AU Workplace English

wpeau.ca

Dr. Mohamed Ally

Colin Elliott

Tracey Woodburn

New Generations of Students

Online presenceNow generation@ generationVirtual generationSocial networkingGamesDigital expertsAdapt to technology quicklyTechnology is second nature

Current Generation of Students

Online presenceSocial networkingGamesTechnology literate

Mobile cellular has been the most rapidly adopted technology in history. Today it is the most popular and widespread personal technology on the planet, with an estimated 4.6 billion subscriptions globally by the end of 2009.

Mobile broadband subscriptions overtook fixed broadband subscribers in 2008, highlighting the huge potential for the mobile Internet.

Shift to MobilityE-learning to M-learningE-Commerce to M-commerceE-government to M-governmentE-collaboration to M-collaborationE-library to M-libraryE-health to M-health

Emerging Technologies in Learning

Print

E-learning

Mobile Learning(M-learning)

The Ultimate School in the 21st Century (Albert Browne, Verizon Foundation, U.S.A.)

Use of digital mediaGames as a learning strategyMobile devicesOnline courses

Learning Materials Development

Break content into small chunksDesign as learning objectsStore in repositories for easy accessMetatagged, retrieved, and reused

Design Principles

Chunk the information to prevent information overload

Use advance organizers to facilitate the processing of details

Dual-coding hypothesis: present information in visual and textual/verbal

Use concept and information mapsDesign for specific context

What is WPE? -Content

86 Grammar lessons with 155 interactive exercises Including:

Vocabulary from 8 different workplace situations:Health and Wellness Trades and LabourUtilities-Oil/Gas/Mining Food Services and RestaurantsRetail and Sales Administration and ClericalHospitality and Tourism Banking and Personal Finance

5 audio exercises and 1 video exercise

WPEAU- Statistics

90% of students thought that mobile learning provided them with the opportunity to learn anytime, anywhere.

69% of students thought mobile technology increased the quality of their learning experience

Content: AUESLAUWPE

AU Mobile ESL AU Workplace English

Question Format

There are 4 types of interactive questions:

True/False Ex. 1.1Multiple Choice Ex. 2.1Matching Ex. 9.2Sequencing Ex. 13.1

Question format

True/False

Ex. 1.1

Multiple Choice

Ex. 2.1

Matching

Ex. 9.2

Sequencing

Ex. 13.1

Question format

Audio

Five styles of interactive audio exercises1) Audio Vocabulary list (Health and Wellness

Vocabulary)2) Audio dialogue followed by text questions (Ex.

20.2)3) Multiple Choice - audio sentence then choose

text answer (Ex. 28.1)4) Multiple Choice - read text then choose audio

answer (Ex. 38.3)5) Audio lesson (Lesson 51)

Health and Wellness Audio Vocabulary List

Ex. 20.2 Audio dialogue text questions

Ex. 28.1 Audio questions text answers

VideoLesson 10 Ex. 9.3

A short scene between a medic and an injured worker followed by text questions (01:53)

Technology

Designed for advanced devices

MP4, MP3

Auto-detect

Re-sizes for device

Future Directions

More multimedia

More devices

Dynamic pages

apps