Researching CALL in India: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow : Researching CALL in India: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Kalyan Chattopadhyay Atanu Bhattacharya
PowerPoint Presentation : “I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet .” Bruce Sterling (1993)
Remember? : Remember?
Language Labs: Their arrival: the ‘snowball’ effect : Language Labs: Their arrival: the ‘snowball’ effect Madras English Language Teaching Campaign (1952-53) supported by the British Council The establishment of CIE (Hyderabad), 1958 The establishment of RIE (Bangalore), 1963 Later RIEs
Language Labs Computer Labs : Language Labs Computer Labs Transformation of technology ( Kuchdekar , 2002) But the pedagogic design…did it change?
Model of teaching : Model of teaching
Model of Technology Practice : Model of Technology Practice Repetition drills Mastery Learning Programmed Instruction Analog models (community radio, recording studio)
Model of research practice : Model of research practice A model of “borrowed absorption” Few and far between Mostly on the models of language ( Sinha , 1978; Parashar , 1979; Ayyar , 1987; Ram, 1988; Kachru , 1994) On technology and its impact (????)
But this has happened: The NCTE Framework (2008) : But this has happened: The NCTE Framework (2008) Develop proficiency with the tools of technology Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
The key statement in NCTEF : The key statement in NCTEF “Teachers benefit from reflecting on questions associated with 21st century literacy demands”
Key words therefore: Participate, Collaborate, Reflect : Key words therefore: Participate , Collaborate, Reflect Here are a few studies: on informality of the language ( Nardi et al. 2000) on correctness (Baron 2008) on interface of IM and SMS ( Lenhart et al. 2007) sociolinguistic repercussions of IM and SMS (Ling and Baron 2007; Thurlow and Brown 2000) Using blogs for writing skills (Bhattacharya and Chauhan , 2009) Using groups for written expression (Bhattacharya and Chauhan , 2010)
Are we…? : Are we…? Still thinking in “literal” rather than “literacy” terms? What is required to move from ‘pedagogic action’ to ‘pedagogic reflection’? (Sinclair, 2009) What constitutes ‘research’ in a global context?
LT Articles: 2004-10 : LT Articles: 2004-10 Journal Total Articles LT Articles % ELT News 150 10 6.66 The Journal of English Language Teaching (India) 294 18 6.12 FELT 94 10 SPARK 60 12 20 ELT Quarterly 104 12 11.5 Total 702 62 8.83% ( Chattopadhyay , K, 2010)
Horizon Reports: 2005-10 : Horizon Reports: 2005-10 2005-06 2010-11 Small-scale deployment of hybrid courses Live online courses Desktop applications Handheld cloud-based applications Simple Personal broadcasting Complex e-publications, research Space-specific computing Mobile computing Software-based applications Browser-based cloud applications Edu -gaming Game-based learning
Impact : Impact From participation to construction and sharing of knowledge `work, learn and study wherever and whenever From info-literacy to multiliteracies Abundance of resources – revisiting our roles as educators Problems in evaluating e-books, blogs, wikis, etc
PowerPoint Presentation : E-safety Intellectual property issues New models of education leading to complication in traditional models Blurring of differences between desktop and handheld devices leading to easier accessibility and collaboration
Concerns in CALL Research : Concerns in CALL Research Postgraduate courses are not research-oriented; lack of criticality Lack of awareness on how to Identify research questions, methods, interpretation of results etc Access journals, publications etc write research papers Lack of self-beliefs
PowerPoint Presentation : Theoretical/ notional articles No sharing of practice Lots of applications but … Teachers overwhelmed with the “technical” but not with… Control and access issues Bulleted training…and trainers
Possible research : Possible research Control/access affecting teaching-learning Mobile, apps, changing literacy practices… Implications for curriculum design Intercultural issues in using digital language labs Case studies on implementing ICT-based programs Linguistic, ethnographic research on literacy practices
PowerPoint Presentation : Issues of absorption, processing, filtering and analysing information…
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