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Leonardo Project Nr. A/05/B/F/LA-158.238
From Face-to-Face to Blended Learning - English
for Students of Social Sciences Steffen
Skowronek / Christoph Lehker EUROCALL SHOW AND
TELL SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 EUROVOLT via VLE
European Vocational Online Language Teaching
and Vocational Online Language Learning via a
Virtual Learning Environment
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• PROJECT TASK DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS
• Components
• A) VOLT Language Teaching
• Development of teacher training modules for the
  training of online tutors/teachers online
• Piloting of the teacher training modules
• B) VOLL Language Learning
• Development of modules for vocationally oriented
  language learning
• Potsdam Course design and materials development
  English for Students of Social Sciences as a
  blended learning course

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• 2. Needs analysis Language and ICT
• LANGUAGE
• Placement test of the language centre
• Skills level for individual skills (DIALANG)
• Learning techniques / independent language
  learning
• ICT / VLE
• VLEs as online libraries
• VLEs as exercise machines
• VLEs as means of communication and collaboration

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• 3. Learners experiences and opinions
• Methods
• Pre-project questionnaire
• Week 5 and Week 13 questionnaires
• Forum Sharing Your Moodle Experiences, Weeks
  5/6
• Results and grades
• (User logs)
• Classroom discussions
• Oral interviews (post-project)

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3. Learners experiences and opinions
(n36) (interesting and useful experience 1 not
at all to 5 very ) 3.8 3.5 Use of the
platform for the whole course 3.8 4.0
Vocabulary / terminology exercises 3.6 3.6
Grammar, all grammar sections 3.1 3.4
Grammar explanations 3.9 3.6 Deduction of
grammar rules 3.7 3.8 Grammar tasks and
exercises 4.1 4.0 Reading tasks and
feedback 3,7 3,0 Listening Tasks 4,1 4.0
Writing tasks and feedback 3.8 N.A. Forum
discussions N.A. 3.4 Use of students platform
work in class 3,8 3,8 Integration between
online und face-to-face components 3,8 3,7
Use of online work / grammar in class 3,78 3,64
Average of all results
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• 3. Learners experiences and opinions (n36)
• Language level week 5 4 x lower than ideal
• Language level week 13 2 x lower than ideal, 3 x
  higher than ideal
• Students comments and suggestions
• The extent of observation and control is a big
  disadvantage for me.
• I feel Im being watched all the time.
• Technical problems, esp. when using multimedia
• Feedback in open-ended and semi-open exercises
  and tasks not sufficient.
• (Writing and translation tasks)
• Speaking in class and face-to-face discussions
  are more important!
• Results should be discussed more often in class.
• Exercises should be printet out.
• VLE usability issues individual students report
  lack of structure and
• missing functionalities

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3. Learners experiences and opinions Praise /
mixed results Habe vorher nie von der VLE
Moodle gehört, war aber angenehm
überrascht. It is more fun to use this program
than doing ones homework the "old way. Gut
gewählter Wortschatz im Glossary Part - auch sehr
positiv, dass dort nicht nur einfach Wörter
aufgelistet wurden, sondern auch Synonyme und
Beispiele gegeben wurden. Ich brauchte einige
Zeit, um mich einzugewöhnen, aber als Mitglied
der "Online- Generation" ging das relativ fix. Da
ich kein Freund von in Heftern geordneten Zetteln
und Arbeitblättern bin, ist es für mich eine
übersichtliche und vereinfachte Form des Lernens.
I like it.
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4. The teachers perspective What is
useful Less time for comparison of results and
corrections needed in class Exercises can be
used / tasks completed according to individual
needs Learning success and failure to learn can
be attributed more easily Students actually have
to learn independently (and develop
techniques) Enhanced motivation through
challenging tasks and more variety Thorny
issues Potential problems with students who
generally dislike ICT for learning (n2) More
stabile technology needed, both in the multimedia
lab and at home Copy-and-paste culture (between
students n? and from Internet sources n5) Ratio
between time for development and usage
time Students expect high-quality, individualized
feedback
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• 5. Examples of VLE content
• Reading tasks and glossary (help and additional
  information)
• Vocabulary (Exercises and links)
• Grammar (learning paths)
• Translation / Writing tasks (and feedback)
• Role plays
• Discussion fora / chats

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• 6. Beispiele für VLE-Inhalte
• Reading tasks and glossary (help and additional
  information)
• Vocabulary (Exercises and links)
• Grammar (learning paths)
• Writing (and feedback)
• Role plays
• Discussion forum / chat

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GUEST ACCESShttp//moodle.spz.uni-potsdam.de/moo
dleGo to Englisch, click Eurovolt for
Teachers / Guests Click the button Anmelden
als GastSTUDENT / TEACHER ACCESS Please
e-mail Steffen Skowronek skowron_at_uni-potsdam.de
and ask me for the registration key.

Thank you very much for listening to this
presentation.
Steffen Skowronek, E-mail skowron_at_uni-potsdam.de
University of Potsdam, Language Center EUROVOLT
via VLE www.eurovolt.net/