Learning and Teaching Tools: Lessons from a “Writing Support Lab”

RASCALS 2015
Vitrine technologie-éducation, Alex Enkerli
June 1, 2015

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VTE

Vitrine technologie-éducation

Non-Profit

  • Funded by MÉESR
  • Located at Bois-de-Boulogne
  • Covering whole college network

Technopedagogical Mission

  • Technological Appropriation
  • Educational Heritage
  • Pedagogical Innovation

Three Dimensions

  • Group Purchases
  • Open Educational Resources (CERES)
  • Labs

Writing Support Lab

Scriptocentrism

Language of Instruction

Roles

Race to Diagnosis?

Rascals

  • Avery Rueb
  • Norm Spatz
  • Nicholas Walker
  • Jamie Bridge

Lab Meetings

Training Writers (April 7)

Lab Lessons

Language Matters

Writing Across Disciplines

Writing to an Audience

Providing Feedback

“Voice of the Reader”

Activity

Writing Support Tools?

Categories?

Who Benefits?

What Impact on Our Roles?

How can we appropriate such tools?

Appropriation

Pedagogy First, Technology Second

Appropriate(d)

Reasonable Accommodations

Teachers’ Reluctance

Appropriating Generic Tools

Giving Options

Diversity

Diverse Abilities

Cultural Diversity

Linguistic Diversity

Concrete Cases

Learning Scenario involving Writing

What could make this task more difficult for certain learners?

Which tools could ease out this task?

How can we appropriate such tools?

Learning and Teaching Tools: Lessons from a “Writing Support Lab”

By Alexandre Enkerli

Learning and Teaching Tools: Lessons from a “Writing Support Lab”

VTE’s presentation for RASCALS 2015 meeting, June 1, 2015.

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