Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration
In recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018), telecollaboration refers to the use of on...
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| description | In recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as
the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016,
2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018), telecollaboration refers
to the use of online technologies in the context of language education between students who
are geographically dispersed. This study aimed at discussing, through an ecological approach,
which focuses on the relationship of people with the environment, different aspects that
influenced the participants’ interaction in the telecollaborative sessions. For the interpretative
analysis, data from telecollaborative sessions, experience reports, interviews and reflective
diaries were used. The data analysis revealed five aspects that influenced the participants’
interaction in the telecollaborative sessions, including “restricted language abilities”, “concern
because the telecollaborative session was being video-recorded” and “technical problems”. In
order to deal with online contexts (e.g. telecollaboration and videoconferencing), we suggest
that different approaches are needed, and the ecological approach, used in this study, seems to
be a suitable alternative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0a9e22ba4614e089991033a88ace0de2022-12-22T00:29:34ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaSignum: Estudos da Linguagem1516-30832237-48762021-12-012435774DOI:10.5433/2237-4876.2021v24n3p58Towards an Ecological Approach in TelecollaborationRodrigo Schaefer0Christiane Heemann1UFSCUNIVALIIn recent years, telecollaboration has been allowing the practice of foreign languages as well as the contact between people from different countries and cultures (O’DOWD, 2003, 2013, 2016, 2018; TELLES, 2015a, 2015b). According to O’Dowd (2013, 2018), telecollaboration refers to the use of online technologies in the context of language education between students who are geographically dispersed. This study aimed at discussing, through an ecological approach, which focuses on the relationship of people with the environment, different aspects that influenced the participants’ interaction in the telecollaborative sessions. For the interpretative analysis, data from telecollaborative sessions, experience reports, interviews and reflective diaries were used. The data analysis revealed five aspects that influenced the participants’ interaction in the telecollaborative sessions, including “restricted language abilities”, “concern because the telecollaborative session was being video-recorded” and “technical problems”. In order to deal with online contexts (e.g. telecollaboration and videoconferencing), we suggest that different approaches are needed, and the ecological approach, used in this study, seems to be a suitable alternative.https://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/editor/proofGalley/42239/31827ecological approachtelecollaborationonline foreign language teaching and learning |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Schaefer Christiane Heemann Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration Signum: Estudos da Linguagem ecological approach telecollaboration online foreign language teaching and learning |
| title | Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration |
| title_full | Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration |
| title_fullStr | Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration |
| title_short | Towards an Ecological Approach in Telecollaboration |
| title_sort | towards an ecological approach in telecollaboration |
| topic | ecological approach telecollaboration online foreign language teaching and learning |
| url | https://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/editor/proofGalley/42239/31827 |
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