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Muhammad Younas; Yan Dong; Guoqing Zhao; Rashid Menhas; Lin Luan; Uzma Noor – European Journal of Education, 2025
The present research looks at the reputation of digital platforms in online pedagogical English education in Pakistan, and the use of digital technology in virtual classrooms during public health emergencies. It explores how faculty members use digital technology in their pedagogical English teaching approaches by analysing their technological…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Akbari, Javad; Heidari Tabrizi, Hossein; Chalak, Azizeh – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
Virtual learning, in particular, has been defined as any system of education and instruction that brings together participants who are separated by geographical distances or time. Notably, in virtual learning environment interactive telecommunications systems are utilized to connect learners, resources, and instructors. Accordingly, the present…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Gimeno, Ana, Ed. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2014
"The EUROCALL Review" is EUROCALL's open access online scientific journal. Regular sections include: (1) Reports on EUROCALL Special Interest Groups: up-to-date information on SIG activities; (2) Projects: reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects; (3) Recommended websites: reports and reviews of examples of good practice…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Research and Development, Web Sites
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Wang, Feihong; Shao, Enming – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2012
Second Life (SL) has been gaining increased attention in Education since it was launched in 2003. Language educators explored SL mainly as a virtual learning environment where learners can interact with native speakers (e.g., Hislope, 2008; Wang, Song, Xia, & Yan, 2009). Although most studies concluded positively about using SL for language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Assignments, Second Language Learning
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Knutzen, Brant; Kennedy, David – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2012
This paper reports the progress of a pilot project exploring the integration of a collaborative virtual learning environment (Second Life) with the instruction of English courses at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. An educational partnership was developed with two TESOL teacher-training courses at Texas A&M University in the US. The project…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Pilot Projects, Partnerships in Education, Foreign Countries
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Hampel, Regine; Stickler, Ursula – ReCALL, 2012
The introduction of virtual learning environments has made new tools available that have the potential to support learner communication and interaction, thus aiding second language acquisition both from a psycholinguistic and a sociocultural point of view. This article focuses on the use of videoconferencing in the context of a larger exploratory…
Descriptors: Expertise, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Learning Modalities
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Russell, Victoria – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
This study investigated the effects of processing instruction (PI) and structured input (SI) on the acquisition of the subjunctive in adjectival clauses by 92 second-semester distance learners of Spanish. Computerized visual input enhancement (VIE) was combined with PI and SI in an attempt to increase the salience of the targeted grammatical form…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Virtual Classrooms, Linguistic Input, Conventional Instruction
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Oliver, Kevin; Kellogg, Shaun; Patel, Ruchi – CALICO Journal, 2012
High school students participating in online courses offered by the North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) completed end-of-course surveys in spring 2009. When the responses of 559 foreign language students were compared to students in five other subject area groups, the findings suggested foreign language students had significantly lower…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Cooperation
Kartal, Erdogan; Arikan, Arda – Online Submission, 2010
The effects of information and communication technologies, which are rapidly improving and spreading in the current age, can be seen in the field of training and education as well as in all other fields. Unlike previous technologies, the Internet, which is the concrete compound of those technologies, provides users with the trio of audio, text and…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Internet, Teaching Methods, Computer Literacy
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Xiao, Junhong – Distance Education, 2012
Teachers' influence on students' learning motivation is a well-researched topic. Nevertheless, the majority of such studies are situated in the conventional learning context despite the rapid growth of distance language learning. This study set out to investigate tutors' influence on students' learning motivation in the Chinese distance language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Distance Education, Teacher Characteristics
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IGI Global, 2018
The rapid growth in online and virtual learning opportunities has created culturally diverse classes and corporate training sessions. Instruction for these learning opportunities must adjust to meet participant needs. "Online Course Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications" is a comprehensive reference source for the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Educational Trends
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Deutschmann, Mats; Panichi, Luisa; Molka-Danielsen, Judith – ReCALL, 2009
The following paper presents two stages of an action research project involving two oral proficiency courses held in the virtual world Second Life. Course 1 was conducted during the Autumn of 2007. Based on the experiences of this course, we redesigned many aspects of it in order to improve student activity in terms of oral participation and gave…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Participation, Comparative Analysis, Language Proficiency
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Coleman, James A.; Furnborough, Concha – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Much Second Language Acquisition research focuses on young learners in the conventional classroom. Instructed adult learners, and in particular those who are learning at a distance, have attracted less attention. This group is substantial and growing: the Open University, the largest higher education language provider in the UK, alone recruits…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Learning
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Furnborough, Concha; Truman, Mike – Distance Education, 2009
This qualitative study examines perceptions and use of assignment feedback among adult beginner modern foreign language learners on higher education distance learning courses. A survey of responses to feedback on assignments by 43 Open University students on beginner language courses in Spanish, French, and German indicated that respondents can be…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Open Universities, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers
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Barbour, Michael K.; Mulcahy, Dennis – Education in Rural Australia, 2008
Six years ago the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation began a virtual high school within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed primarily to provide courses in specialized areas to students in rural areas, where schools have difficulty in attracting second language, mathematics and science teachers. However, there has…
Descriptors: High Schools, Distance Education, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools
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