Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations

doi:10.14705/rpnet.2017.mooc2016.9781908416537

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Digital Curation of Online Resources among English Learners at Chinese Universities

Zeng

Zhang

2020

Beijing Int. Rev. Educ.

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Moving beyond the ‘digital native’ rhetoric, this paper investigates what Chinese undergraduates are actually doing with online resources to learn English outside the classroom. Particular attention is paid to their dealing and managing online resources in their English learning context. A sociocultural framework is adopted to understand learners’ behaviours surrounding digital technology. This theoretical position guides the exploration into the contextually mediated choices and practices of English learners in the information-rich age. Data collection for this study includes semi-structured interviews with 49 undergraduates from two large Chinese universities. The data demonstrate that when it comes to digital curations of English learning resources, learners personalize online data and build towards a digital library. Yet, many online resources were rashly disposed and consumed. More importantly, the ways that learners deal with digital information and resources are largely shaped by their context of language learning. In light of the above, the paper goes on to consider the number of contextual factors that appear to constrain learners’ curation of online learning resources – not least the cultural artefact of examination and the existing beliefs about language learning.

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Digital Curation of Online Resources among English Learners at Chinese Universities

Zeng

Zhang

2020

Beijing Int. Rev. Educ.

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Orsini-Jones¹,

Smith²

2018

Flipping the Blend Through MOOCs, MALL and OIL – New Directions in CALL

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MOOCs as a new technology: approaches to normalising the MOOC experience for our learners; paper posthumously transcribed by Marina Orsini-Jones

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2018

Flipping the Blend Through MOOCs, MALL and OIL – New Directions in CALL

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M OOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are currently in favour as a mechanism for 'delivering education' on a massive scale, including language education. However, when viewed as a new educational 'technology', they have arguably not yet reached the stage of normalisation (Bax, 2003) at which they might be most productive. This paper examines the current landscape with regard to language learning MOOCs, drawing on a number of successful Open University projects in Spanish and Italian. It looks critically at where MOOCs seem to be potentially most valuable, and also at aspects of the experience which seem to have impeded normalisation. The paper will conclude by looking at how language MOOCs might develop in the years ahead.

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Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations

Cited by 4 publications

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Digital Curation of Online Resources among English Learners at Chinese Universities

Digital Curation of Online Resources among English Learners at Chinese Universities

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MOOCs as a new technology: approaches to normalising the MOOC experience for our learners; paper posthumously transcribed by Marina Orsini-Jones

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