Posted At : October 28, 2011 7:03 PM
We send our congratulations to our customers the Open University who recently celebrated 20 years of languages.
To mark this significant milestone staff past and present got together at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes along with guests and speakers.
Contributions included that of Dr Regine Hampel whose presentation focused on the use of technology to overcome the possible isolation of the distance language learner.
Learnosity has worked with The Open University on a number of significant projects where Learnosity Voice was used by French and English language learners. This two phase project saw students’ first using mobile phones and later OU Voice, an app for iPhone/iPod.
More than 80 students took part in the projects which enabled them to submit spoken work for self assessment and tutor for review. Feedback from the project was very positive with students feeling that Learnosity Voice offers a more “realistic experience”, stretching and developing their skills in oral interaction more effectively, especially in the context of having little opportunities for real oral interaction.
Open University Mobile strategy coordinator, Rhodri Thomas, highlighted the benefits of Learnosity Voice,He believes that because users have to give an almost immediate response to the verbal prompt as opposed to when using a DVD Learnosity Voice offers,
Read more about the projects undertaken with the Open University.
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