Conceptual Approach to the Design of Creative E-course Model in English for Engineering Students

Author

Rumpite, Diana

Author_Institution

Riga Tech. Univ., Riga, Latvia

fYear

2009

fDate

15-17 July 2009

Firstpage

226

Lastpage

227

Abstract

The article deals with the implementation of the cultural-historical activity theory (Vygotsky, Leontpsilaev, Engestrom, etc.) as the conceptual basis in the design of a creative online course model in English for specific purposes (ESP) for engineering students at university. The article describes the basic principles in the selection of the online study content, its organization and delivery. It focuses on creative problem solving procedures, using synchronous group collaboration tools ThinkTank (Groupsystems company) and Zing (Zing technologies Pty, Ltd. The suggested conceptual approach may be adapted in teaching other languages and developing a creativity focused online curriculum.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; creative e-course model; cultural-historical activity theory; engineering students; online curriculum; online study content; Collaborative tools; Cultural differences; Education; Electronic learning; Electrostatic precipitators; Engineering students; Natural languages; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Problem-solving; Testing; creative online course moudule; cultural-historical activity theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2009. ICALT 2009. Ninth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Riga

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3711-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3711-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2009.190

Filename

5194209