Abstract
This paper addresses the challenges and opportunities involved in designing and teaching an innovative Modern Greek course in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The task was to take a traditional, structured textbook course for Modern Greek as a Second Language and transform its didactic curriculum into a more learner-centered online course. The transformation was based on deploying the seven affordances of e-learning established by Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope (New Learning 2012) as well as current trends of online language learning. Our goal was to provide through the design, more agency and engagement for learners. In this paper, we describe the process of designing the online course, using Moodle as the learning platform, creating videos to introduce the material, and facilitating collaboration, peer interaction and feedback. We will present the way that this course was implemented, as well as the results of the feedback we received from students’ evaluations about the course. Finally, we conclude by summarizing the benefits of this online course comparing it to the face-to-face format.
Presenters
Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) TziridesAcademic Researcher & Instructional Designer , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States Mary Kalantzis
Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, United States
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