webcef or how web 2.0 tools can be used in language teaching …

WebCEFOr how web 2.0 tools can be used in language teaching …

Media tools for language learning 20th century 21st century: Web 2.0

• Web conferencing

• Online Communities of Practice

Case: WebCEF

20th Century tools for language learning

Or this …

… the internet?

21st Century…

Social software enables online interaction, facilitates virtual relations and creates virtual environments where people can collaborate or create virtual communities.

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A second phase in the ‘development’ of the World Wide Web thanks to social software

From a collection of websites to a complete platform of interactiveweb applications for end-users of the Web

Weblogs Podcasting RSS Video 2.0 (Youtube) Social Bookmarking Forum Photo 2.0 (Flickr) Wikis Web conferencing

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How 2.0 in education?

Case language learning & teaching

Web conferencing tool (Flashmeeting)

Online Community of Practice

…WebCEF

WebCEF EU project 3 yearswww.webcef.eu

Development of an online platform for assessment of language proficiency

WebCEF provides

language learners the opportunity to let their samples be assessed by teachers and students all over Europe

language teachers the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across Europe and to improve their skills in the use of the CEF scales

1. Recording through Web Conferencing software

…. Flashmeeting is used as recording facility to make samples …

Students create and upload video samples with webcam

2. Evaluation

European-wide evaluation by students and teachers in an online annotation tool for language assessments

According to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEF)

3. Further discussion in CoP

Further discussion in an online community of practice for expert teachers in each country

How does it work?

Teacherdefines the task

Student performs task while recording sound and image

Student uploads the sample

Teacherassesses the sample

Assessment form

Assess-ment summary

Detailed assessment

back

Advantages

Multiple assessments => more objective

Peers and teachers Self-evaluation Recordings: Look back, play again Streaming: accessible everywhere

Food for thought

Can Web2.0/Social software be applied in your educational context? How?

What about pedagogical changes & new learning strategies. What will be the role of the teachers?

How and when will Web2.0/social software become a widely-spread phenomenon in education?

Participate?

Helena.bijnens@europace.be

http://www.avnet.kuleuven.be

http://www.webcef.eu

Thanks!