FLOOC - Foreign Language Open Online Courses

Foreign language (FL) lecturers often complain about the fact that they are expected to cover everything in the textbook, which severely limits the amount of time they can spend on communicative tasks. Furthermore some of their larger FL courses frequently had more than 200 students in the classroom. They wanted new teaching strategies that would help students to understand course material and remain engaged in class. I consider that pronounced changes are needed in FL, including a substantial reduction in the number of traditional lectures, so as it is unreasonable waste of class time. The main disadvantage of traditional lectures is their inability to promote active engagement of students. Due to this FL lectures can be boring and of low efficiency. Thus I propose a new name which is “FLOOC”.

1. FLOOC
Foreign Language
Open Online
Courses
NurkhamimiZainuddin
UniversitiSainsIslam Malaysia
[email protected]
http://drkhamimi.com

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5. 21
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Century Language Learners
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6. Our
Challenges
Larger FL courses,
more than 200
students in the
classroom.
FL lecturers are
expected to cover
everything in the
textbook

8. Open Online Courses

9. Open Online Courses
•xMOOC:ThemostcommontypeofMOOC,
organizedaroundacentralprofessorandcore
curriculum
•cMOOC:“Connectivity”MOOC,resemblegraduate
seminarcourses;coursematerialsprovideastarting
pointforstudentdiscussionswiththecoreofthe
learningcomingfromstudent-to-student
interactions.
•BOOC:BigOpenOnlineCoursesaresimilarto
MOOCsbutlimitedtosmallernumberofstudents;
typically50

10. Open Online Courses
•SMOC:SynchronousMassiveOnlineCourseswhere
thelecturesarebroadcastlive,requiringstudentsto
loginatspecifictimesinordertohearthelectures.
•SPOC:SmallPrivateOnlineCoursesaresimilarto
BOOCs,inthattheclasssizesarelimited,butthe
students-teacherinteractionsaremoreclosely
modeledaftertraditionalclassroominteractions.

11. FLOOC!

12. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/maker-education-pedagogy-andragogy-heutagogy/
FLOOC 360 degree shift…

13. https://www.slideshare.net/rscapin/how-to-manage-a-classroom-with-the-byod-approach

14. https://www.slideshare.net/rscapin/how-to-manage-a-classroom-with-the-byod-approach

15. Corbett, S. (
2008
). Targeting different generations. Encyclopedia of Educational Technology

16. FLOOC
Understand
student needs,
offer timely
feedback
Cater for different
learning styles
Students can play,
pause, and repeat
the lesson as they
wish
Learning at their
own pace and
increased learner
autonomy

17. FLOOC
Helping busy and
struggling students
Enabling
customisable and
flexible instruction
4 hours to more and
more…
Teacher-student
and student-student
interactions

18. 21st Century
FL Learners

20. What type of learner are you?
Source: http://bit.do/FLOOCLS

22. Food Buffet
Instruments Way To Cook
Food Menu
Procedural Flow
Interacting
Integrating
Set A
Set B
Set C
Customers
Theories & Practices
in the Hospitality Industry
Chef/CookIngredients
Validation
by Master Chef
Tagging
Feedback/ Testimonial
Customer Order
Chef code of ethics

23. Learning
Buffet
Technology
Pedagogy
Interactive Learning Style
Self
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Assessment
Procedural Flow
Interacting
Integrating
Style A
Style B
Style C
Learners
Learning Designers
Content
Validation
by SME
Tagging
Feedback/ Reflection
Learning Style
Teaching & Learning
Theories/Practices

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Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Constructivism
Connectivism
The
Creator
Jibril &
Muhammad
Muhammad
& Companions
Companions &
Tabi’in
Ijtihad of
the Scholars
HOLISTICISM