Validation & Resources for Language Validation & Resources for Language Learning in AIOLE EnvironmentsLearning in AIOLE Environments

Validation & Resources for Language Validation & Resources for Language Learning in AIOLE EnvironmentsLearning in AIOLE Environments

Dr Asuncion Sanchez-Villalon, PhD,asuncion.sanchez@uclm.es Dr Pedro P. Sanchez-Villalon, PhD,sanchezvillalon@gmail.com

University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain

IAC-ETeL 2013 in Prague

International Academic Conference on Education, Teaching & E-learning

AV consulting & Czech Technical University

IntroductionIntroduction

Knowledge Transfer Knowledge Construction Content-based systems foster transmissionist learning

while ICT technologies improve Constructivism Learning

ICT help learners to enhance their language learning (in educational centres in teaching & formal learning), or outside, (in informal situations), offering:

open resources for e-Learning (Web-based, real practice communication and simulations, Blended Learning, …)

support to lifelong learning the design of Institutional & Personal Learning Environments

AIOLE: AIOLE: Concept. Features. PurposeConcept. Features. Purpose

AIOLE (An Interactive Online Learning Environment)

Main purpose: to help teachers and learners to design learning strategies to develop activities to give access to online materials to report learners on their learning experiences to fulfill tasks where language skills play an essential role

in their learning process.

Resources in Resources in AIOLE EnvironmentsAIOLE Environments

AIOLE Learning scenarios with Resources: WebWriter 2.0 for tasks & activities edition on the Web

& for designing Scenarios (Teachers & Students themselves) Accessing links to Internet resources, Chat tool ePortfolio: ELP Passport,

BioLingua, eDossier AWLA writing practice Course, Group & Individual Activities Agenda & File Access & Uploading Webquests & Search Integration…

CEFR Descriptors & LevelsCEFR Descriptors & Levels

AIOLE projectAIOLE project

AIOLE ValidationAIOLE Validation

Laurillard´s Conversational Model (2002) passed by AIOLE

It accomplishes the 4 components:◦Discursive◦Adaptive◦Interactive◦Reflexive

AIOLE AIOLE Discursive componentDiscursive component

Chat for conversational exchanges◦teacher «–» learners ◦learners «–» learners

Access to the learning plan column & links Learners can communicate about their learning experience

& doubts. Teacher can access learners’ comments

AIOLE AIOLE Adaptive ComponentAdaptive Component

Teacher can ...modify tasks & adapt the learning plan dynamically

with sequential steps in learning activitiesaccess to solutions upon practice completion access information & offer remedial work

Learnerscan modify their own learning plan, tasks & activitiesAIOLE will progress showing the teacher’s guide in

the learning path from the institutional guidelines and the CEFR levels and descriptors

AIOLE AIOLE Interactive ComponentInteractive Component

The 4 communicative skills, mainly writing, reading and listening. Writing by integrating AWLA writing assignments in

learning tasksReading & Listening activities designed by the teacher

for the learner to access and produce feedback Grammar and Vocabulary quizzes, easily designed using

a template or accessing on WebSpeaking motivated in blended environments with

stimulating spoken interaction, in face-to-face situations

AIOLE AIOLE Reflexive ComponentReflexive Component

Using feedback Help the teacher relating the learners’ feedback with the

task objectives & tutoring the internalizing process Help the learner saving their feedback in their scenario,

inviting them to check and compare results in a non-automatic evaluating technique done by the teacher

Using the ePortfolio with the reflective feature of BioLingua :Language Biography

AIOLE internal validationAIOLE internal validation

Internal validation: the fulfillment of objectives are reached when checking the learners’ outcomes

Internal validation in different online environments

AIOLE learning environments:CIVIErasmusAIOLE for UCLM coursesAIOLE for EOI-CR coursesPAMCEL, …The first statistics usage was done as a

CIVIErasmus platform (with a tracking facility)

CIVI.Erasmus ExperienceCIVI.Erasmus Experience

Castilla La ManchaRegion in Spain~80.000 Km2

UCLM - University of Castilla La Mancha 67.000 Km2

4 provinces: 4 campusesLanguages: 4. English, French, German, Italian

Participants:No. of Students: 600. No.Tutors: 16Average visits per student (hrs/mo.)ENGLISH: 26,5:4= 6,6 GERMAN: 35:4= 8,7 ITALIAN: 29:4= 7,2 FRENCH: 22,1:4= 5,5Dates: March-June (Spring term)

External validationExternal validation Presentations of AIOLE at Conferences worldwide TEMCU European Congress: La experiencia Erasmus. U. Granada, Spain e-Society 2006 IADIS Conference. Dublin: Trinity College ALT-C 2006: The Next Generation. Edinburgh: Heriot-Watt University 3rd International Microlearning 2007 Conference. Innsbruck University ePortfolio 2007 EIFE-L: Maastricht. The Netherlands. E-Learn 2008, Las Vegas, USA. AACE World Conference on E-Learning iLearn'09 Paris, EIFE-L: Paris Publications of Papers in Journals & Conference Proceedings International Journal of Continuing Engineering Edu.& Life-Long Learning CEUR Workshop Proceedings: Virtual Campus 2006, Barcelona. Micromedia and Corporate Learning Proceedings of the 3rd International Microlearning

2007 Conference. Innsbruck U. P. IEEE Distributed Systems Online, vol. 8, no. 7, 2007 Proceedings of IX International Symposium on Computers on

Education. 2007 Porto (Portugal) Escola Superior de Educaçao L’autonomia di apprendimento, Firenze, Italy. Firenze U. P., 2010

ConclusionsConclusions

AIOLE has resulted in: an invaluable tool for learning languages a student-centred learning environment based on

Blended Learning a way for learners to control their own learning

at a later stageAlso proven useful as a learning environment for

life-long learning as it is an open platform.

Help learners design their own learning path on the current trends of PLE

(following the descriptors and guidelines of CEFR & the educational institutions and ePortfolio practices)

Future WorkFuture Work

AIOLEAIOLE

Access to AIOLE Environments:http://www.awlaole.com

Email: info@awlaole.com

Thanks !!Asuncion Sanchez-Villalon

asuncion.sanchez@uclm.esUCLM, Ciudad Real (Spain)

Prague, Oct. 2013