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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_4533
dc.contributor.author	Muñoz García Sandra Paola
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz Guzmán David
dc.title	Creating and Testing an Online Platform for Language Learning in the Mexican Context
dc.type	Capitolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This chapter presents the results of a case study conducted in 2016-17 at the National School of Higher Studies in Morelia (ENES-M), Michoacán, Mexico, where a pilot programme was implemented at bachelor’s level for students learning English as a foreign language. The platform used in this study was composed of small digital units called Learning Support Units (UAPAs) first developed in 2011 to help students practice and develop their linguistic skills at two levels, basic and pre-intermediate. These selected UAPAs were hosted in a portal named Ambiente Virtual de Idiomas (AVI) (Language Virtual Environment) administrated by the Coordination of Open University and Distance Education (CUAED). Later, in 2015, it was proposed that a more complex and complete platform be designed and in 2016 the new UAPAs for levels A1, A2, B1 and some of B2 were developed and then piloted for further evaluation. As a result, the experimental groups exposed to a blended teaching reported higher scores in the post test than control groups that were taught with no use of technological elements, hence proving that blended-learning teaching is a good pedagogical option for university students.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi e ricerche
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-09-06
dc.dateAccepted	2020-09-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-03-30
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-529-2/creating-and-testing-an-online-platform-for-langua/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-529-2/009
dc.identifier.issn	2610-993X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9123
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-529-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Blended learning
dc.subject	Blended learning
dc.subject	Digital educational Technology
dc.subject	Digital educational Technology
dc.subject	Higher education
dc.subject	Higher education
dc.subject	Learning management systems
dc.subject	Learning management systems
dc.subject	Virtual learning environments
dc.subject	Virtual learning environments

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Creating and Testing an Online Platform for Language Learning in the Mexican Context

Sandra Paola Muñoz García Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León, México

David Ruiz Guzmán Mexican Studies Centre UNAM-Sudáfrica at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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abstract

This chapter presents the results of a case study conducted in 2016-17 at the National School of Higher Studies in Morelia (ENES-M), Michoacán, Mexico, where a pilot programme was implemented at bachelor’s level for students learning English as a foreign language. The platform used in this study was composed of small digital units called Learning Support Units (UAPAs) first developed in 2011 to help students practice and develop their linguistic skills at two levels, basic and pre-intermediate. These selected UAPAs were hosted in a portal named Ambiente Virtual de Idiomas (AVI) (Language Virtual Environment) administrated by the Coordination of Open University and Distance Education (CUAED). Later, in 2015, it was proposed that a more complex and complete platform be designed and in 2016 the new UAPAs for levels A1, A2, B1 and some of B2 were developed and then piloted for further evaluation. As a result, the experimental groups exposed to a blended teaching reported higher scores in the post test than control groups that were taught with no use of technological elements, hence proving that blended-learning teaching is a good pedagogical option for university students.

Pubblicato

06 Settembre 2021

Accettato

29 Settembre 2020

Presentato

30 Marzo 2020

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ISBN (EBOOK)

978-88-6969-529-2

Keywords: Learning management systems • Digital educational Technology • Blended learning • Virtual learning environments • Higher education

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