AJ_DELL Distance Education in Language Learning

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Aaron Marc Collier, B.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Aaron Marc Collier, B.A.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is designed to help students improve their skills in creating distance education courses for teaching languages, especially English. By the end of the course, students should be able to create their own distance education courses and justify the choices that they make through the use of theory and prior research.
Syllabus
  • This course will cover distance education from numerous perspectives, starting with history and moving forward.
Literature
  • Handbook of distance education. Edited by Michael G. Moore. 2nd ed. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007, xxix, 690. ISBN 9780805858471. info
  • Distance education and languages : evolution and change. Edited by Börje Holmberg - Monica Shelley - Cynthia White. Toronto: Multilingual matters, 2005, xvii, 342. ISBN 1853597767. info
  • WHITE, Cynthia. Language learning in distance education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xvii, 258. ISBN 052181541X. info
Teaching methods
The course will be primarily based around readings and discussions that will happen online.
Assessment methods
Students will be expected to participate in the online forums and to write 3 short response papers, as well as a longer one at the end of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: výuka probíhá online.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2011, recent)
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