Students as Doers: Examples of successful e-learning activities

Maija Tammelin

Finland

Aalto University Business School

Berit Peltonen

Finland

Aalto University Business School

Pasi Puranen

Finland

Aalto University Business School

Lis Auvinen

Finland

University of Helsinki

Submitted: 09/07/2021

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Accepted: 09/07/2021

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Published: 03/22/2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall.2012.16211
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Keywords:

student feedback, learning by doing, authentic language use, real life contexts

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This research was not funded

Abstract:

This paper discusses learning language and communication activities that focus on students’ concrete involvement in their learning process. The activities first deal with student-produced blogs and digital videos in business Spanish. They then present student-produced podcasts for Swedish business communication learners that are meant for speakers of Finnish. Finally, the activities introduce language karaoke for individual pronunciation practice in Swedish. These successful “learning by doing” activities have shown to enhanced the students´ motivation and interest in learning.
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References:

Auvinen, L. & Peltonen, B. (2011). Työelämän ääni - podcastit kieltenopetuksessa (Voices from working life - podcasts in language teaching). In K.K. Pitkänen, J. Jokinen, S. Karjalainen, L. Karlsson, T. Lehtonen, M. Matilainen, C. Niedling & R. Siddal (Eds.). Out-of-Classroom Learning. University of Helsinki Language Centre Publications .

Puranen, P. (2011). Student-produced digital videos and blogs in learning Business Spanish. CALICO 2011 Conference proceedings.

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Salmon, G., Edirisingha, P., Mobbs, M., Mobbs, R., & Dennett, C. (2008). How to create podcasts for education. Open University Press.

Tammelin, M., Peltonen, B. and Puranen, P. (2011). Guiding the E-learner in Foreign Language and Communication Courses. In M. Levy, F. Blin, C. Bradin Siskin & O.Takeuchi (Eds.). WorldCALL: International Perspectives on Computer-Assisted Language Learning. New York, NY: Routledge, pp. 230-238.

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