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Curation and social networking
for pre-service language teacher development
Shona WhyteUniversity of Nice, France
EUROCALL Teacher Education SIG Symposium. Göteborg, Sweden. 23 August 2012
Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12
challenges of pre-service CALL
teacher education
The Tower and the Cloud (Katz, 2008)
curation
wiki
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pre-service CALL teacher education challenges
MA Languages, Nice University; ICT for MFL course
• literary background, no pedagogy
• teachers of different languages in same course
• limited secondary school class contact
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Participants & course overview
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Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12
Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12
Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12
Students’ curation sites
sites still“live” after course end
a) Time 1 = Feb 12b) Time 2 = July 12
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Followed and rescooped (French university Italian teachers)
Italian student12
41 posts on day before final exam
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“dead” site still visitedEnglish student E1
a) Time 1 = Feb 12b) Time 2 = July 12
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Effectiveness of student curation
• sites systematically shared on social media had more visits• student sites attracted secondary/university teacher following• sites remain relevant after course end
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Number of students (N=24)
learning activities podcastsreference sites news sitesteaching blogs videoculture
Content curated: frequency of resources cited (Scoop.it
& Google site)
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Resources cited by language group
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learned new toolslearned to collaboratelearned about teachinglearned social mediawant to use tools with learnerswant to learn more toolswant to share resourceswant to collaborate with teachersinternet privacytechnical problemscomplexity
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Reflections on development during
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learned new toolslearned social medialearned to collaboratelearned about teachingwant to learn more toolswant to share resourceswant to collaborate with teacherswant to use tools with learnerstechnical problemsinternet privacycomplexity
Reflections by language group
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• learn techno-pedagogical skills
• access online teaching resources
• plan for continuing professional development
Student reaction papers suggested they were able to ...
but were perhaps less ready to
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Misgivings
• suitability for learners
• privacy and security issues
Students also expressed
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Group curation - experiential modelling
• allowed students to experience collaborative practice
• task-based training for task-based language teaching
• teacher autonomy?
Shona WHYTE http://efl.unice.fr @whyshona [email protected] EUROCALL, 23/12/12
http://www.scoop.it/t/telt
http://www.scoop.it/t/learning-technologies-for-efl
Katz, R., 2008a. (Ed). The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing. EDUCAUSE, Boulder, CO.
Clipart from http://openclipart.org
Classroom photo: cayoup, http://www.flickr.com/photos/52678969@N05/5604587723