland
ISBN: 9781908416230
Book Title: 10 years of the LLAS elearning symposium : case studies in good practice
Editor: Borthwick, Kate and Corradini, Erika and Dickens, Alison
Official Date: 15 January 2015
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15 January 2015Published
Number of Pages: 10
Page Range: pp. 57-66
DOI: doi:10.14705/rpnet.2015.9781908416230
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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