Chinese English teachers’ perspectives on “distributed flipped MOOC blends”: From BMELTT to BMELTE - findings and discussion

Marina Orsini-Jones; B. Zou; Yuanyan HU; Wei Li

doi:10.4018/IJCALLT.2017100101

Chinese English teachers’ perspectives on “distributed flipped MOOC blends”: From BMELTT to BMELTE - findings and discussion

Marina Orsini-Jones, B. Zou, Yuanyan HU, Wei Li

School of Humanities

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This paper reports on a study involving experienced university lecturers from mainland China reflecting on how to blend FutureLearn MOOCs into their existing English Language Teaching (ELT) curricula while on an ‘upskilling’ teacher education summer course in the UK in academic year 2016-2017. Linked to a British Council ELTRA (English Language Teaching Research Award) project, the study involved: a. the administration of a pre-MOOC survey relating to teachers’ beliefs towards online learning in general and MOOCs in particular; b. ‘learning by dong’: taking part in a FutureLearn MOOC; c. reflecting on the experience both face-to-face in workshops, in online forums and in a post-MOOC survey. The outcomes of this work highlight that the understanding of what a MOOC is might differ between the UK and China. The paper concludes by presenting the perceived pros and cons of adopting a ‘flipped MOOC blend’ as previously discussed in related work.

Original language	English
Article number	1
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT)
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/IJCALLT.2017100101
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2017

Keywords

MOOC
Flipped MOOC blend
Autonomy
Beliefs
BMELTT (Blending MOOCs for English Language Teacher Education)
China
Action-Research
Reflective Practice
ELT

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EDGING TOWARDS THE THRESHOLD CONCEPT OF AUTONOMY IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING THROUGH A MOOC BLEND: Becoming Autonomous Learners and Teachers
Orsini-Jones, M., Altamimi, S. & Conde, B., Nov 2019, Threshold Concepts on the Edge. Land, R. & Timmermans, J. (eds.). Sense Publishers
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Chinese English teachers’ perspectives on “distributed flipped MOOC blends” : From BMELTT to BMELTE - findings and discussion. / Orsini-Jones, Marina; Zou, B.; HU, Yuanyan; Li, Wei.

In: International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (IJCALLT), Vol. 7, No. 4, 1, 31.12.2017.

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