The document discusses research related to teacher autonomy in the context of technology and web tools, highlighting initial research questions and barriers to utilizing such resources. It also explores findings about factors influencing autonomy and encourages reflection on the creation of personal autonomy in educational settings. Additionally, it includes references to relevant academic works and sources for further readings.

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3. Outline…
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4. Research…
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5. Initial Research Questions ->
Survey
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6. ‘Relationship’ with technology
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7. ICT vs Web Tools

8. ICT – the ‘operating instructions’

9. Exploring ICT/Web Tools Discovery and Use
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10. Barriers + Institutional Support
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11. Teacher (-Learner) Autonomy
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12. Teacher (-Learner) Autonomy
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13. Exploring your Teacher
Autonomy
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16. Exploring your Teacher Autonomy II
 What do you think are the factors that should
be considered when measuring a person’s
autonomy?
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 Do you think it depends on the kind of tool
being learned?
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 Do you think it is possible to create your own
autonomy (in the workplace) and how?

17. References:
 Aoki, N. 2000. Aspects of teacher autonomy: Capacity, freedom and responsibility. Paper
presented at 2000 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Language Centre
Conference. In Smith, R. 2003.
 Benson, P. 2007. ‘Autonomy in language teaching and learning – State-of-the-art article’.
Language Teaching 40:21-40.
 Smith, R.C. 2003. ‘Teacher education for teacher-learner autonomy’ in Symposium for
Language Teacher Educators: Papers from three IALS symposia (CD-Rom), J Gollin, G
Ferguson and H Trappes-Loman (Eds.) Edinburgh. IALS. University of Edinburgh. Also
available at: www.warwick.ac.uk/~elsdr/Teacher-autonomy.pdf Accessed 7 May 2012.
 White, D and Le Cornu, A. 2011. Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online
engagement. First Monday. 16/9. Available at:
http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3171/3049. Accessed 13
June 2012.
 Permission was granted from the four interviewees to use the audio extracts played.

18. Q & A
 The LASIG article:
 http://bit.ly/10VNsgT
 The full dissertation:
 http://bit.ly/19Yrtq1
 or http://bit.ly/T2nGmv
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