anna bougia - rethinking autonomy | voctel 2015
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Rethinking autonomy through multiliteracies pedagogy: An innovative wikis & blogs project
Anna Bougia, M.A, PhD (cand), Bolton University
The philosophy behind action research
Research on writing in wikis and blogs
The cycles of action: from amfoteronomy to autonomy
The RAWB innovative research project
Primary results
Reflections
Presentation outline
Mills (2011) defines action research design as a systematic procedure done by teachers address a specific educational problem, test and improve their own practice and thus student learning.
Action research invite participants to describe “how things happen and how it affects them”
No pre-determined hypothesis and specific variables My goal: to understand and solve a problem in a
particular setting
THE Philosophy behind action research
Why wikis?
Students' perceptions of Wiki-based collaborative writing for learners of English as a foreign language (2010), National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
86% preferred writing on wiki that in a word document 71.4% they were more aware of their language use 73.5% considered Wiki helpful to work on ideas and to
plan the organization into outlines
Students’ positive feedback
83.7% considered Wiki-mediated collaborative writing to be able to enhance peer interaction.
75.5% their writing ability was enhanced through member revising records in history on wiki.
Many participants reported that they learned vocabulary, spelling, and phrases as well as sentence structure by reading the work of others on the Wiki pages and learning from the writing produced by their peers.
Students’ positive feedback
High interaction & engagement level
Motivation boost-the sense of belonging
Enhanced writing skills (written grammar and structure)
Changed students attitude towards writing
Build confidence in writing
Students wrote more than what was required –used sentences more complex and creative than usual.
Benefits in writing skills
Sharing versus self-reflection
Socialization versus personalization
Self-evaluation
To encourage free-writing
Immediate feedback
Why blogs?
My RABWP project
Examples of good practice: 1st CYCLE
Examples of good practice: 2nd Cycle
EXAMPLE OF POOR COLLABORATION:2nd cycle
The RAWB Project: 3rd Cycle
Wikis for individual writing , cooperation and peer feedback from one or two self-selected knowledgeable peers
Blogs for reflective writing- immediate classroom feedback
The RAWB Project
The misconception of feedback-intervention
An example of smooth cooperation
A teacher dependent learner
A successful example of amfoteronomy
ReinaldPrespa Nov 14, 2013 Is very good..but it will be better to not be a copy
paste from internet :)
ahmed234 Nov 15, 2013 its not copy paste its about what i understand
ReinaldPrespa Nov 18, 2013 its still a copy paste
A Debate on the qualities of academic writing
Self-reflection-course evaluation
Instructor evaluation-enthusiasm about learning
Self-evaluation
Class material evaluation
Students’ perceptions
Students’ perceptions
In the spectrum of autonomy
A community of mutual trust?
Feedback Quality
Readiness for autonomy
Readiness for autonomy
Wikis encouraged engagement level in the writing and leaning process.
Wikis: encouraged meaningful peer interaction but not reflection
Wikis encouraged amfoteronomy and sense of responsibility when feedback was comprehensible
Advanced level of English does not
guarantee good cooperation skills Negative attitude to criticism is a
factor that discourages students to ask for peer feedback
Students reported that self selection of writing topics would further motivate them to interact in wikis
Feedback is regarded mainly as
instructor’s responsibility
Blogs: encouraged students to express their believes about:
the class, the syllabus, the instructor, peer relationship,
Blogs motivated students: to reflect on their learning and identify their strengths and weaknesses
Blogs helped the instructor to get immediate feedback about the learning process.
Students need more training on how to write reflective journals
Most students are not willing to share their reflections about learning
My reflections
The combination of blogs and wikis in the writing class can transform teaching and learning experience:
Students can get benefit from peers’ and teacher’s feedback
Students take responsibility for their own learning Peer interaction encourages a positive atmosphere
in the class Wikis multimodal environment gives opportunities
to all students to be creative Free writing in blogs helps low profile students to
express their feelings
My reflections