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An Application of the Diffusion of Innovations Theory to the Investigation of Blended Language Learning
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Grgurovic, Maja – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
This study investigates technology-enhanced blended learning in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program from the theoretical perspective of Diffusion of Innovations theory. The study first established that the use of a learning management system (LMS) in two ESL classes represented an educational innovation. Next, the innovation attributes…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Innovation, Integrated Learning Systems
Interacting at a Distance: A Critical Review of the Role of ICT in Developing the Learner--Context Interface in a University Language Programme
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Hampel, Regine; de los Arcos, Beatriz – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2013
This article examines the introduction of new online technologies to support distance language learning in a higher education institution in the UK, charting the development from using telephone conferencing in the 1990s to the implementation of Moodle and videoconferencing more recently. It uses the sociocultural concept of the learner-context…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education, Higher Education