e-learning course of librarian english e-lka barbora sedláčková and pavla lichnovská masaryk...
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E-learning Course of Librarian English
e-LKA
Barbora Sedláčková and Pavla Lichnovská Masaryk UniversityThe Czech Republic
Presentation Structure
• Introduction• Course Creation• Course Content• Course Review• Course Success and Experience• Illustration of the Course
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Start of the Project
• Project carried out within the complusory course APLS under KISK of Masaryk University.
• Initiation: 10/2009 APLS• Team: 7 students of Masters Studies of LIS • Supervision: Bc. Jan Zikuška and PhDr. Petr Škyřík• Grant: 20 000 CZK (803.5 EUR)• Lenght of the project: 1 year (finally 2years)
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TargetCreation and realization of e-learning course
of English for librarians (e-LKA).• Participants
Librarians working at academic/public libraries with more than 10 000 inhabitants in The South Moravian Region.
• Required level of English pre-intermediate
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Course Creation• Survey among librarians (needed topics)• Cooperation with professional English
teachers (plus 2 teachers in the team)• Consultation of subject terminology with
foreign libraries
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Course Creation
• Course created in Moodle.• Audio recorded with native speakers from the
UK and the USA.
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Course Content• 9 Units, Each contains: Grammar + Subject Part• 1 Unit = 1 Week• Section of a Unit: 1) Study Materials (grammar explanation,
vocabulary, study animation)2) Exercises3) Video4) Compulsory Task (test or written essay)
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Course Content
Units
1) Introduction2) Welcome to the library3) A book4) In the library5) A reader
6) Services7) Technology in the
library8) Library presentation9) Recapitulation
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Course Review
• Participants had to finish a compulsory task in each unit by deadline (9 in total) and pass the final test.
• We organised 3 face-to-face meetings to support and help participants.
• Out of 61 partcipants 42 sucessfully passed the course.
• Enthusiastic replies from participants
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Do you think that you will use your new knowledge at work?
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Course evaluation
Would you like to continue with the course in future?
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Experience from the course
• Librarians are willing and eager to learn.• However, we faced some problems:
1) Time-consuming Each lesson takes about 3-4 hours per week
2) Level of motivation Course was offered for free => some students gave up before the 3rd unit
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Experience from the course
3) Level of English A few participants were real beginners => problem with the speed of the courseSome participants were advanced => tried to test and correct us
4) Moodle complicationsExercises and correct answers –
automation has some drawbacks
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Course improvements
• More precise entrance tests• 2 weeks per one lesson• Special exercises to gain extra points in order to be
more motivated• New Christmas lesson
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What is going on now and what will follow
• 2nd run of the course October – March 2011• 3rd run of the course March – July 2011
• Some creators of the course chose e-LKA as the topis of their diploma thesis
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Course Illustrations
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Czech Team Barbora Sedláčková 17
Czech Team Barbora Sedláčková 18
Study animation
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