Prospect
1999 Volume 14, Number 3
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 7
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Developing Multimedia Resources: Personal Perspectives
Heather Kaufmann, Jan McFeeter & Ralph Sauburn
Three English-as-a-Second-Language educators based in Victoria, Australia offer their perspectives on developing multimedia resources. (Author/VWL) More
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Access to Information Technology: Considerations for Language Educators
Denise E. Murray
Suggests that discussions of the application of technology in education often neglect the issue of access. The issue of access is of interest to educators, because it involves educational equity,... More
pp. 4-12
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Digital Literacies: Renegotiating the Visual and the Verbal in Communication
Ilana Snyder
Focuses on the way multimedia developments are challenging established literacy practices and skills. Suggests that the traditional dominance of verbal representation is progressively giving way to... More
pp. 13-23
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Responding to the Context of CALL: Directions for Research
Mike Levy
Argues that research in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) needs to give more attention to contextual factors that exert significant and profound effects on the introduction of technology... More
pp. 24-39
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Service Learning and Technology in TESOL
Mark Warschauer & Janice Cook
Explores the natural integration between service learning and the use of information technology. Several examples are discussed from a community college in Hawai'i, where adult English-as-Second... More
pp. 32-39
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Task as "Tamagotchi": ESL Teachers' Work in the Emerging Hypermedia Environment
Chris Corbel
Shows how developing tasks for a virtual independent learning center offers teachers a simple and accessible way to work effectively online. (Author/VWL) More
pp. 40-45
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Key Barriers in the Development of Computer-Based Testing
Paul Gruba
Argues that the lack of development in computer-based testing is the result of four factors: (1) a lack of interest among computer-assisted language learning (CALL) researchers and testing... More
pp. 46-53