AMEP+Wikis

=AMEP WIKIS =

As part of the English language program I was teaching computer literacy as well as language skills. I set up a blackboard course to support the students’ learning. The class wiki was used for publishing students work, enabling communication between different classes as well as engaging students authentic contextualised learning activities. **//This is how I felt when starting to learn how to set up and use a wiki .....

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**1. Demographics of learners**

This case study focuses on two groups of English language learners who were participating in a level 2 Language Literacy and Numeracy Program at Southbank Institute of Technology in terms 3 and 4 of 2008.

People are not considered proficient in English language until they have completed level 3 so you can see that studying at level 2 the English language ability of learners is very low. There were also issues related to the technological literacy of the learners. Many people had little or no background experience with working with computers. This meant that learners were not only learning English but they were learning computer technology in English making it doubly hard.

  **//NB: The Wikis were developed as part of the online // //component// //of the program. Blackboard was the main// //mode of delivery of the online learning and the Wiki was// //used as the medium for publishing students work// //learned through the BlackBoard course as well as the// //medium used for interactions between classes:// Southbank AMEP Class Wikis ** 2008 Term 3 and 4 LLNP class Wiki:  Queensland-Koalas http://queensland-koalas.wikispaces.com/
 * 2. Objectives of the program: **
 * To develop English language skills
 * To develop computer literacy skills
 * To use the internet to access authentic learning activities
 * To set up authentic dialogues (in English) between learners across different classes/states
 * 3. Technologies used **
 * Blackboard
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Wiki
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Powerpoint
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Photostory
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Audacity to develop

2009 Term 1 English and Work Readiness Pilot Program Wiki http://englishandworkreadiness.wikispaces.com/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Tassie AMEP Wiki
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">http://meintassie.wikispaces.com/