This carefully balanced set of studies and practitioner research projects carried out in various learning contexts around the world highlights cutting-edge research in the use of digital learning technologies in language classrooms and in online learning. Providing an overview of recent developments in the application of educational technology to language learning and teaching, it looks at the experience of researchers and practitioners in both formal and informal (self-study) learning contexts, bringing readers up-to-date with this rapidly changing field and the latest developments in research, theory, and practice at both classroom and education system levels.
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1 Introduction to Digital Learning |
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PART I The Research Perspective |
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2 The Effectiveness of Digital Materials as a Means of Teaching the English Article System |
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3 Tracing the Potential of Out-of-Class Digitally Mediated Language Learning Practice Back to the Classroom: A Nexus of Practice Perspective |
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4 Evaluating the Efficacy of the Digital Commons for Scaling Data-Driven Learning |
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5 Doctoral Students' Attitudes and Beliefs toward Blended Learning in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Writing Course |
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6 Technology as a Teaching and Learning Tool in the Flipped Classroom |
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7 The Effectiveness of Feedback in Asynchronous Online Courses for Nonnative Speakers of English |
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8 Digital Tools for Supporting English Language Learners' Content Area Writing |
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9 The Underutilized Elephant in the Lecture Room: Why Five Tech-Savvy Teacher Educators Didn't Use Their Program's Digital Whiteboard |
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10 Digital Stories and the African Storybook: Teaching English in the Digital Age |
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Espen Stranger-Johannessen |
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11 Teaching with Digital Stories for Student Empowerment and Engagement |
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PART II The Pedagogical Perspective |
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12 Synchronous Online Teaching |
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13 Using Learner Experience Design (LXD) to Improve Digital Language Learning Products |
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14 Blended Learning Design and Practice |
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15 A Genuine Innovation in the Delivery and Form of Feedback on Students' Written Work |
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16 Remote Teaching: A Case Study in Teaching English to Primary School Children in Uruguay via Videoconferencing |
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18 Empowering Teachers for the Digital Future: What Do 21st-century Teachers Need? |
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19 Imagining the Potential for Using Virtual Reality Technologies in Language Learning |
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20 Digital Learning in 2020 |
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| About the Contributors |
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| Author Index |
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Michael Carrier is the CEO of Highdale Consulting Ltd., UK (specializing in digital learning and capacity building in international education), and former Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cambridge English Language Assessment, UK.
Ryan M. Damerow is the Chief Operating Officer of The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF), USA.
Kathleen M. Bailey is a Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and the President of The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF), USA.
