Presented by,Shannon Carroll

EFL 537, Fall 2008

• The Role of Culture in an Online Course

• Ideas & Tools for Creating Writing Materials/Activities

• Ideas for Assessing Student Progress in Writing

• My Online Writing Unit

1. What is culture?

2. What affect does culture have on learning?

http://www.linezine.com/7.2/articles/pdamca.htm

In Comparison

American Students & Japanese Students

enrolled in the same online course.

http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=research&article=4-1

Online courses that fail to considerthe cultural differences of itsstudents are doomed to failure.

So, what is the key to creating asuccessful online course?

                                                                            

Cultural                      =           Adaption

Brainstorming Chain Stories

Learning Journals Essay Writing

Blogging E-mailing

Discussion                                                 Online Forums                                                 Publishing

My Unit PlanMy Unit Plan

Class Profile

Learning Objectives

Presentation Format

Practice Exercises

Extension Exercises

Assessment

Links to Helpful WebsitesLinks to Helpful WebsitesAbout.com: English as 2nd Language – Lesson plans and more.

GlobalClassroom.com – Site that allows you to create a free virtual classroom using Moodle.

Moodle.com – Free course management system.

Proprofs.com – A site for teachers to create online quizzes and tests.

SurveyGizmo.com – A site that allows you to create and track surveys for free.

Ultralingua.com – An online dictionary that translates to and from English.

Wordpress.com – A site where teachers/student can create blogs.

Links to Reviewed MaterialsLinks to Reviewed MaterialsAl-Jarf, Reima (2006). Cross-Cultural Communications: Saudi, Ukranian, and Russian.

The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly, vol. 8, issue 2, p. 7- 32.

Dunn, Patrick and Marinetti, Alessandra. Cultural Adaption: Necessity for Global eLearning.

Fei, Wong Fook, et al. (2005). An Online Assessment of Language Proficiency: Development and Challenges. Internet Journal of e-Learning & Teaching, 2(1), p. 13-24.

Gomez, Emily (2000). Assessment Portfolios: Including English Language Learners in Large-Scale Assessments.

Massi, Maria (2001). Interactive Writing in the EFL Class: A Repertoire of Tasks

McGarty, Steve. Cultural, Disciplinary and Temporal Contexts of e-Learning and English as a Foreign Language.

Wu, Wen-Shuenn (2004). Using Blogs in an EFL Writing Class.