Open Educational Resources for Call Teacher Education: The iTILT Interactive Whiteboard Project

Autor/inn/en	Whyte, Shona; Schmid, Euline Cutrim; van Hazebrouck Thompson, Sanderin; Oberhofer, Margret
Titel	Open Educational Resources for Call Teacher Education: The iTILT Interactive Whiteboard Project
Quelle	In: Computer Assisted Language Learning, 27 (2014) 2, S.122-148 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-8221
DOI	10.1080/09588221.2013.818558
Schlagwörter	Open Education; Educational Resources; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Communicative Competence (Languages); Teaching Methods; Lifelong Learning; Program Descriptions; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Best Practices; Instructional Effectiveness; Language Teachers; Professional Continuing Education; Informal Education; Video Technology; Web Sites; Cooperation; Researchers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; Computer Assisted Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Bildungsmittel; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Unterrichtserfolg; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Web-Design; Co-operation; Kooperation; Researcher; Forscher; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht
Abstract	This paper discusses challenges and opportunities arising during the development of open educational resources (OERs) to support communicative language teaching (CLT) with interactive whiteboards (IWBs). iTILT (interactive Technologies in Language Teaching), a European Lifelong Learning Project, has two main aims: (a) to promote "best practice" or effective CLT teaching with IWBs, and (b) to support continuing professional development among language teachers both in formal training contexts and through informal independent study. Some 40 teachers in seven European countries, working with learners of six foreign languages at various educational and proficiency levels, were trained and followed over one school year in order to collect over 200 video examples of classroom practice. These short (3-minute) class videos were selected collaboratively by teachers and researchers, and supported by learner and teacher commentaries. The main outcome of the project is an open-access website (http://itilt.eu), a searchable repository of training materials (manual, sample materials) and classroom illustrations (video clips, participant comments). This study explores the action research dimension of successive phases of the project from the development of appropriate training materials, data collection in language classrooms, selection of illustrative teaching episodes, and preparation for online presentation for future teacher education. It investigates the influence of research-based training on teacher development and the inclusion of participant perspectives, and explores how this kind of OER can support open practices. The paper also raises issues with respect to "best practice" and user requirements. The paper concludes with "lessons learned" throughout the project, showing both the advantages and drawbacks to this kind of collaboration between teachers and researchers, as well as furnishing suggestions for future OER development. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10