Technology / Online Learning / CALL / MALL Workshop (80 mins)
Using Cloud Computing to Accelerate Feedback and Promote Transparency
This workshop will explain and demonstrate the use of Google Workspace applications to build a transparent learning environment. It demonstrates an e-syllabus that gives students a clear idea of what sort of assignments to expect. The use of Google Forms and Sheets to accelerate feedback will briefly be explained and demonstrated thereafter. Finally, I will focus on how to build and disseminate a grade book that permits students to monitor their progress in a course and to access and submit incomplete assignments. Participants will be given the opportunity to trial each of the applications, and the outcome of this workshop should be the ability to build a dynamic grade sheet that can be shared with students (all the while preserving anonymity). Although the context of this presentation is from a tertiary education setting, the basic premises and the applications that will be demonstrated could readily be used at many levels.
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George MacLean is a professor at the University of the Ryukyus. He has taught at primary-junior high and university levels in Japan and in the international school system. His research interests include SLA and ICT implementation. He is active in the Japan Association of Language Teachers (JALT) at a local and national level, and regularly presents at national and international language teaching and technology events.