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Language learning is a long and complex process requiring commitment and active engagement from learners. To get the best results many hours of practice outside the classroom are required and the most succesful learners have a wide range of learning strategies. Reflection can help challenge assumptions and change patterns of behaviour which may impede effective learning. We chose mahara as the tool.
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Mahara in language learning

Published on Apr 25, 2016

Prepared for Warwick's TEL forum 26th April 2016.

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Mahara in language learning

Making learning explicit
Language learning is a long and complex process requiring commitment and active engagement from learners. To get the best results many hours of practice outside the classroom are required and the most succesful learners have a wide range of learning strategies. Reflection can help challenge assumptions and change patterns of behaviour which may impede effective learning. We chose mahara as the tool.
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An e-portfolio is the product, created by the learner, a collection of digital artefacts articulating experiences, achievements and learning.

Jisc Effective practice with e-portfolios.
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An e-portfolio is a purposeful aggregation of digital items – ideas, evidence, reflections, feedback etc, which “presents” a selected audience with evidence of a person’s learning and/or ability.’

Sutherland, S. and Powell, A. (2007), Cetis SIG mailing list discussions [www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/cetis-portfolio.html] 9 July 2007
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Innovation through collaboration

  • strategic goals
  • piloting and improvement
  • external evaluation
  • a virtuous circle
private space which is learner centric first;
staff time spent gathering a shared vision of the purpose of assessment and reviewing each other's submissions.

reduce subjective interference in marking, criteria based on narrative style, important in preparing for outside world.

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Resources

summary https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/2014/04/using-mahara-in-language-learning/

documentation https://www.scribd.com/collections/4168647/e-portfolio-for-accreditation

video examples https://vimeo.com/53208000

Teresa MacKinnon

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