Learning in Digital Context: Challenges, Opportunities
Learning in Digital Context: Challenges, Opportunities
Author(s): Mirela SkendajSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Economy, Foreign languages learning, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Computational linguistics, Philology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: Opportunities; challenges; skills; digital literacy; accessibility;
Summary/Abstract: Many papers on opportunities and challenges of online learning and teaching have been published as a result of a pandemic that is still today shaking the world and forcing teachers to reassess what technology can bring to learners and what limits it also may impose on them. As a teacher of French Language, I find myself perplexed in searching the right apps and digital media, thinking hard which might work better for my students. Of course I do not intend to offer a set of recipes or lesson plans on what works or does not work in technology-mediated contexts or online. Instead, my goal is to share the reflections based on over 15 years of teaching and promoting language learning in online or hybrid contexts. While focusing on language learning (fully or partially) online, my reflection will seek to see how the development of these new digital skills in open contexts is closely linked to the wider and critical issues of the development of digital literacy and citizenship. This paper aims to offer a few concrete examples of language tasks that exploit open access to digital resources and tools in order to enhance collaboration, content production, as well as the development of critical thinking among learners.
Journal: Crossing Boundaries in Culture and Communication
- Issue Year: 15/2024
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 127-136
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
