Sound and Digital Class Room: Smart Way to Have a Language Laboratory

Abstract

Development of information technology encourages educational institution to run the multimedia system interactively and easily. Multimedia technology that has video and audio streaming element takes an important role in interactive teaching activities between teachers and students. Streaming or transmission of video and audio has bandwidth, delay and loss packet. The objective is to design and develop an interactive multimedia system for language classroom to facilitate learning activities. The system is connected through LAN network used combination of TCP, UDP and RSTP connection to cover optimal bandwidth, delay and loss packet. The methodology is literature study, observation and system design using Unified Modeling Language (UML) approach. Automated and interactive learning activity using multimedia streaming technology. The system is tested and its main functionality is only focusing on Class Speech, Personal Speech, Share Desktop and Share Video. All these functionality can run very well, but need several improvement for next version.

Modernizing the Language Laboratory

“…Just like the traditional physical language lab was visited as part of the learning experience, participants accessed this language laboratory through virtual means apart from class. It was clear that this experience modernized the laboratory experience as it included current tools (Lokmacioğlu et al, 2015) and activities that promoted learning (Yulianto et al, 2013). Via the synchronous tool Zoom and asynchronous tools of Edmodo and Wikispaces, participants collaborated through CALL resources (Karpova et al, 2009;Lin et al, 2016).…”

“…Due to the affordances of the physical language laboratory realized during its peak and the present-day value seen in using synchronous and asynchronous technological tools in the classroom, this study will create a personalized online language laboratories with these synchronous and asynchronous tools. Although current research has shown that the integration of a physical language laboratory is beneficial to L2 learners (Mohammed, 2017;Navas Brenes, 2006) and that tools should include modern (Lokmacioğlu et al, 2015) and interactive (Yulianto et al, 2013) tools, this study is the first to propose the creation of a completely online language laboratory. Therefore, this study will answer the following research questions (RQs): RQ1: What are the affordances for L2 learners of an online language laboratory created from synchronous and asynchronous tech tools?…”

Wirest Lang Lab: Mobile Platform Language Laboratory Based on Rest Web Service

“…REST also now emerging as alternative to SOAP-based web service with better performance (Yulianto et al, 2013). This publication will attempt to explore a possibility of creating new lifestyle of learning that aim to provide rich feature mobile device learning lab, fully customized learning style and lifelong mobile language learning.…”

Beeboard: From Wiimote to Interactive Whiteboard Application for Classroom

“…Lecturers can write or draw anything on the board digitally and able to capture the writing on the board and then save or share it to students for reviewing. Not only cover the drawbacks on previous whiteboard version, the interactive whiteboard are also expected can increase student interest in teaching learning activities in classroom (Yulianto et al, 2013).…”