From the Starting Point to Realization: Use of Moodle Application Software for Creating E-books for an ESP Course

Danica MiloševićCollege of Applied Technical Sciences

The Role of the Teacher

• to collect authentic materials for the e-book

• select the most adequate resources• classify the material into meaningful

units• develop an exemplary unit/provide a

model• make an evaluation scale• design a placement test• proof-read the entire material that the

student prepares

The Role of the Student• to create 8 original units based on the

model given by the teacher• make final tests for each level of

knowledge• design the course in Moodle

application by inserting textual, video, graphic and audio materials onto the platform

• enable authorization and communication tools in order to assure feedback among the teacher and the students

• be the system administrator• test the on-line course in practice

WHY MOODLE?

• Easy to install• Easy to operate• Easy to modify• Easy to use (user-friendly)• Multi-medial environment (increases

motivation in students)

STRUCTURE OF THE ON-LINE ENGLISH

COURSE FOR SPECIALISTS IN

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

HOME PAGE

ON-LINE COURSE STRUCTURE

TRADITIONAL UNIT• I Reading. Read the text below carefully in order to be able to do

exercises which will follow.

• What is digital TV?Simply put, digital TV is a way of receiving your television signal in a digital format. This allows TV companies to broadcast better quality sound, a higher definition picture and a wider range of channels than ever before.

• What benefits do I get from digital TV?

As well as better quality picture and sound, and more channels, digital television has many other advantages over its analogue predecessor.One such advantage is the interactive nature of the service. Digital TV allows users to access further information by entering menus and interacting with their television in ways they had never even dreamed of before. In addition to this, viewers can listen to radio channels via their televisions and even watch archived programs via digital 'on-demand' services.

TRADITIONAL UNIT EXERCISE

II Which types of Digital television have been mentioned in the text on Digital TV?

1.___________(digital terrestrial)2.___________(digital satellite) 3 ___________(digital cable) 4 ___________(telephone line digital TV)5.___________(internet protocol TV)

ON-LINE UNIT EXERCISE

TRADITIONAL UNIT EXERCISEIII Decide whether the following statements are true ( T)

or false ( F).

1.Users can interact with their digital TVs. ____T

2. TV companies are not able to broadcast wider range of channels over digital TVs. ___F

3. It is possible to watch archived programmes on digital TV. ____T

4. The internet cannot be used via digital TV sets. ____F

5. Digital satellite TV requires a satellite dish to be installed. ___T

6. Digital cable TV is delivered via copper cables as well. ____F

ON-LINE UNIT EXERCISE

TRADITIONAL UNIT EXERCISE

VI Find collocations ( pairs of words that usually go together) among the given words

• access / the internet• receive / a signal• broadcast/ a TV show• install/ a program on the computer• archived / program• radio/ channel• TV/aerial• satellite /dish• fiber optic/cable• telephone/line

ON-LINE UNIT EXERCISE

CONCLUSIONOn-line course:- interactive- suitable for different profiles of studentsthe system: - monitors the progress that students

make and analyzes the results achieved by students

- provides feedback information to students (the students can plan their further learning activities)

- gives statistical and dyagnostic data to teachers (student progress during the course/error report/ evaluation questionnaire)

COURSE RESULTS

The course is ready, it needs to be implemented!

The course can be used:1. in the classroom (if computer equipment is

available and accessible) as an additional teaching tool

2. outside the classroom, on-line, as an additonal means of practice for students (homework assignment)

3. as an independent learning system (for ICT specialists, ICT company employees, alumni, students who apply for distance learning programmes)

4. for the purposes of the ECBAC Tempus project

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Danica MiloševićCollege of Applied Technical Sciences