This presentation exposes common misperceptions of online language learning courses and debunks them using recent research. It then responds by showing best practice elements of a blended online language class, that will lead to a better learner experience, as well as better language learning.
Despite the growing research showing the benefits that accompany online language education, there are still many misperceptions that follow online language learning. What are these misperceptions? What does the research say? How can we build the best blended language courses? These are all questions that will be discussed and explored.
Language learning has been an important part of education for a long time. With the growth of online tools and classes, best practices for language courses are important items that need close examination. Many professor and instructors believe that nothing can replace the time they spend in class with students. Many hold the belief that language can not be taught well online. This questioning of best practices, leads us to hard questions when it comes to creating a blended language course. What things should be taught online? What things should be kept in the face to face course?
This presentation will explore and analyze the many forms that blended and fully online language courses have taken, what the student experiences have been in the different courses, and what we can learn and improve from now on.
Attendees will learn to evaluate and innovate their blended language courses. They will examine actual examples of blended language courses. They will collaborate in small groups to analyze and critique these real examples. Attendees will also have the opportunity to see the recent research on blended language learning and how that can help guide them in creating courses with high student satisfaction, as well as high student learning and success. Attendees will also have access to the slides to this presentations with real course examples, meaningful and pertinent research, as well as student experience feedback.