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Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. 2012 BILC Professional Seminar Creating Communities of Practice. Donald Fischer, PhD Provost, DLIFLC. Overview. Introduction Content Group Cognition Project/Technology Integration Arabic Reading Working Group (ARWG) eSessions

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Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

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  1. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center 2012 BILC Professional Seminar Creating Communities of Practice Donald Fischer, PhD Provost, DLIFLC

  2. Overview • Introduction • Content • Group Cognition Project/Technology Integration • Arabic Reading Working Group (ARWG) • eSessions • Concepts • Community of Practice (CoP) • Appreciative Inquiry • Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL)

  3. Rapid Change & Organizational Learning • Technology is constantly changing • People find varying ways to use it • Learning occurs at different points and different rates • Learning occurs faster than it can be transmitted and turned into practice • How and why do we have to develop ways to keep up?

  4. Possible Technology Application

  5. Technology Integration and Professional Development Workshops • Using Virtual Environments for Content-Based Problem Solving and Presentation and Speaking Skill Improvement. • Workshops in which faculty members discussed applications of classroom and individual learning support technologies and offered online using the Sakai/ Elluminate Learning Management System (LMS). • Web-based Communities of Practice examining reading methodologies and approaches • Use of Web-based conferencing for student assistance

  6. Theoretical View

  7. Wisdom Community Model

  8. Project Example-Teaching Modern Standard Arabic AND Dialects Participants objectives:  • Build an online Community of Practice with respect to teaching reading to dialect students. • Apply various technology tools to increase teaching effectiveness. • Develop a way ahead to teach MSA and necessary reading skills to dialect students.

  9. Elluminate/Sakai

  10. Arabic Reading Work Group (ARWG) • ARWG Workshop -Group Cognition + Appreciative Inquiry Approach -Goal: explore ways to identify, describe, and disseminate the best practices of reading instruction for MSA and Arabic dialect courses.

  11. Appreciative Inquiry Approach • Themes and Ideal States Derived from the Student, Teacher, Military, and Leadership Working Group Presentations • Summary of Student/ Classroom Instructor/ Leadership/ Military Instructors Collected Data • Best Practice Priorities – Recommended Actions – Responsible Agents

  12. Outcome of ARWG Phase I-III • Built an online community of practice to address improvement of Arabic reading instruction • Examined best of best practices associated with teaching reading in MSA and Arabic dialects • Identified salient themes and listings of best instructional practices • Designed, implemented, and facilitate school and program “Summits”, seminars, workshops, and presentations to improve reading instruction through best practices • Developed appropriate metrics to determine the effectiveness of the best practices initiative

  13. Interview Findings of Successful Themes

  14. Themes and Ideal States from Student, Teacher, Military, and Leadership Working Group Presentations (1/2)

  15. Themes and Ideal States from Student, Teacher, Military, and Leadership Working Group Presentations (2/2)

  16. ARWG Project via Elluminate / Sakai

  17. Technology Tools

  18. Outcome of Group Projects Faculty participants • Shared knowledge, gained confidence, enhanced technology proficiency, and promoted their speaking skills thru interaction in group collaborative activities. • Appreciated the opportunity to learn personally and collectively and shared their positive and best practices with their department and school division. (e.g. requested more Group workshop and elected to pursue their advanced studies in the field of FLED. ) • A unique opportunity for interaction among faculty leading to increased mutual understanding, collegiality, and professionalism—and a foundation from which to improve our approach to dialects AND MSA.

  19. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center 2012 BILC Professional Seminar Creating Communities of Practice Donald Fischer, PhD Provost, DLIFLC

  20. Back-Up Slides

  21. Group Cognition Projects Group Cognition Projects (Dr Garry Stahl’s Group Cognition Model) , Provost Initiatives • Technology Integration and Faculty Development Workshop • Arabic Reading Working Group (ARWG) with Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Approach • E-Sessions: Virtual Environment for Study Hall, Special Assistance, and Speaking Sessions.

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