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Original submitted as general session; per email changed to student presentation

77 1/14/2010 18:12:13

Student Presentation (No formal paper)

//Sylvia Rogers, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA, ser804@jaguar1.usouthal.edu//
 * Designing an Online Web and Mobile Application for Language Learning (A Work In Progress)**

My presentation would describe my experiences for a current work in progress in developing online applications for students to conduct meaningful practice in grammar and improving vocabulary acquisition in a foreign language. The target language for this software would be Russian.

I plan to design the software to be both an online and a mobile application for cell phone or PDA. The requirements for the software application are that it be based on sound principles of instructional design as well as be interactive and engaging for students to use.

In my session, I would discuss what I uncovered during a literature review of online language learning as well as a review of existing online and mobile applications. I would describe and present my design strategies for the new applications as well as discuss problems that I encountered during the design process and how I resolved them. I would also demonstrate some basic functionality of how the programs would work.

Conference participants would benefit from my session in that they would see current research in improving online learning in foreign language acquisition and how technology can be used to create online and mobile applications. Participants would be also able to discuss the pros and cons of the design decisions that I have made and offer suggestions for improvement.

All Audiences online web2.0 mobile language