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| Guodong Jia |
Multimedia
College English System
An
Introduction to the Process of Design and Development
Jia
Guodong
flgdjia@scut.edu.cn
Dept.
of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology
Brief
Introduction
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three major parts
-- presentation, consolidation and progress check
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based on the revised
version of College English
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served ONLY as supplementary
materials to enrich classroom teaching
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used MAINLY as self-access
materials
Theoretical
Principles
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language learning£ºcommunicative
approach
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software design£ºlearner-based
approach
Five
Stages in Design & Development
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Analysis
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Design
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Development
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Application
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Evaluation
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Analysis on the end users
(teachers & students)
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Analysis on potential development
of software packages
The
result of the analysis lead us
-- to make the decision
of developing such a package
-- to decide that the
developed package should face both teachers and students;
-- to choose Internet
as our operating environment and HTML & Java as our programming language
The
goal of the software:
-- to free College English
teachers from heavy load of repetitive work;
-- to cut down classroom
hours by 1/4;
-- to stimulate interest;
Design
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Tree + Network structure
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Learner/user Control
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Immediate feedback
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Easy navigation
Development
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collecting related
materials in the form of text, pictures, videos
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compiling text, making
up exercises
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compiling graphics,
sounds, Videos, etc..
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programming
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formative evaluation
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trial application
Application
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filed-tried and tested
in two classes
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used by college students
of '98
Evaluation
Formative evaluation done by
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experts in IT and language
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end-user -- teachers
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end-user -- students
Characteristics
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text, drawing, picture,
sound, animation, video
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tree + network structure
enables non-linear learning
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ease of navigation
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immediate feedback
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much user control
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ease of being operated
(a mouse for whole process)
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ease of being saved
into electronic form
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ease of being printed
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capable of being run
on CD
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capable of being run
on Internet
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