This document summarizes a presentation on using various media tools like Wikispace, Exelearning, and slideshare for language learning. It discusses how these tools are used to introduce students to web resources, have them complete topics and share materials. Wikispace allows asynchronous and collaborative work from different places. Exelearning allows arranging learning activities and exporting materials. Benefits include empowering student creativity and problem solving, while challenges include needing teacher training and flexible time. Technical requirements are internet access and open source software. The teacher evaluation found increased motivation and participation from more flexible learning.

1. 4.Partner Meeting
29th-30th May 2014
Noto Italy

2. What media do you use?
 Wikispace
 Exelearning
 slideshare.
 Google quiz.
 http://www.slideshare.net/gabrilupo31/audio-visual-media-in-l2-questionnaire-link

3. How do you use it?
 Introduce the students to the web tools.
 Help them to register and to become members in order to share
the space.
 Give them some topics to deal with and upload their data and
materials on their wikis.
 Learn spoecific vocabulary;
 Practice the necessary grammar and structure.
 The students look for and get multimedia information and
material on the web, select and process it.

4. Why do you use wikispace?
Wikispace is :
- Innovative and stimulating the students ‘ creativity.
- Learner-centred approach and respectful of different learning styles: such
as linguistic, mathematical, spatial, kinesthetic, interpersonal.
- Promote the digital competences,
- Innovative in methods, tools and spaces and also promote cooperative
learning through the use of the web and ts learning communities.
- Respectful of the EU Recommendation on Key Competencies for Lifelong
Learning

5. Why using Wikispace?
Wikispace has two modes : the ‘normal one’ is like any other web page and the
‘editing mode’ lets the authors change text, edit existing pages and add new ones.
It is a good platform to create a collaborative project with other people.
 It lets people work asyncronically from different places :
 it is also useful:
 as information sources.
 for students to hand in assignments, which could include peer ratings from other
students.
 as tools for collaborative web-writing to create collective knowledge
 as discussion forums.
 as libraries or databases around particular cases or topics .
 A place to practice collaboration and co-operation skills.
 http://iiascienzeumane2014.wikispaces.com/export/download/174622/iiascien
zeumane2014_20140526-HTML.zip

6. Why do you use Exe.learning?
 The advantages of using EXE.Learning.
 It is a collection of tools to create sequences of online learning
activities.
 •Activities can be arranged in any sequences .
 •The simple editing dialogue allows clean paste from word
 •It can display equations, images, without needing to use html or
web authoring tools
 •It is simple to link to external web sites
 •It is easy to create simple MCQs and quizzes using various question
types
 •It chooses from a range of available style sheets (appearances)
 •It Exports your materials for use in web platform.

7. What are the benefits?
 Every student can express his own creativity, imagination ,
his own interests and natural inclinations.
 Empower their problem solving skills.
 Enhance the students social skills due to team work .
 Reinforces trasparency and visibilty of the students work
 Document the students’ learning through his own products.
 Qualify learning process.
 Equity is also important.

8. What are the challenges?
 Highly challenging for the teachers who needs continuous training.
 A lot of time for preparation for searching, selecting and arranging
materials and activities .
 Working at flexible time .
 Have a good memory to remember IDs & passwords.

9. What are the technical requirements
 Internet access
 HiPad,
 Tablets
 Laptops.
 Open source software so only free registration.

10. What is the teacher’s evaluation?
Increase motivation and students participation
Facilitate the class management
Enrich and qualify the teaching- learning process .
 students become more responsible and autonomous
More flexible learning &teaching time

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12. Recommendations
oStudent target: Adult and adolescent students of
secondary school .
o Levels: A2; B1- B2 of CEFR
o Skills: listening, reading, speaking, writing.
o Production Time : 14 hours approximately
o General purpose: Acquiring a good level of digital
competences and exploiting new methodological
approaches.
o Specific purpose: enahancing listening and speaking
skills as well as reading and writing skills ;