Enhancing Blended Language Learning: Development of a New eLearning Template

Rosario Kane-Iturrioz

doi:10.4995/eurocall.2009.16343

Authors

Rosario Kane-Iturrioz Coventry University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall.2009.16343

Keywords:

blended e-learning, business languages, learning technologies, students' experience

Abstract

Improvements in dedicated e-learning tools and the new insights provided by CALL research are at the core of a new course for Business Language. The course incorporates an innovative eLearning template as the key element of its main mode of delivery. A number of authoring tools have been integrated in order to provide a userfriendly, flexible and effective online learning medium for both teachers and learners. This paper describes the background for the design of the course and discusses the needs it aims to meet. The study also outlines the objectives informing the development of the eLearning template and examines the main features and parameters of the pilot module developed in order to test this template within a blended learning setting. Finally, the paper addresses the issues encountered during the pilot trial and the main
findings from the student feedback.

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Author Biography

Rosario Kane-Iturrioz, Coventry University

School of International Studies and Social Science

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