Bonjour, Привет, Nín hǎo! A Speaking Engagement You

Don’t Want to Miss

Test/assess – with timely feedback!

Practice

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BYU Independent Study’s “Old” Model

Correspondence style Paper packet Written assignments Computer-graded quizzes Recorded speaking submitted once or

twice No live instructor interaction Written feedback (no oral feedback)

405: Bonjour, Привет, Nín hǎo! A Speaking Engagement You Don't Want to Miss

Changing Asynchronous Learning Instructor interaction

Live course orientations Live weekly lesson activities/reviews Recorded podcasts/guest lectures Live one-on-one speaking assessment in

every lesson Dynamic exams Course wiki

405: Bonjour, Привет, Nín hǎo! A Speaking Engagement You Don't Want to Miss

What about Students? Peer interaction

Conversation Café Discussion boards Group/partner drills Informal cohorts

405: Bonjour, Привет, Nín hǎo! A Speaking Engagement You Don't Want to Miss

How Much Mobile? Is mobile “right” for complete course

content delivery? iNACOL study: students want specific

elements on their mobile device, not the whole course

Grades, announcements, practice drills, bite size short attention span activities

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What We Built Mobile-ready courseware (HTML 5) Mobile apps to allow spontaneous

practice of vocab, grammar, characters, etc. Currently only in iTunes; Android apps in

development BYU Online CHIN 41 BYU Online JAPAN 43

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View Japanese & Chinese apps on iTunes; Visit Conversation Café

URL: byuconed.adobeconnect.com/chin41

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Japanese Speaking Appointment Arabic Speaking Appointment

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View Speaking Appointment highlights

Student Response Data: JAPAN 41(over 100 enrollments since January)

12%

53%

24%

12%

How effective are Speaking Appointments?

54321

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Speaking Appointments…

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34%

31%

14%

7%10%

Create a better course experienceHelp me improve my speaking/pronunciationGet me excited about speaking JapaneseCould be better if there were more of themTake too much time

Courses with New ModelSpeaking Appointments & Live Broadcasts

• Japanese• Chinese• Arabic• German• Russian• Spanish• French• Coming

soon: ASL

Speaking Appointments, Live Broadcasts, & Conversation Café • Currently live:

Chinese, Arabic• Coming soon:

Russian, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, ASL

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Unique Resources High enrollments (volume) Access to native & fluent speakers Existing technology/software license

MyLanguageLabs (Pearson) AdobeConnect (mobile & desktop applications) Mobile-ready etexts (Pearson)

Inspiration from campus math/writing labs

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Overcoming Challenges (Disruptive Learning) Large organization

undergoing significant paradigm shift Case studies (entities helping drive

development vs holding onto the old paradigm)

Customer support/student services: what does student support look like in a mobile age?

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Progress Yet to Make Software limitations Scalability with highest volume courses Partnering with outside sources Content development Continuing to overcome resistance to

change

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For More Information Online: elearn.byu.edu

Steven Park, Asst. Director of Production Steven.park@byu.edu, 801.422.9311

Jennifer Quinlan, Instructional Designer Jennifer.quinlan@byu.edu, 801.422.8498

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