Location
Hong Kong Conventional & Exhibition Centre
Source Publication
IVETA 2000 Conference Proceedings
Description
This paper examines the functions and uses of IT, specifically the internet for educational purposes in general, and for the teaching and learning of English in a sub-degree course in particular. The design of an exercise in an English course at sub-degree level, with the objective of using the web to encourage interactive discussion among students and staff and the development of distributed cognitions (Pea, 1993) and “person-plus” (Perkins, 1993) in the students, is looked into and its effectiveness analysed. Some of the problems arising from the exercise are discussed as well.
Document Type
Conference Paper
Recommended Citation
Lau, W. (2000). Using the web to enhance language teaching and learning and distributed cognitions in a conventional sub-degree setting. IVETA 2000 Conference Proceedings. Retrieved from https://repository.vtc.edu.hk/ive-adm-others-iveta/2000/it/10
Using the web to enhance language teaching and learning and distributed cognitions in a conventional sub-degree setting
Hong Kong Conventional & Exhibition Centre
This paper examines the functions and uses of IT, specifically the internet for educational purposes in general, and for the teaching and learning of English in a sub-degree course in particular. The design of an exercise in an English course at sub-degree level, with the objective of using the web to encourage interactive discussion among students and staff and the development of distributed cognitions (Pea, 1993) and “person-plus” (Perkins, 1993) in the students, is looked into and its effectiveness analysed. Some of the problems arising from the exercise are discussed as well.