The Challenges of Blended Learning: Critically Evaluating the Chinese Language Case

Autor/in	Hu, Bo
Titel	The Challenges of Blended Learning: Critically Evaluating the Chinese Language Case
Quelle	In: The EUROCALL Review, 20 (2012) 2, S.80-94 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1695-2618
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Second Language Learning; Feedback (Response); Chinese; Second Language Instruction; Guidelines; Surveys; Distance Education; Cost Effectiveness; Communities of Practice; Career Development; Course Descriptions; Course Evaluation; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Teacher Student Relationship; Management Systems; Educational Quality; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; College Faculty; Tests; Essays; Attendance; Professional Personnel; Adult Students; Research; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; China; Chinesen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Richtlinien; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Community; Berufsentwicklung; Kursstrukturplan; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Fakultät; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Anwesenheit; Personalbestand; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Forschung
Abstract	This article reviews the Mid-Career Development Chinese Language course (MCDCL) funded by the British Inter-university China Centre, a project funded from various public sources in the UK. The discussion focuses on how and why the MCDCL course has adopted the blended learning construct and with what outcomes. Using two frameworks for blended learning--the Community of Inquiry and the Sloan-C Pillars--it offers a thorough examination of the MCDCL course, and discusses the results of a survey which was devised to collect feedback from participants on the course. The article concludes that the MCDCL course throws up particular challenges for the blended learning concept as a whole. A detailed evaluation highlights areas for attention ranging from how the course is organised and workloads are balanced, to the approach of teachers in their level of involvement in distance learning, and the overall management of the course with regard to the use of technology, cost-effectiveness and a host of other considerations. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). EUROCALL Headquarters, School of Modern Languages, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland, UK. Tel: +34-67-943-1283; Web site: http://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/review
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01