10 french moodle platform

Nathalie Iseli-Chan

HKU - School of Modern Languages and Culture

French Program

CITERS, June 30th 2011, The University of Hong Kong

motivation

exposure

commitment

To motivate?

To intensify exposure?

To enhance independence?

To engage students?

Centralize information

Enhance multilateral communication

Provide resources to support learning

Increase exposure to the target language and culture

Build a learning community

Develop students’ sense of autonomy

An environment without strangers

Using forums to enhance multilateral communication Tool Initiator / recipient Use and objectives Specificities

Teachers’ forum Teachers => students To dispatch information to all students

Everyone is subscribed.

A copy of posts is automatically sent in

subscribers’ portal email

Students’ forumStudents => teachersStudents => studentsTeachers => students

To ask questions to everyone: on the

platform, their level, their sub-group

Forums with specific objectives

Students => students Discuss and interact about a given topic.

Teacher is a witness only

Enhance communication

Class Forum for FREN2002-CLevel Forum for FREN1002

Centralize information

Material related to the language course

- Audio files- sample answers

Material to review, practice and deepen knowledge

- Grammar, vocabulary and listening (glossaries)- reading with audio files (folders)

BLOG (FREN1002)

- writing practice with emphasis on language analysis and self correction - www.Blogspot.com => students post the link in the class forum

- guidelines, topics and deadlines are on line

-3 entries / term :2 weeks per entry + 1 week for correction

-feedbacks on mistakes => in-class - summary of feedbacks + relatedrevision notes => sub-class forum

-Analysis and correction (peer activity)

Online asynchronous discussion (FREN2002)

- Small groups of 3 to 4 studentsHKU students + BU French class -2 discussions, 6 weeks for each,

=> 1 short essay + 3 interactions per discussion

- Common topic, guidelines and schedule

- reflect and interact-Weekly in-class feedbacks- no possibility of online correction once contribution is posted- assessed on :

- Language quality- Articulation of argumentation

Organization: clear and user friendly

Organization: clear and user friendly

Display theme is changed every 3 weeks

Extra practice materialOnline activitiesForums to ease communicationCentralized program and course informationDisplay theme and related items

Page layoutSlow pace of uploading pages

Q / A

Thank you for you attention

Nathalie Iseli-ChanHKU - School of Modern Languages and Culture / French Program

Contact : [email protected]