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CASTILLACASTILLALA-MANCHALA-MANCHA

Castilla La Mancha in Spain

~80.000 Km2

University : UCLM

• 4 provinces: campuses

~67.000 Km2

• 1021 Erasmus Students 2006

•Low level of L2 competence

•Second Language is not compulsory

•12 EOI : English, French, German, Italian

• Distributed learning

• ICT infrastructure

•16 tutors, 4 lang

AIOLE AIOLE for Languages for Outgoing Erasmus Studentsfor Languages for Outgoing Erasmus Students

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• European Community:European Community:–“language learning & the use of ICT”

• Common European Framework of Common European Framework of Reference for LanguagesReference for Languages

– use of language as Interaction in learning,

– Learning design: Levels

• Blended LearningBlended Learning–Mixture of traditional language courses with online learning

• AIOLE → CIVIErasmusAIOLE → CIVIErasmus –Oral interaction →→ face-to-face sessions–Reading, Listening & Writing →→ online

- Writing Interaction (AWLA)

AIOLE: AIOLE: Europe’s learning directivesEurope’s learning directives

–EU countries “agree a European framework defining new basic skills (including ICT skills, foreign languagesforeign languages, technological culture…)”

–EC Directives• eLearning Initiative

• CEF recommends skill-based tasks & strategies

for communicativecompetences

Skill-based learning

“Ability to Communicate”

Competences for

Communication

“Work in group”

Communication →Collaboration

“Use of ICT”

Technology-Enhanced Language

Learning

From CALL–based LMS From CALL–based LMS → TELL VLE environment TELL VLE environment

•CALL based on LMS: Self-LearningSelf-Learning

• Computers as tools (Technology) for

access to information (CDs, LANS) &

communication (only email)

•Instructional methodology– fixed learning content: drilling exercises

Learning by accessing digital content.

•TELL OLE enabling Blended LearningBlended Learning

–Web-based tools (Technology) for access to information (Web) & communication (writing on Web)–pervasive access (Ubiquity)–anytime, anywhere from the classroom to homeplace, workplace..

–Constructivist methodology

–Social Interaction (in collaboration & individually) leading to independent Life-long Learning

–Features: accessibility, adaptability, flexibility, enabling collaboration, and communicative interaction

Learning by communicating actively anywhere anytime, in group or independently.

AIOLE-CIVIEramus: AIOLE-CIVIEramus: LMS-based features of CALLLMS-based features of CALL

• File management• Communication via Chats &

Forums, avoiding email overload• Contact with tutors, students

in group or privately

Management (Gestión) • Files (Archivos)• Chat/Forums (Foros)• Agenda

AIOLE-CIVIEramus: AIOLE-CIVIEramus: VLE for Interactive TELLVLE for Interactive TELL

Activities:• CEF Learning Design (Level B1)• Learner- & context-centered• WebWriter: tutors writing to

design tasks• Students: (Portfolio Assessment)

Topics on authentic situations:• Getting Ready for Mobility • Travelling, • Accommodation, • At the University, • Everyday Situations.

AIOLE-CIVIEramus: WritingAIOLE-CIVIEramus: Writing

- Reading as browsing the Web – also Listening - Involving writing as interaction

in activities designed with WebWriter

- Text, images, video or audio

Moto:Click on the lines and write

- Mutiple Choice Quizzes or Matching Exercises

-Sentences for Fill-in-the-blanks completion.

- Questions and Answers

Kinds of Activities:

- Writing with AWLA …

AIOLE-CIVIEramus: AWLA Writing integrationAIOLE-CIVIEramus: AWLA Writing integrationAWLA (A Writing eLearning Appliance)AWLA (A Writing eLearning Appliance)- Learn to write by writing- Anywhere anytime on the Web- Task-based (scenarios)- Integration with WebQuests

enables collaborative writing with chat communication with language tools (dict., lexicon) with Tutors correction (traditional-like) allows checking for cheating, plagiarism

AIOLE : AIOLE : Language Learning with AWLA integrationLanguage Learning with AWLA integrationConclusions• Learning a language through Communication by Writing on the

Web • Writing practice & interactive communication helps to internalize

information, to build knowledge, learning a language by developing communicative skills:– Reading, Listening, and Writing possibly online– Speaking (oral interaction) in face-to-face sessions

» BLENDED LEARNING– Blended learning (where the tutor is essential)

• using content, quizzes & access to information (CALL)• Writing based on tasks (TELL scenarios with AWLA)• Evolving to a collaborative ubiquitous classroom• Adaptable to the learning process, languages, disciplines• Ideal for Mobile learning (ERASMUS) and Lifelong Learning

– Future Work: • WebQuest & WebCasts Integration• Portfolio development

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Pedro Pablo Sánchez-VillalónManuel Ortega Asunción Sánchez-VillalónCelina de Diego

TEMCU, Granada, Marzo 2006

ppsanch@fimo-cr.uclm.es

http://chico.inf-cr.uclm.es/ppsv