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100			_aHamilton, Miranda
245			_aAutonomy and Foreign Language Learning in a Virtual Learning Environment / _cMiranda Hamilton.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2013.
300			_aviii, 248 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440			_aAdvances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a"Digitalised learning with its promise of autonomy, enhanced learner choice, independence and freedom, is an intuitive and appealing construct but closer examination reveals it to be a rather simplistic proposition, raising the following questions. _tWhat do we mean by autonomy? _tWhat are we implying about the role of the teacher, the classroom, and interaction between learners? _tWhat do we understand about the impact of technology on the ecology of the learning environment?
505			_aThis book describes the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by a group of advanced English language learners in Mexico, comparing what students thought and what they did in response to the technology. The theoretical aim of the book is to work towards the construction of a theory of the development of autonomy and virtual learning in an EFL context. Enhanced understanding about the relationship between autonomy and technology has the potential to inform academics, software designers, materials writers, teacher educators, and teachers and to help learners in their quest to acquire a foreign language." (Book Cover)
505			_aCONTENTS:
505			_a1. Paradox and Promise: Autonomy, Foreign Language Learning and Technology
505			_a2. Understanding Autonomy: An Overview
505			_a3. Technology: Virtual Promise or Virtual Reality -- the Pedagogical Challenge
505			_a4. Shadow Dancing: Autonomy in Action
505			_a5. Learner Reflections about Learning English as a Foreign Language and the Role of Technology
505			_a6. Perceptions and Reality 1: Students' Response to Using a VLE in Computer Room Lessons
505			_a7. Perceptions and Reality 2: Beyond the Classroom -- Students' Free Time Use of the VLE
505			_a8. Ecological Perspective of Autonomy, Foreign Language Learning and Technology
505			_a9. Looking Back, Thinking Forwards
505			_aBibliography
505			_aIndex
520	3		_a"Digitalised learning with its promise of autonomy, enhanced learner choice, independence and freedom, is an intuitive and appealing construct but closer examination reveals it to be a rather simplistic proposition, raising the following questions. - What do we mean by autonomy? - What are we implying about the role of the teacher, the classroom, and interaction between learners? - What do we understand about the impact of technology on the ecology of the learning environment? This book describes the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by a group of advanced English language learners in Mexico, comparing what students thought and what they did in response to the technology. The theoretical aim of the book is to work towards the construction of a theory of the development of autonomy and virtual learning in an EFL context. Enhanced understanding about the relationship between autonomy and technology has the potential to inform academics, software designers, materials writers, teacher educators, and teachers and to help learners in their quest to acquire a foreign language." (Book Cover)
520	2		_aCONTENTS: 1. Paradox and Promise: Autonomy, Foreign Language Learning and Technology 2. Understanding Autonomy: An Overview 3. Technology: Virtual Promise or Virtual Reality -- the Pedagogical Challenge 4. Shadow Dancing: Autonomy in Action 5. Learner Reflections about Learning English as a Foreign Language and the Role of Technology 6. Perceptions and Reality 1: Students' Response to Using a VLE in Computer Room Lessons 7. Perceptions and Reality 2: Beyond the Classroom -- Students' Free Time Use of the VLE 8. Ecological Perspective of Autonomy, Foreign Language Learning and Technology 9. Looking Back, Thinking Forwards Bibliography Index
650			_aLanguage and languages _vTechnological innovations _xStudy and teaching.
650			_aLanguage and languages _xComputer-assisted instruction.
650			_aEducational technology.
830			_aAdvances in Digital Language Learning and Teaching
856			_uhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/autonomy-and-foreign-language-learning-in-a-virtual-learning-environment-9781441189806/ _zPublisher's Website.
856			_uhttps://ocul-uo.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_UO/gege1p/alma991005426379705161 _zCheck the UO Library catalog.
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