E-learning and English Language Teaching

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• evaluate existing e-learning courses, apps/software, syllabus and materials for language teaching
• identify approaches to e-learning design for language teaching and the ideas about language and learning they are based on
• critically evaluate a range of e-learning theoretical approaches, materials and tools
• conceptualise and recognise the practical implications of the changing roles and activities of teachers and learners.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• a range of e-learning theoretical approaches, materials and tools
• approaches to e-learning design for language teaching and the ideas about language and learning they are based on

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• equip you to carry out e-learning course and materials design processes for language teaching within a future institutional context

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• examine and reflect on your own e-learning and teaching experiences and beliefs and relate these to current theory
• demonstrate digital literacy skills in ICT literacy, information literacy and learning skills in digital environments

We first examine the broader context of technological (computer and information based) change and its impact upon education before we engage in academic discussions about characteristics and principles of e- learning (including online distance and blended learning modes), characteristics of computer mediated communication, student motivation and the roles online tutors need to take on (in relation to individuals but also to online communities), e-material and course design and evaluation, assessment and others.

Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to link the respective theoretical frameworks with your own previous experiences and beliefs; explore the relationship between theory and pedagogic practice and experience; and reflect upon the pedagogic potential of different e-learning tools and resources (including VLEs, iPads and mobile technology, social networking tools, MOOCs and others).

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include:

• tutor-led discussion in seminars;
• individual and collaborative study and research tasks; and reports/presentations about these in seminars;
• group reflection on invited speaker presentations and lectures face-to-face and online via Panopto recordings/video files;
• small group discussions and tasks.

Learning activities include:

• reading key texts;
• accessing e-learning resources and online environments;
• participating in seminars;
• private study, research and reflection;
• individual and collaborative reports/presentations in seminars.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Meskill, C., & Anthony, N (2010). Teaching Languages Online.

Salmon, G. (2011). E-moderating: the key to teaching and learning online.

Carrier, M. Damerow, R. and Bailey, K. (2017). Digital Language Learning and Teaching: research, theory and practice. Oxford: Routledge.

Farr F. and Murray, L. (2016). The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology. Oxford and New York: Routledge.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External