Matching form with content - an appliance for globalised second language learning

dc.creator	Russell Johnson
dc.creator	Elizabeth Kemp
dc.date	2012-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:55Z
dc.identifier	1860-7470
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c4c94053f39048b2aec677fac72cdf3e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18735
dc.description	Successful computer-supported distance education requires that its enabling technologies are accessible and usable anywhere. They should work seamlessly inside and outside the information superhighway, wherever the target learners are located, without obtruding on the learning activity. It has long been recognised that the usability of interactive computer systems is inversely related to the visibility of the implementing technologies. Reducing the visibility of technology is especially challenging in the area of online language learning systems, which require high levels of interactivity and communication along multiple dimensions such as speaking, listening, reading and writing. In this article, the authors review the concept of invisibility as it applies to the design of interactive technologies and appliances. They describe a specialised appliance matched to the requirements for distance second language learning, and report on a successful multi-phase evaluation process, including initial field testing at a Thai open university.
dc.language	English
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	FernUniversität Hagen, CampusSource
dc.relation	http://eleed.campussource.de/archive/8/3146
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1860-7470
dc.source	E-learning and Education, Vol 1, Iss 8 (2012)
dc.subject	e-learning
dc.subject	ESOL
dc.subject	e-language learning
dc.subject	IMMEDIATE
dc.subject	information appliance
dc.subject	invisible computing
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Computer Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Computer Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Matching form with content - an appliance for globalised second language learning
dc.type	article