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Christine Bauer-Ramazani |
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Saint Michael’s College |
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Colchester, Vermont |
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4Gives
students state-of-the-art technological skills |
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4 Reduces
expenses for cooperative MATESL programs, including travel and living
expenses for faculty |
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4 Allows
MATESL alumni from around the world to enhance their professional
development |
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· 4Allows our international
students to complete part of their course work (eventually a third of their
credits) from home while keeping a full- or part-time job |
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4 Reduces students’ travel and living expenses
to/in the U.S. |
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Computer-Assisted- Language Learning (each semester since
Spring 2000) |
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Thesis Research Seminar
(Fall
2000) |
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Literature in ESL/EFL
(Summer 2001) |
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Second
Language Acquisition
(Spring 2002) |
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Testing
and Evaluation in TESL/TEFL
(Fall 2002) |
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Institutional support for DE (President/Provost) |
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Demo of new CALL Online course to faculty |
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Readings and research |
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Experienced guest speakers/consultants |
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In-house workshops on web authoring tools
(FrontPage) |
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In-house workshops on web communication tools
(YahooGroups) |
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Presentations by companies offering web course
management tools (WebCT, Blackboard, eCollege) |
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Comparison of web course management tools
(services, costs) |
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Limit
technology to lowest common denominator (= minimum requirements necessary) |
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Slow /
expensive / unreliable Internet connections overseas (slow down- &
uploads) |
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Time
zone differences + students’ work schedules = challenging for arranging
chat class interaction |
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Students
must have basic computer competence, facility with basic troubleshooting,
and certain confidence level |
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Approximately double the preparation time for faculty member |
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Issue: Costs of delivery and ongoing service |
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Solution: |
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Setting up consortia of colleges/ programs that
deliver online courses |
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Sharing online courses—reciprocal recognition |
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Resources needed: Starting dialogue among
colleges/ programs |
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Links to online courses |
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CALL Online (Summer 2001) (password-protected) |
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(http://oec.ecollege.com) |
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Link to sample CALL Online course |
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http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/CALL.htm |
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Notes