Designing online video-making tasks to increase fourth graders’ motivation for autonomous learning behavior

Jorge ZeaProfessor Valeriya LytvychenkoProfessor Liubava Sichko

Will online video-making tasks increase fourth grader's motivation for autonomous

learning behavior?QUESTION

“Designing online video-making tasks to increase fourth graders’ motivation for

autonomous learning behavior”TITLE

Literature

Motivational Motivational StrategiesStrategies

• Allow learners real choices about as many aspects of the learning process as possible.

• Hand over functions to the learners for cooperative work

• Adopt the role of a facilitator

Autonomous Learning Autonomous Learning BehaviorBehavior

• Chooses different aspects of the learning process.

• Cooperates with the learning process of peers.

• Self-assesses the

progress of learning. • Defines clear learning goals.

• Organizes his/her learning process.

Nunan (2004), Benson (2001), Dornyei (2006), Harmer(2007), Brown (2007)

OBJECTIVETo Increase 4th graders

motivation for autonomous learning behavior by using online video-making tools.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

•To teach students how to create online videos.•To foster student’s autonomous learning behavior by applying motivational strategies.

Methodology

• Questionnaire to measure students’ Autonomous Learning Behavior.

• Designing three tasks using three different online video-making tools. (Check list, feedback, production)

• Gather information of performance (Blog, Field Notes, Photos)

• Questionnaire to measure students’ Autonomous Learning Behavior after tasks.

Task One: Animoto

• Rank your personal interests.

Sample 1

Task Two:

• Talk about your interest.

Sample 2

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un descompresor .

Task Three: MashFace

• Let your guest answer the questions about your interest.

Sample 3

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un descompresor .

Data AnalysisFrequency Counts (Quantitative)

• Analysis of the responses of the pre and post survey.

• Analysis of the most dramatic changes of the I

agree response.

• Conclusions served for the Thematic Analysis.

Norton, 2009

I look for materials to learn in better way things that I consider difficult.

Turning categories in to themes through 7 steps:

1. Immersion: Tentative themes.

2. Generation of Categories: 15 categories came up.

3. Deleting Categories: 8 categories

4. Merging Categories: relabelling as themes. 5 Themes.

5. Checking themes: Abstraction from the data collection tools.

6. Linking Themes: Difficult.

7. Presenting Findings!

Data AnalysisThematic Analysis (Qualitative) Norton, 2009

Findings

•Classroom motivation for making decisions about their tasks.

•Cooperation among peers helped learners to improve their work.

•Self-assessment of the learning process allowed them to understand the purpose of their work.

•Recognizing and achieving learning goals gave them a sense of responsibility.

•Organizing the learning process helped them achieve their tasks accurately and on time.

Conclusion

• The online video-making tasks served to apply the following motivational strategies: allowing learners real choices about their learning process, handing over functions to the learners for cooperative work, and the teacher adopting the role of a facilitator. These strategies improved most of the students’ autonomous learning behaviours desired as a purpose of this research project.

Limitations

• The dependence of Internet.• Mash-Face does not exist any more (lost of

information). • The amount of holidays in the specific

context.• The school’s requirements for making

emphasis in the book and curriculum.• The lack of tools at home. (Mic, WebCam,

CD burner, etc)

Further Research

• Exploration of many Web 2.0 tools.• Networking and online Video-Making tasks.• Autonomy development through e-tivities.• Peer feedback and its implication on

autonomy.• Tools for guiding an organization of the

learning process.

Additional Information

•www.masterzea.webs.com•www.youtube.com/MrJorgeZea

•www.masterzea.blogspot.com