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Nahas, G. N. (2005). Les Nouvelles Technologies dans l'Enseignement Supérieur: Changement ou Adaptation. In "L'Enseignement des Sciences dans les Universités: Etats actuels et futurs défis. (pp. 131-138). Unesco, Beyrouth - Liban.
L’histoire de l’enseignement a connu à travers les temps plusieurs changements plus ou moins profonds, et ces... more
L’histoire de l’enseignement a connu à travers les temps plusieurs changements plus ou moins profonds, et ces changements se sont répercutés de façon ou d’une autre sur l’avancement et la productivité de la formation universitaire. D’une part ce fut la mise en valeur de l’approche cognitive et d’autre part ce fut l’émergence grâce aux nouveaux outils informatiques et à l’évolution foudroyante de la science d’un environnement technologique inattendu. D’où une question centrale d’importance : Quelles sont les politiques éducatives à adopter au niveau de la formation universitaire et particulièrement au niveau des formations scientifiques ?
Les nouvelles technologies se basent sur certains concepts de base qui peuvent sembler contradictoires alors qu’ils ne sont que complémentaires. Il s’agit de :
a. L’élargissement des frontières. Avec les nouvelles technologies, il semble que personne n’a plus le droit de dire que quelque chose lui est « étranger ».
b. La concentration des informations. Par une succession de technologies diverses, la concentration de l’infiniment grand se met au niveau de l’infiniment petit et l’infiniment petit se retrouve dans les dimensions de l’infiniment grand… tous deux sur un même écran.
c. La personnalisation des traitements. Pour les nouvelles technologies la personne humaine est importante autant qu’elle peut traiter ses informations en groupe, en communicant avec d’autres personnes afin que cet élargissement profite à tous.
C’est à partir de cette vision globale que nous pouvons reconnaître les principaux aspects opératoires de ces nouvelles technologies et que j’ai classés en trois catégories:
a. La simulation et il faut entendre par simulation non seulement son sens strict mais plutôt le sens large qui place sous ce titre tout ce que les nouvelles technologies ont permis de mettre à une échelle réduite.
b. La miniaturisation – robotisation, c’est-à-dire tout ce qui a permis de voir ou d’agir ou de traiter des infiniment petits, des infiniment grands et des infiniment compliqués.
c. La communication à distance et qui dépasse de fait le simple aspect didactique lié à la formation ou à l’enseignement.
Cette nouvelle donne a eu des conséquences de trois types:
a. Retombées au niveau de l’Information : l’information change définitivement d’objectif. Au lieu d’être limitée, elle devient illimitée. Au lieu d’être un but, elle devient un outil. Au lieu d’être un objet d’emmagasinement, elle devient un objet de traitement.
b. Retombées au niveau de la Formation : Les nouvelles technologies loin d’aliéner les apprenants en les faisant esclaves d’informations importées et appliquées localement, peuvent être sources d’un renouveau méthodologique de la formation universitaire fondamentale et technologique.
c. Retombées au niveau de l’Organisation : L’Université est un maillon de la chaîne de la Connaissance dans le monde. Si elle n’y joue pas son rôle, elle sera mise hors du circuit pour ne pas en interrompre le courant.
Changement ou Adaptation
Il ne s’agit donc pas d’adaptation ! Avec les nouvelles technologies notre enseignement scientifique est appelé non seulement à être changé, mais à être révolutionné. Ceci sera difficile, long et coûteux. Mais ceci est indispensable. C’est à nous universitaires, et en connaissance de cause, de mener à bien les transformations qui nous feront profiter de cette nouvelle ère technologique en la mettant au mieux au profit de l’Homme dans notre région en général et de nos étudiants en particulier.
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by Iveta Silova
Silova, I., Moyer, A., Webster, C. & McAllister, S. (2010). Re-conceptualizing professional development of teacher educators in post-Soviet Latvia. Professional Development in Education, 31(1-2), 357-371.
During the first decade of post-socialist transformation in Eastern Europe, the majority of educa- tion reform... more During the first decade of post-socialist transformation in Eastern Europe, the majority of educa- tion reform projects focused on in-service teacher education. Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organizations prioritized various in-service teacher education programs to help teachers deal with rapid changes in schools. This has consequently created a gap between school teachers, who had multiple in-service development opportunities, and pre-service teacher educators, who were largely left out of the reform processes. Using Latvia as a case study, this article examines one of the first efforts to create professional development opportunities for a group of pre-service teacher educators and explains how this short-term project had contributed to re-conceptualizing professional development for the participants involved in the initiative. Based on document analysis and in-depth interviews with 18 teacher educators, this article: examines the motives behind ongoing, voluntary professional development experiences among pre-service teacher educators; discusses the nature and characteristics of this unique initiative; and contextualizes the theory and practice of professional development of pre-service teacher educators in a post-socialist context.
Introduction: Conversation Analysis in Applied Linguistics
by Olcay Sert
Co-authored with Paul Seedhouse, published in a special issue (Conversation Analysis in Educational and Applied Linguistics, eds. Seedhouse, P. and Sert, O.), Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2011, 5(1), 1-14.
This short, introductory paper presents an up-to-date account of works within the field of Applied Linguistics which... more This short, introductory paper presents an up-to-date account of works within the field of Applied Linguistics which have been influenced by a Conversation Analytic paradigm. The article reviews recent studies in classroom interaction, materials development, proficiency assessment and language teacher education. We believe that the publication of such a special journal issue is timely, since Conversation Analysis has been one of the most influential methodologies in recent Applied Linguistic research, as can be seen by the growing number of publications appearing in various journals.
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by Geoff Walton
HEA (UK) EvidenceNet (2009)
This paper argues that the lessons learnt from the research described in the case study can be harnessed to provide a... more
This paper argues that the lessons learnt from the research described in the case study can be harnessed to provide a generic template for managing online discourse
"The project was initially funded by a Research informed Teaching grant. In brief research informed teaching projects at Staffordshire University aim to highlight innovative ways of demonstrating and promoting the research-teaching link as identified by Jenkins, Healey & Zetter (2007). This paper seeks to argue that the lessons learnt from the research described in the case study can be harnessed to provide a generic template for managing online discourse, in effect, a protocol for using any online social networking Web 2.0 application for educational purposes."
Using Online Collaborative Learning to Enhance Information Literacy Delivery In a Level 1 Module: An Evaluation
by Geoff Walton
Co-authored with Mark Hepworth, Jamie Barker and Derek Stephens (2007) published in Journal of Information Literacy, 1 (1), pp13-30
The purpose of this study was to encourage Sport & Exercise Level 1 students to use the discussion board facility... more
The purpose of this study was to encourage Sport & Exercise Level 1 students to use the discussion board facility in the Blackboard Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in order to engage them in online collaborative learning of This was achieved by using notions of scaffolding, reflection and situated learning in delivering the information literacy (IL) elements of the programme. Delivery of the programme was carried out in a blended fashion (a mix of face-to-face and online interventions). The study is part of a PhD pilot study and a Learning & Teaching Fellowship project undertaken by the main author. information literacy.
Methodology
This was a quasi-experimental design using both qualitative and quantitative strategies. Qualitative data was gathered via: capturing student postings and examining their content; a questionnaire administered at the end of the module and from Focus Group responses. Quantitative data was gathered via pre and post delivery tests and by calculating numbers of postings and time taken by students to make initial postings.
Findings
This paper indicates that it is possible to engage students in even the most detailed aspects of IL (for example, breaking down a URL as a criterion for evaluating a web site or where to place commas in a reference) if the appropriate tasks (involving active hands on, collaborative working), settings (within a subject based module during a timetabled session) and assessments (task based with some form of evaluation and reflection) are used. Discussion board output captured via VLE provides a rich insight into what students learn as they tackle IL online activities. From the tutors’ perspective the process of iteration used in the evaluation activities was successful and was an unanticipated outcome of the delivery. It can be seen that by seeding online discussions with student comments ‘moments of iteration’ were provided which enabled IL learning to be articulated in increasing detail.
Information Literacy Education in the UK: Reflections on Perspectives and Practical Approaches of Curricular Integration
by Geoff Walton
Co-authored with, Susie Andretta and Alison Pope (2008) published in Communications in Information Literacy, 2 (1), pp36-51
This paper has two main aims, to present the current position of information literacy education in UK-based academic... more This paper has two main aims, to present the current position of information literacy education in UK-based academic institutions and to propose a strategy that ensures the integration of this phenomenon in learning and teaching institutional practices. The first part of the paper offers an insight into the perceptions of information literacy by exploring four distinct perspectives, including the institutional angle and the views associated with faculty staff, library staff and students. What transpires from the findings is that information literacy from an institutional perspective is dominated by the need to measure information skills within the context of information as a discipline in its own right. Another issue that is raised by the data points to a great deal of misinformation regarding information literacy, and that, as a result, a clear marketing strategy must be adopted by information professionals to address the misconceptions held by faculty staff and students alike. We aim to address these points by drawing on recent scholarship and research in the field which demonstrates the validity of information literacy as a process for fostering independent learning. The second part of the paper explains how a Fellowship project has placed information literacy on the pedagogical agenda of the University of Staffordshire in the UK by promoting information literacy education as an integrated element of the curriculum.
Assessing a virtual baby feeding training system
Co-authored with G. Czanner, J. Happa, S. Czanner, D. Wolke, A. Chalmers
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa
Pages: 37-44 , Franschhoek, South Africa June 21 - 23, 2010
Currently a considerable amount of time and resources are spent helping parents overcome issues related to feeding... more Currently a considerable amount of time and resources are spent helping parents overcome issues related to feeding young infants. Designing interactive virtual feeding scenarios is a preventative means to reduce the adaptation process time for newly made parents, but also help new parents improve their approach to feeding their children. In this paper, we present a case study on using and assessing a virtual reality infant feeding application. Our results show that virtual training can increase the efficiency of feeding depending on the different behaviour of the child.
Formative e-feedback in collaborative writing assignments: the effect of the process and time
Teresa Guasch, Anna Espasa, Ibis Alvarez (2010). Special issue of the eLC Research Paper Series (ISSN 2013-7966)
http://elcrps.uoc.edu/ojs/index.php/elcrps/article/view/issue1-guasch-
Writing is one of the most common activities in higher education, and is essential if we are situated in virtual... more
Writing is one of the most common activities in higher education, and is essential if we are situated in virtual learning environments based on written communication. However, the fact that it is a customary activity does not mean that it is specifically taught or that guidance is given to help students in the academic writing process (Lonka, 2003). In fact, the opposite often happens; students are already expected to know how to write in different contexts. Nevertheless, students require specific support from teachers and their peers to enable them to deal with the processes and products of academic communication. Feedback could be one type of support, seen as a joint activity which entails active interaction between students and the teacher, including how students receive and utilise the feedback (Dysthe, 2007), but not all kinds of feedback are effective.
This study thus explores the impact of formative e-feedback on students' texts written collaboratively in an online learning environment and also it explores when the e-feedback takes place in a way which contributes to the inclusion of more complex arguments in academic texts. A proactive reaction by the students was caused in response to feedback. This happened when they received messages questioning their work but also suggesting changes, in addition to correction. The pattern that seems to generate quality changes in collaborative text revision processes is initiated by teacher elaboration feedback, which generates discussion among the students and, as a result, leads to contextualised changes to the text.
Proposing regular feedback that requires discussion among the students turns out to be an essential strategy to encourage high quality revision of texts written collaboratively in an online learning environment.
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