Presented by, Shannon Carroll EFL 537, Fall 2008

The Role of Culture in an Online Course Ideas & Tools for Creating Writing Materials/Activities Ideas for Assessing Student Progress in Writing My Online Writing Unit

The Role of Culture in an Online Course

Ideas & Tools for Creating Writing Materials/Activities

Ideas for Assessing Student Progress in Writing

My Online Writing Unit

1. What is culture? 2. What affect does culture have on learning? http://www.linezine.com/7.2/articles/pdamca.htm

In Comparison American Students & Japanese Students enrolled in the same online course. http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=research&article=4-1

Online courses that fail to consider the cultural differences of its students are doomed to failure.

So, what is the key to creating a successful online course?

Cultural = Adaption

Brainstorming Chain Stories Learning Journals Essay Writing

Blogging E-mailing

Blogging E-mailing

Discussion Online Forums Publishing

My Unit Plan Class Profile Learning Objectives Presentation Format Practice Exercises Extension Exercises Assessment

Class Profile

Learning Objectives

Presentation Format

Practice Exercises

Extension Exercises

Assessment

Links to Helpful Websites About.com: English as 2 nd Language – Lesson plans and more. GlobalClassroom.com – Site that allows you to create a free virtual classroom using Moodle. Moodle.com – Free course management system. Proprofs.com – A site for teachers to create online quizzes and tests. SurveyGizmo.com – A site that allows you to create and track surveys for free. Ultralingua.com – An online dictionary that translates to and from English. Wordpress.com – A site where teachers/student can create blogs.

About.com: English as 2 nd Language – Lesson plans and more.

GlobalClassroom.com – Site that allows you to create a free virtual classroom using Moodle.

Moodle.com – Free course management system.

Proprofs.com – A site for teachers to create online quizzes and tests.

SurveyGizmo.com – A site that allows you to create and track surveys for free.

Ultralingua.com – An online dictionary that translates to and from English.

Wordpress.com – A site where teachers/student can create blogs.

Links to Reviewed Materials Al-Jarf, Reima (2006). Cross-Cultural Communications: Saudi, Ukranian, and Russian . The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly , vol. 8, issue 2, p. 7- 32. Dunn, Patrick and Marinetti, Alessandra. Cultural Adaption: Necessity for Global eLearning. Fei, Wong Fook, et al. (2005). An Online Assessment of Language Proficiency: Development and Challenges . Internet Journal of e-Learning & Teaching , 2(1), p. 13-24. Gomez, Emily (2000). Assessment Portfolios: Including English Language Learners in Large-Scale Assessments . Massi, Maria (2001). Interactive Writing in the EFL Class: A Repertoire of Tasks McGarty, Steve. Cultural, Disciplinary and Temporal Contexts of e-Learning and English as a Foreign Language . Wu, Wen-Shuenn (2004). Using Blogs in an EFL Writing Class .

Al-Jarf, Reima (2006). Cross-Cultural Communications: Saudi, Ukranian, and Russian . The Asian EFL Journal Quarterly , vol. 8, issue 2, p. 7- 32.

Dunn, Patrick and Marinetti, Alessandra. Cultural Adaption: Necessity for Global eLearning.

Fei, Wong Fook, et al. (2005). An Online Assessment of Language Proficiency: Development and Challenges . Internet Journal of e-Learning & Teaching , 2(1), p. 13-24.

Gomez, Emily (2000). Assessment Portfolios: Including English Language Learners in Large-Scale Assessments .

Massi, Maria (2001). Interactive Writing in the EFL Class: A Repertoire of Tasks

McGarty, Steve. Cultural, Disciplinary and Temporal Contexts of e-Learning and English as a Foreign Language .

Wu, Wen-Shuenn (2004). Using Blogs in an EFL Writing Class .