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Schooling is coming to look
increasingly isolated
from the rest of what we do.Resnick, 1987
LMS PlatformsLearning management system
Learning management system
teachers
'technology should be the servant and not the master of instruction.
It should not be adopted merely
because it exists’
Carnegie Commission on Higher Education
what is the result?
ineffective courses
PDFs are not e-learning!
Whatever happened to
process theories
of learning?
Engeström, Sannino; 2012
What do we need to do?
Process
an inauthentic classroom
why?
teach skills
for a career
using English
We need tofocus oureducationon skills
if we focus herewe don’t move on
Why are we teaching English in
University?
Action
Thinking
Teamwork
(Löfström, Kanerva, Tuuttila, Lehtinen, & Nevgi, 2006, p. 37)
‘It is the educational solutions that guide
the selection of technology and software,
not the other way round’
we need to teachsomething useful
Have the students use technology as they would in the real world
See Do
move from things that students seeto things that students do
What are the tools?
to introducea topic
to get themstarted on apresentation
formativeassessment
they can learn from quizzes!
for discussions
to hand inassignments
for students to keep records
where is the language?
language is the mediating
artifactlanguage
What do the students do?
watch and analyze a video in English
research the topic
gather information
share information
learn new language
decipher the language
What do the students do?
create interview questions
give and interview
consolidate data
talk to students, staff and professors
establish an argument
create a campaign (research project)
give a presentation on their findings
What do the students do?
create assessment criteria in a rubric fashion
peer assess
provide formative and summative assessment
technology: students...used Word
created a PDF
used Excel
created graphs/charts
used the internet
used PowerPoint
used a forum
created a database
used e-mail
used their phones
doesn’t this look like anoffice
environment?
what did I teach?
nothing...
Setting up a course
with minimal activities
videos to get them started
real world topics
reading
sharing
investigating
presenting
