Academic Podcasting And Mobile Assisted Language Learning Applications And Outcomes

Download or read book Academic Podcasting and Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Applications and Outcomes written by Facer, Betty Rose and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of Academic Podcasting Technology and MALL (Mobile Assisted Language Learning) is reshaping teaching and learning by supporting, expanding, and enhancing course content, learning activities, and teacher-student interactions. Academic Podcasting and Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Applications and Outcomes shares innovative and pedagogically effective ways to improve foreign language education by identifying the instructional uses and benefits of academic podcasting technology and MALL in foreign language acquisition. These include instructional uses, students? perceived learning gains, how instructors can use/have used the technology (successes and challenges), study abroad experiences with the technology, pedagogical impact, and economic perspectives on its use.