The document discusses the use of machinima in language education, highlighting its role in creating engaging educational video materials within virtual worlds. It outlines the goals of the Camelot Language Learning Project, which include producing guidelines for machinima creation and promoting blended learning practices. The document also emphasizes various pedagogical functions of machinima such as introducing topics, modeling language use, and facilitating collaborative projects.

1. Ton Koenraad (TELLConsult)
Nationale Conferentie
Virtuele Werelden
13 november 2014, Tilburg
Netherlands
Machinima in Language Education.
Virtual worlds as studios for the production of
educational video materials.

2. WHY LEARN AND TEACH
IN VIRTUAL WORLDS ?

3. Languaging while in
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS

4. Immersive Training:
AT THE AIRPORT

6. WHAT IS MACHINIMA?

7. CreAting Machinima
Empowers
Live Online Language
Teaching
and Learning
CAMELOT
Language Learning with Machinima

8. Project Consortium
• University of Central Lancashire, UK
• Istanbul University, TR
• University of Western Bohemia, CZ
• Polish ADL Partnership lab of National Defense
University, PL
• ICC The International Language Association,
DE
• let’s talk online sprl, BE
• LinguaTV, DE
• EduActive, PL
• TELL Consult, NL

9. Aims and Objectives
1. Create, test & share machinima exploring the role of
visual communication in language learning
2. Produce guidelines & training about how to create
them
3. Promote teacher autonomy and blended learning
4. Create an online community of practice

10. Adaptable World variables
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11. …variable perspectives (camera controls)
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12. GENRES OF MACHINIMA
Informative (Documentaries)
Instructions (Tutorials)
Demonstrations (Language use, Portfolio evidence)
Humour /Jokes and Riddles
Narratives (Storytelling)
Role-plays
Promotion (Book trailer)

13. MFL Pedagogical Functions
• Introduce a new topic
(Advance Organiser)
• Introduce / review
special / CLIL (language)
content
• Visualise (grammatical)
meaning
• Model language use
• Promote extensive
reading motivation
• The eye
• If I could fly…
• Making a call
• Professional skills
training
• Book trailer

14. MFL Pedagogical Functions
• Provide context for
tasks & projects
• Telecollaborative
projects
• Subtitling, synchronous
reporting processes,
content presentation
• Transmedia storytelling
• Blended: 2D + 3D
activities
• Intercultural exchanges,
What if …

15. Machinima as input for learning objects:
with content processing scaffolds
For blended learning &
classroom flipping

16. Machinima as input for learning objects:
Focus on form activities & comprehension assessment

17. MFL Pedagogical Functions
• Learner generated
video content for:
– Telecollaborative
projects
– Feedback provision
– Portfolio content
Credits: Christel Schneider

18. More info on:
- Practitioner reports
- Camelot film productions
- Training options
- Joining the Camelot network
CAMELOT
Language Learning with Machinima

19. http://camelotproject.eu/
With special thanks to:
Christel Schneider aka Letty Pienaar
www.csitrain.net
Thank you for your attention!
Ton Koenraad
www.tellconsult.eu