Internet technology-based projects in learning and teaching English as a Foreign Language at Yakutsk State University

This paper discusses recent uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in fostering Internet-based projects for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Yakutsk State University, Russia. It covers the authors’ experiences integrating distance...

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Published in:The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Main Authors: Zamorshchikova, Lena, Egorova, Olga, Popova, Marina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Athabasca University Press 2011
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v12i4.845
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/845/1795
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/845/1839
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/845/1802
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewFile/845/1808
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Summary:This paper discusses recent uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in fostering Internet-based projects for learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) at the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Yakutsk State University, Russia. It covers the authors’ experiences integrating distance education and creating educational resources within the Moodle LMS and wiki projects based on Web 2.0 social networking technologies. Also it discusses our international project, Net-based Course Development: English through Digital Storyline, in cooperation with the University of Tromsø, Norway.