Online Languages and Reflective Learning
Anne Irving and Cathy Pyle and Mike Thacker
http://www.llas.ac.uk/resources/paper/2282
This article is about “a program of university language courses, delivered as a combination of both online and face-to-face teaching. The authors believe that the approach taken can promote learner reflection.” The approach taken in these language courses is believed to promote reflective learning for several reasons. First, because so much writing is required in online courses, aside from just assignments, learners will have an opportunity to reflect on what they have learned throughout the course. By spending a lot of time writing during the course, the learner will have plenty of opportunities for reflection during the editing process.
Another way that reflection is supported in the course is through the use of online discussion forums which provides for peer and teacher feedback, very similar to the discussion forums in the EME 2040 class. Reading this article has given me a better understanding of yet another purposeful piece of the EME 2040 class. The similarities between the language course discussed in the article and the EME 2040 course has helped me to realize the intent of some of the coursework that I have been doing all semester and how it is designed o promote reflective learning.
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Hey Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI looked at your site. I liked that on it they tell you that "re-drafting and resubmission of messages is encouraged, and rewarded in assessment." I like this and think it is great for reflection. I think this because so many times when I don't do well on something and am not given a reason or a chance to change things, I don't go back and look and see what might have gone wrong. If one is given the opportunity to fix things then it forces them to reflect and learn from their mistakes.
~Kaitlyn Lara