--- Forwarded Message from Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:37:56 +0100 >Subject: Re: #9553.2 Research on student learning effects of technology >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Another couple pieces of the puzzle to consider, which I think goes along with what Dennie had to say, is that it is about motivation and preparing students for tomorrow's world. We aren't just teaching our disciplines but we are incorporating a world of life skills into their learning as they are learning the disciplines we teach. With respect to motivation, we all learn more when we are motivated to learn it. Some of us are more motivated by math while others prefer literature. We are more likely to learn more about what we are motivated to learn. Similarly, if our students are motivated to learn because of the opportunity to use tools they are comfortable with using, they are more likely to learn. So, any research that talks about student motivation is related to the question of effects of technology for the students who prefer to learn that way. What, in my opinion, we should be focusing on is student product. What is it that students need to show us they can do and then let them show us in the ways that they want, which may or may not be with technology. Having the option and seeing over time the percentage of students who demonstrate what they know using technology vs. those that bring in paper-based products will speak for itself. Lauren Rosen Collaborative Language Program University of Wisconsin 618 Van Hise Hall 1220 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706 [log in to unmask] 608-262-4066 (voice) 608-265-3892 (fax) http://www.uwosh.edu/programs/clp/ El Jan 19, 2011, a las 5:41 AM, LLTI-Editor escribio: *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (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]) ***********************************************