#EMF5. Alla L. Nazarenko "«The Power of Technologies? The Power of a Teacher? The power of a Learner?". day 3

  Alla L. Nazarenko  

At first Alla L.told the audience about Distance Learning (DL).

Overcoming Teacher – Learner is separation by

virtual teaching presence,

virtual learning presence

virtual cognitive presence

via interactivity of ICT.

These are discussions creating a virtual learning community.

What is discussion?

It is a “heart and soul” of distance learning.

So, students “see” each other in a virtual class (social presence). They share their  own opinions with others, agree or disagree with other learners, question their points of views, think and learn (cognitive presence).

What is the role of a teacher?

The teacher suggests issues for discussions, moderates discussions and comments on them (teaching presence).

The speaker believed that the power of a student included:

Motivation,

Self-organisation,

Responsibility.

Then Alla L. represented the English Language course “Bensons”.

After that Alla L. spoke about ‘Blended Learning’. BL is a combination of traditional F2F education and online distance learning. The aim is to enhance the efficacy of learning by creating a more effective learning environment due to investigating technologies and using their didactic potential in a traditional learning process.

The structure of a module consists of:

a plan of the lecture,
a slide presentation, 
an assignment,
a test, 
a discussion, 
learning materials. 

The students of the university participate in different 

Intercultural telecommunication projects=>

partner-universities:

universities of 4 countries of CIS: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine;

Russia and 2 universities:MSU and DSU (Dagestan);

Cultural projects:

Traditions of Hospitality,

Family Values Yesterday and Today,

Woman in Literature and in the Science,

Fairy tale as a Mirror of National mentality.