AU Workplace English - Athabasca University
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AU Workplace English
wpeau.ca
Dr. Mohamed Ally
Colin Elliott
Tracey Woodburn
New Generations of Students
Online presence
Now generation
@ generation
Virtual generation
Social networking
Games
Digital experts
Adapt to technology quickly
Technology is second nature
Current Generation of Students
Online presence
Social networking
Games
Technology 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 Mobility
E-learning to M-learning
E-Commerce to M-commerce
E-government to M-government
E-collaboration to M-collaboration
E-library to M-library
E-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 media
Games as a learning strategy
Mobile devices
Online courses
Learning Materials Development
Break content into small chunks
Design as learning objects
Store in repositories for easy access
Metatagged, 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 maps
Design for specific context
What is WPE? -Content
86 Grammar lessons with 155 interactive
exercises
Including:
Vocabulary from 8 different workplace
situations:
Health and Wellness
Utilities-Oil/Gas/Mining
Retail and Sales
Hospitality and Tourism
Trades and Labour
Food Services and Restaurants
Administration and Clerical
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. 1.1
Multiple Choice Ex. 2.1
Matching Ex. 9.2
Sequencing Ex. 13.1
Question format
True/False
Ex. 1.1
Multiple Choice
Ex. 2.1
Question format
Matching
Ex. 9.2
Sequencing
Ex. 13.1
Audio
Five styles of interactive audio exercises
1) 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
Video
Lesson 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