--- Forwarded Message from Thomas Plagwitz <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Thomas Plagwitz <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:06:11 -0400 >Subject: Re: #9476 Anyone using Tell Me More? >To: [log in to unmask] Hi, My understanding is that Auralog Tell me more was designed for self-study. Integrating it into a language program with a face-to-face component is what we attempted in an environment, where an ab initio language program was being built, w/o given textbook materials. There were a number of desiderata for the course administrator, like issues with account creation/integration with SIS (worked around this with some excel/VBA trickery), with lack of convenient content adaptation, or even content search, worked around that with (ho-hum!) GUI-automation scripts, to extract the content, and to facilitate building personalized learning paths. I reported on the results at EUROCALL 2008 and have a screencast of my presentation and additional documentation and training materials here: http://plagwitz1.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4FA3329905D7E1CE!1305.entry http://plagwitz1.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4FA3329905D7E1CE!1304.entry These posts also include some screencasts which show the administrative interface in action - all attention seems usually focused on the learner interface instead. If you decide to go down this route, I can also make the GUI automation scripts available to you. What I was hoping for is using the rather rich (quantity and quality) content for homework/self-access preparation, to form a basis for face-to-face classes, based on some review of homework materials, depending on outcome/score, some higher level material from tell me more suitable for face- to-face-classes, and then more communicative exercises (which partially still could reuse the content from tell me more). I think if one sets clear objectives, one you can achieve this, and the benefits would outweigh the costs. If you need to integrate it with an existing textbook, I think costs will be higher and benefits smaller. If you need a self- access only material, vice versa: lower costs, smaller benefits. However, as you will be aware, for your users, it is going to be "yet another inbox", and interface to learn. My experience is with Auralog Tell me more 7.3, fat client/intranet based. From reviews and BETT 2009 presentations, TMM9 intranet seems to have much the same architecture/features. I have also looked into several of their web-based versions. I see they now have student recording in the web-based version, just like Quia.com. I would welcome any information on how the newer versions, web-based or not, are different in the areas I have discussed above. Best regards, thomas -- Dr. Thomas Plagwitz Language Learning Center Manager Instructor of German Web: http://www.plagwitz.org/ *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************