Affordances of Telecollaboration Tools for English for Specific Purposes Online Learning

Autor/in	Sevilla-Pavón, Ana
Titel	Affordances of Telecollaboration Tools for English for Specific Purposes Online Learning
Quelle	In: World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 8 (2016) 3, S.218-223 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1309-0348
Schlagwörter	English for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Computer Mediated Communication; Spanish; Technological Literacy; Intercultural Communication; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Program Descriptions; Asynchronous Communication; Cooperative Learning; International Cooperation; College Students; Business English; International Trade; Online Courses; Course Descriptions; Questionnaires; Spain; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Computerkonferenz; Spanisch; Technisches Wissen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Kooperatives Lernen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Collegestudent; Business; English; English language; Wirtschaft; Englisch; Wirtschaftsenglisch; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Kursstrukturplan; Fragebogen; Spanien
Abstract	This paper explores students' perceptions of the affordances of different telecollaboration tools used in an innovation project for English for Specific Purposes online learning carried out between the University of Valencia (Spain) and Wofford College (South Carolina, United States) during the school year 2015-2016. Different tools for synchronous and asynchronous communication were used. The asynchronous tools included a discussion forum, a wiki, social networking websites and Google forms; while the tools used for synchronous communication were text, voice and video chat, videoconferencing tools and Google Drive. All the tools were accessible through the online platform used in the project, Google+. By using these tools, students from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean carried out a number of activities and tasks through online telecollaborative methods, involving both synchronous and asynchronous communication. The tasks completed by students through the use of the different tools were aimed at fostering distance online collaboration among American and Spanish students for the development of their linguistic, intercultural and digital literacies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01