2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Realization and Evaluation of a Web-Based E-Pedagogy Approach for English Second Language (ESL) Learning in Elementary Schools
Authors : Apple W. P. Fok, Horace H. S. Ip
Published in: Advances in Web Based Learning – ICWL 2006
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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With the fast pace of innovations and development in Internet technologies, Web-based learning has become a major mode of dissemination of knowledge within modern educational setting. However, the effectiveness of using new technologies in education is increasingly controversial in the absence of a flexible E-pedagogical model that underpins the learning process. Addressing the pedagogical principles with formal classroom teaching practices, this paper presents the results of applying our proposed E-pedagogical model that has been incorporated into a Web-based English Learning System (WELS) for elementary English Second Language (ESL). Particularly, we compare the effects of guided and unguided learning through a web-based learning platform as well as demonstrate the effects on students’ participation and learning patterns through the design of suitable motivating schemes. Teachers’ feedbacks on crisscrossing pedagogy and students’ experiences on multi-dimensional learning opportunities with WELS will be explored and the potential values of a flexible E-pedagogical approach for web-based learning will be discussed.