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http://vpet.vtc.edu.hk/dspace/handle/999/645| Title: | Using the web to enhance language teaching and learning and distributed cognitions in a conventional sub-degree setting | Authors: | Lau, Wanda W. Y. | Issue Date: | 2000 | Publisher: | Hong Kong : Vocational Training Council ; IVETA | Abstract: | This paper examines the functions and uses of IT, specifically the internet for educational purposes in general, and for the teaching and learning of English in a sub-degree course in particular. The design of an exercise in an English course at sub-degree level, with the objective of using the web to encourage interactive discussion among students and staff and the development of distributed cognitions (Pea, 1993) and ''person-plus'' (Perkins, 1993) in the students, is looked into and its effectiveness analysed. Some of the problems arising from the exercise are discussed as well. | Description: | In: Vocational education and training for life long learning in the information era. IVETA [International Vocational Education and Training Association] Conference Proceedings (Hong Kong, China, August 6-9, 2000) Available online pdf via VTC Institutional Repository |
Keywords: | IT Distributed cognitions Interaction English teaching IT in vocational education and training |
Subjects: | IVETA 2000 Vocational education -- Congresses Technical education -- Congresses |
Type: | Conference Paper | Links/Full text: | IVETA Conference 2000 via VTC-IR |
| Appears in Collections: | Others |
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