RESEARCH METHOD SONG TO ENHANCE YOUNG LEARNERS ENGLISH SKILL - Repository UNIKAMA
KONFERENSI NASIONAL SASTRA, BAHASA BUDAYA KS2B 2016 | 155
opportunity to journal about their learning experiences and to read and remark on the experiences of others. The group will be asked to maintain a wiki for its collaborative work.
At the end of the semester, each student will deposit their final work into the colleges repository and their materials will be available to anyone on the internet. The repository
will also be used to allow the student to create an e-portfolio. Each e-portfolio will have a persistent URL that will allow students to direct potential employers to examples of their
work.
For technological tools to support and enhance the learning experience, robust ubiquitous computer networks must be developed to make sophisticated scenarios not
only possible but actual. In order for communication tools such as blogs, wikis, instant messaging, chat, and virtual classrooms to be used effectively, experienced instructional
designers need to work with lecturers to ensure that scale-able learning environments are developed. The technology that the lecturers use to teach their classes needs to be complex
enough to support their needs, but not so complicated that the students spend all their time learning how to use the technology and not learning the subject.
Lecturers should provide students with the tools they need to have a complete group learning experience even though they are physically removed from each other.
Using both the technological tools and the Virtual Classroom software as a superstructure around which to develop their assignments and class time, the lecturers is creating
gathering places for online learning communities to form and develop. By requiring students to meet in these places, lecturers are developing a group of users who are
comfortable with these technologies. As they progress through the program, these users should become comfortable and adept in this environment.
Overall, lecturers should create a space that takes advantage of current technology to simulate a traditional, physical, face-to-face learning environment. Learning in this
environment is obviously a two-way, online process. Lecturers should learn from their students experiences and their responses to questions become more reflective and
deliberate. In this setting, lecturers must engage in a deeper level of mental processing as they formulate their questions and respond to those of students.