Online Readings

For class 13 (12/4)

Distance learning and course design

Learning 2.0 (blended learning), Inside Higher Ed
Universities Add Voice to Blended, Distance Learning (Campus Technology)
DE at BU (BU Today)

FLEXIBILITY AND INTERACTION AT A DISTANCE:
A MIXED-MODE ENVIRONMENT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING (LL&T)
TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE USE OF AUDIO CONFERENCING
IN DISTANCE LANGUAGE COURSES (LL&T)

Facilitating asynchronous distance learning
Exploiting Opportunities for Knowledge Building in Asynchronous Distance Learning Environments (paper)

Colleges that offer free online courses

Wimba voice tools (commercial site)

Podcasting 101 (blog with links)

SLOAN-C (consortium for online learning)

Professional Development

Technology Standards for ESL Teachers (TESOL, draft)

 

For class 11-12 (11/20, 11/28)

Multimedia authoring for language learning

Introduction to CALL authoring programs (ICT4LT)

Uses of Multiple-Choice Tests (The National Center for Fair & Open Testing)

How to write good multiple-choice questions (Hot Potatoes)
How to write good multiple-select questions (Hot Potatoes)

Multiple-Choice Format Test Development Guide (Center for Assessment and Research Studies)

Perceptions of teachers' communicative style and students' intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (Modern Language Journal)

Copyright

A Language Lab Director's Guide to Copyright, Educational Fair Use, Intellectual Property (IALLT)

Copyright and Web teaching (Dartmouth College, Academic Computing)

For class 10 (11/13)

Activities by skill or linguistic focus

Concordance for Grammar and Vocabulary (John)

Writing Activities (John)

Using concordance programs in the Modern Foreign Languages classroom (ICT4LT)

A Case for Using a Parallel Corpus and Concordancer for Beginners of a Foreign Language (LL & T)

Texting and academic writing (Boston Globe)

Proofing tools in LT

Do Grammar Checkers Work? (EUROCALL paper)

For class 8-9 (10/30, 11/6)

Software evaluation

CALICO Software Review Guidelines

Review of Focus on Grammar (CALICO)

Language Learning Software Evaluation: Top-down or Bottom-up? (Asian EFL Journal)

Software Evaluation Guide (National Center for Literacy Education)

Evaluating Software (John)

Courseware Evaluation, Development, and Implementation (Philip Hubbard)

 

For classes 6-7 (10/16, 10/23)

Required reading/watching

Web 2.0—Definitions

Webopedia
Wikipedia
What is Web 2.0 (YouTube video)
Web 2.0 explained (YouTube video)
What Web 2.0 changes (YouTube video)
What is Cloud Computing

Web 2.0—Articles

What Is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software (Tim O'Reilly)

Web 2.0 (Paul Graham, blog)

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? (EduCause Review)

Web 2.0 for College Students

Critics of Web 2.0

Why Teachers don't use Web 2.0--An historical perspective (Gary Stager, blog)

Web 2.0 : The second generation of the Internet has arrived. It's worse than you think (Andrew Keen, The Daily Standard)

The Amorality of Web 2.0 (Nicolas Carr, blog)

Cautionary statement on "cloud computing" (Michigan State University)

The case against Web apps (Neil McAllister, InfoWorld)

Reference/Suggested

Wikis and Emerging Web 2.0 eLearing Communities (Campus Technology Webcast slides)

Social Software in Academia (EduCause Quarterly)

Web 2.0: Building the New Library (Paul Miller, Ariadne)
Podcasting in Instruction: Moving Beyond the Obvious (Campus Technology)
Learning to Love Web 2.0 (BBC News)
Collaborate! (Campus Technology)
Social Networking on the Web Grows Up (NPR audio)
The Folks Shaping Cyberspace (NPR audio)

For class 5 (10/2)

Required reading/listening

[Presentation activity assignment]

Intelligent Use of PowerPoint (John)

PowerPoint Tips (John)

PowerPoint Is Evil: Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely (Edward Tufte, Wired Magazine)

Edward Tufte interviewed on NPR (Weekend Edition Sunday, 8/20/06)

Reference/Suggested only

Basics of Visual Presentations (Epson)

Constructivist Educational Theory

Using Presentation Software to Enhance Language Learning (Internet TESL Journal)

 

For class 4 (9/25)

Required reading

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants, by Marc Prensky

CALL on the Web, Phil Hubbard

Guide for Organizing Online Resources for Language Teaching (John)

WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks

Reference/Suggested only

WebQuests

Teaching with the Web (Language Links)

Designing Task-based CALL to Promote Interaction: En Busca de Esmeraldas (LL&T)

 

For class 3 (9/18)

Required reading

Web Searching

Google Basic Searching

Google Advanced Searching

Site Evaluation—General

Evaluating a website as reputable sources of information (NMSU)

Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (UC Berkeley)

Evaluating Web Resources (Cornell)

Site Evaluation—Language Learning

Rubric for Evaluating Pedantic Language Learning websites (John)

Exploring and Evaluating Language Learning Web sites (Univ. Southern Queensland, AU)

 

For class 2 (9/11)

Required reading

Second Language Acquisition and Technology: A Review of the Research (CAL, Center for Applied Linguistics)

English Teachers' Barriers to the Use of Computer-assisted Language Learning (Internet TESL Journal)

Multimedia Technology: Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes (CALL-EJ Online) [Disregard quantitative data analysis methodology]

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Computer Technology in Second Language Acquisition (ERIC)

Reference/Suggested only

Technology and Second Language Teaching: Background and Case Studies. (Warschauer, M. and Meskill, C. (2000) Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning. in J. Rosenthal (ed) Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.)

New Trends in Computer-assisted Language Learning and Teaching (International Journal of English Studies)

The Impact of CALL Instruction on Classroom Computer Use (LL&T)

 

For class 1 & 2 (9/4, 9/11)

Required reading

"Computer Assisted Language Learning: an Introduction," by Mark Warschauer

"Introduction to Computer-Assisted Language Learning," by Phil Hubbard

"A Brief History of CALL Theory," Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

"Triumph of the Nerds: History of the Computer" (PBS), by Robert X. Cringely

Reference/Suggested only

"Introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning," Information and Communications Technology for Language Teachers (ICT4LT)

The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (EC project)

Methods of Foreign Language Teaching (Wikipedia)

The purpose of assigning these readings—which primarily supplement the Levy, Stockwell text with a broader range of topics—is four-fold:

• To introduce CALL concepts and practices;
• To reinforce comprehension of concepts and practices that are new to you through multiple authors and exposures;
• To present varying perspectives to stimulate critical evaluation of contrasts and distinctions;
• To provide background for class discussions of CALL practices.