Chinese English Teachers' Perspectives on "Distributed Flip MOOC Blends"

Marina Erica Orsini-Jones, Bin Zou, Yuanyan Hu, Li Wei
2017 International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching  
This article 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)curriculawhileonan'upskilling'teachereducationsummercourseintheUKinacademic year2016-2017.LinkedtoaBritishCouncilELTRA(EnglishLanguageTeachingResearchAward) project,thestudyinvolved:a.theadministrationofapre-MOOCsurveyrelatingtoteachers'beliefs
more » ... doing':takingpartina FutureLearnMOOC;c.reflectingontheexperiencebothface-to-faceinworkshops,inonlineforums andinapost-MOOCsurvey.Theoutcomesofthisarticlehighlightthattheunderstandingofwhata MOOCismightdifferbetweentheUKandChina.Thearticleconcludesbypresentingtheperceived prosandconsofadoptinga'distributedflipMOOCblend'aspreviouslydiscussedinrelatedwork.
doi:10.4018/ijcallt.2017100101 fatcat:cekeqfcgd5al5f5kfzvs3rla5m