Title :
Changing Teachers´ Role to Facilitate Learner Autonomy of College English Majors in E-education
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Int. Educ., Nanchang Hangkong Univ., Nanchang, China
Abstract :
Most of current research focuses on students and how technology affects them, but less has been done to describe the role of the teachers, especially in the context of E-education. The paper is to find the way to solve the problem. This study finds that firstly, Students need their teacherspsila help both psychologically and technically in the context of E-education. Secondly, itpsilas the teacherpsilas responsibility to enhance studentspsila enthusiasm of learning English before trying to arouse their interest in strategy learning and make the strategies adopted by them in harmony with their English studies. Thirdly, teacherspsila actual behavior cannot match studentspsila expectations in a lot of aspects. Fourthly, Students hope their teachers act as a facilitator in overcoming affective barriers and technical anxiety. Fifthly, the students hope that their teachers act as an inspirator in helping learnerspsila self-development and appropriate atmosphere creator.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational technology; E-education; college English majors; learner autonomy; teachers role; Atmosphere; Conference management; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electronic government; Information technology; Marine animals; Psychology; Technological innovation; Technology management; E-education; learner autonomy; teachers´ role;
Conference_Titel :
Management of e-Commerce and e-Government, 2009. ICMECG '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanchang
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3778-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMeCG.2009.80