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- Title
English distance learning: possibilities and limitations of MEO for the Flipped Classroom.
- Authors
Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Prebianca, Gicele Vergine Vieira; Schmitt, Jeovani
- Abstract
The study investigates possibilities and limitations of the course My English Online (MEO) for the inverted classroom format. Two hundred and eighty-nine Brazilian federal university students evaluated the MEO software in terms of usability features. Three participants were interviewed for data triangulation. Results of the study suggest that users with more experience are more sensitive to aspects of human-computer interaction than less experienced ones, particularly when the criteria of Flexibility, User Experience, Informational Density and Feedback are considered. In addition, findings also show that the speaking and writing skills are the most difficult to develop in the MEO course. The study concludes that, in order to overcome limitations in MEO, especially in terms of the Feedback criterion, the software can and should be used in the flipped classroom format.
- Subjects
FLIPPED classrooms; ENGLISH language education for foreign speakers in universities &; colleges; ENGLISH language education; COMPUTER software
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
1676-0786
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1984-639820158527