NEEDS AND CHALLENGES FOR ONLINE LANGUAGE TEACHERS – THE ECML PROJECT DOTS

• Authors: Tita Beaven , Martina Emke , Pauline Ernest , Aline Germain-Rutherford , Regine Hampel , Joseph Hopkins , Mateusz Milan Stanojevic , Ursula Stickler
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The growing use of digital technologies in educational settings, paralleled by a paradigm change in educational theory from an instructivist transmission approach to constructivist and sociocultural theories of learning, demands more adapted teacher training programs, both technical and pedagogical. Looking at factors influencing teachers’ implementation of ICT in the foreign language classroom and guided by the results of a needs analysis survey conducted among twenty six language teachers from twenty five different European countries, the DOTS project aims to develop an online workspace with bite-sized learning objects for autonomous use by language professionals, particularly freelance teachers who frequently miss out on the training opportunities provided for their full-time colleagues.

Keywords

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teachers; teacher training; online learning

• Publisher: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group & University of Nicosia
• Journal: Teaching English with Technology
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5-20

Contributors

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Tita Beaven

• The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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Martina Emke

• b.i.b International College, Hannover, Germany

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Pauline Ernest

• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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Aline Germain-Rutherford

• University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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Regine Hampel

• The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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Joseph Hopkins

• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

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Mateusz Milan Stanojevic

• University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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Ursula Stickler

• The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

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