We are at a point in the history of higher education in South Africa when radical
changes are occurring in instructional delivery system models. Of increasing
significance is a mixed mode of traditional and distance delivery (i.e. Telematic
Learning Systems at the PU for CHE). In this changing environment, language
lecturers, the persons responsible for developing language modules within various
Telematic programmes, remain a key element in the teaching and learning process.
However, these lecturers are suddenly expected to make appropriate decisions in
terms of distance education technology classification, evaluation, and consequent
selection without the necessary knowledge and/or capacity to make effective
technological decisions. The purpose of this article is to assist "Lone Ranger"
language lecturers, in making pedagogically sound decisions when classifying,
evaluating and selecting distance education technologies by: (a) considering
technology selection as part of the instructional design process, (b) referring to some
reasons for using technology for language learning, (c) focusing on criteria for
classifying and evaluating distance education technologies, and by (d) reviewing
selected studies in order to indicate the application possibilities of technologies for
language teaching and learning. / Thesis (M.A. (English))--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/10885 |
| Date | January 2001 |
| Creators | Nel, Charl |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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