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Austrian English Teachers and the EFL/ESL site http://e.schule.at Walter Steinkogler walter.steinkogler@schule.at. e.schule.at and its users. Who are the users? Teachers!? Pupils? Students? What are they looking for? (needs) Re-usable LOs for print? For interactive exercises?
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Austrian English Teachers and the EFL/ESL site http://e.schule.at Walter Steinkogler walter.steinkogler@schule.at
e.schule.at and its users • Who are the users? • Teachers!? • Pupils? • Students? • What are they looking for? (needs) • Re-usable LOs for print? • For interactive exercises? • For LMS? • For which level of the CEFR? A1, A2, B1, B2 … • For which types of school?
e.schule.at and its users • For teaching ideas? • For links to other EFL/ESL-sites? (lose users) • Presentations at eL meetings => thank you! • My users, the unknown species! • Feedback: 4 emails/year => really uncool site! • => online questionnaire – limesurvey • How to ask questions => questionnaire method • How to get interpretable results! • Discussed questions with critical friends!
End of school-year (final exams) • Small sample • IT-sceptics rather not fill in online survey • Survey – 14 items • 2 text boxes • „Temperature-scale“ questions 1-4 to avoid the average 3
http://www.limesurvey.org • Open Source • Different typesof questions • Online-creationand evaluation • Data-export in Excel
Male or female? Language Teachers are female!
I have been teaching forso many … years 15 to 30 years of experience
Learning Management System Which LMS do you use?
In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no QU: I am looking for (teaching) ideas …95% … Material for print 92% .... interactive LOs for use in class 71% .... LOs for the LMS 41% .... interactive LOs for use at home 52% .... LOs for private coaching/tutoring 24% .... didactics & methodology 61%
In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no LOs in addition to topics of coursebook 92% ***** of LOs by users would be useful 78% I would be ready to do that myself 80% I use the search-box of the platform 75% the tree (of categories) is ok for me 80% thematic link collections very valuable 83%
In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no I would like … more pictures & images 73% … more listening & podcasts 88% … more videoclips 76% I would register for a regular newsletter 54,5%
In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no • I want to get in touch with colleagues via social software tools => 34% • I am ready to share my digital ressources with colleagues in a password-protected area => 63% !!! • All in all I am satisfied with e.schule.at 80,5%
Money, money, money ... Public funding is dwindling. I can imagine other forms of financing free educational content of high quality . • Sponsoring => 80,5% • Ads of edu-related companies like publishers etc.=> 86% • Schools should pay => 41,5% • Teachers should pay => 21%
Myschule.at • I would like a personalized starting page into schule.at => 45% • Verbal feedback: • very positive • CEFR has to be implemented • Bench marks (A2, B2) • Film reviews • More material for (academically) weak children • Criticizing e-learning resistant teachers
Conclusions • Biggest usergroups: Sec.Modern + Higher Voc. • Majority are middle-aged teachers • Majority does not use LMS (62%) • ... looks for print material (92%) • ... material in addition to coursebooks (92%) • ... appreciates special thematic link collections 83% • ... willing to rate LOs (80%)
Conclusions • More than half would like a newsletter (54,5%) • 2 thirds would be ready to exchange digital ressources in a pw-protected platform (63%) • Search engine of the platform has to be improved (used by 75%) • More media (podcasts, videos, images) • Sponsoring and advertising is ok (80,5 – 86%) • Majority of users appreciates platform (80,5%) • How do we address those who don't come?