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CHAPTERONE
FROMWEB1.0TOWEB2.0
ONTHEHISTORICALDEVELOPMENT
ANDPRESENTDAYOFCALL
1.1.TowardsWeb2.0onthehistoryofCALL
Thecomputerisoneofthemanytechnologicaltoolsthathavebeenusedinthe
processoflanguagelearningoverthepastfewdecades.Davies(2002)notesthat
sincethe1950sthelanguageclassroomhaswitnessedtheuseofsuchresources
asradiobroadcasts,movieprojectors,recordplayers,slide/filmstripprojectors,
taperecorders,televisions,overheadprojectors,taperecorders,languagelabs,
videocassetterecorders,computers,audioCDs,satellitetelevision,videodisc
players,CD-ROMs,theInternet,DVD-ROMs,DVD-VideoplayersandInteractive
Whiteboards.Ofallofthese,computersseemtohavehadthegreatestimpact,
givinglong-lastingapplicationswithversatileuses.However,asWarschauer
(2002a:55)observes,"technologydoesnotconstituteamethod;rather,itis
aresourcethatcanbeusedtosupportavarietyofapproachesandmethods.”
Thewidespreadapplicationofcomputersineducation,datingback,according
toDaviesetal.(2007),totheearly1960sandconfinedatthattimetouniversities
withcomputersciencedepartments,becamemuchmorewidespreadinthe1980s
withtheadventofthemicrocomputer,openinguppromisingopportunities
forteachersandlearnersofmodernlanguages(Davies,2002).Technological
progressallowedthisnewtechnologytobemadeavailabletoteachers,requiring
animportantredefinitionofcomputer-assistedmethodologytobemade.
AnothernotablemilestoneinthedevelopmentofCALLwasWeb-basedlanguage
teachingfollowingtheevolutionoftheInternet.Themovefrom"anindustrialage”to
"aninformationage”(WarschauerandHealey,1998)wastriggeredbytheenormous
developmentoftheInternetandthewidespreadphenomenonofnetworking.Roberts
(2006)isolatesthefollowingphasesofdevelopmentoftheInternetasbeingsignificant:
1.StageOne:ResearchandAcademicFocus,1980–1991:theInternetwas
usedmainlyforresearchandacademicpurposes,supportedbyfederalresearch
funding,withongoingdebatesabouttheprotocolstobeused.