E-learning Course of Librarian English

e-LKA

Barbora Sedláčková and Pavla Lichnovská Masaryk UniversityThe Czech Republic

Presentation Structure

• Introduction• Course Creation• Course Content• Course Review• Course Success and Experience• Illustration of the Course

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Start of the Project

• Project carried out within the complusory course APLS under KISK of Masaryk University.

• Initiation: 10/2009 APLS• Team: 7 students of Masters Studies of LIS • Supervision: Bc. Jan Zikuška and PhDr. Petr Škyřík• Grant: 20 000 CZK (803.5 EUR)• Lenght of the project: 1 year (finally 2years)

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TargetCreation and realization of e-learning course

of English for librarians (e-LKA).• Participants

Librarians working at academic/public libraries with more than 10 000 inhabitants in The South Moravian Region.

• Required level of English pre-intermediate

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Course Creation• Survey among librarians (needed topics)• Cooperation with professional English

teachers (plus 2 teachers in the team)• Consultation of subject terminology with

foreign libraries

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Course Creation

• Course created in Moodle.• Audio recorded with native speakers from the

UK and the USA.

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Course Content• 9 Units, Each contains: Grammar + Subject Part• 1 Unit = 1 Week• Section of a Unit: 1) Study Materials (grammar explanation,

vocabulary, study animation)2) Exercises3) Video4) Compulsory Task (test or written essay)

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Course Content

Units

1) Introduction2) Welcome to the library3) A book4) In the library5) A reader

6) Services7) Technology in the

library8) Library presentation9) Recapitulation

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Course Review

• Participants had to finish a compulsory task in each unit by deadline (9 in total) and pass the final test.

• We organised 3 face-to-face meetings to support and help participants.

• Out of 61 partcipants 42 sucessfully passed the course.

• Enthusiastic replies from participants

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Do you think that you will use your new knowledge at work?

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Course evaluation

Would you like to continue with the course in future?

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Experience from the course

• Librarians are willing and eager to learn.• However, we faced some problems:

1) Time-consuming Each lesson takes about 3-4 hours per week

2) Level of motivation Course was offered for free => some students gave up before the 3rd unit

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Experience from the course

3) Level of English A few participants were real beginners => problem with the speed of the courseSome participants were advanced => tried to test and correct us

4) Moodle complicationsExercises and correct answers –

automation has some drawbacks

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Course improvements

• More precise entrance tests• 2 weeks per one lesson• Special exercises to gain extra points in order to be

more motivated• New Christmas lesson

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What is going on now and what will follow

• 2nd run of the course October – March 2011• 3rd run of the course March – July 2011

• Some creators of the course chose e-LKA as the topis of their diploma thesis

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Course Illustrations

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Czech Team Barbora Sedláčková 17

Czech Team Barbora Sedláčková 18

Study animation

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Thank you for your attention.Contact:projekt.elka@gmail.com.http://e-lka.webnode.cz/

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