Disruptive Technologies and the Language Classroom A Complex Systems
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Regine Hampel
Disruptive Technologies and the Language Classroom
Regine Hampel
Disruptive Technologies and the Language Classroom A Complex Systems Theory Approach
Regine Hampel Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies The Open University Milton Keynes, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-31368-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-030-31367-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31368-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Epigraphs
Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance—the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and the rest. But technology is a tool, not a virtue. (Emily Greene Balch [1948], Nobel lecture)
To my parents; and to Fiona.
Preface
Moving from a language teaching post at a conventional UK university to the Open University in 1999, I first experienced a model of distance education that was based on the traditional correspondence approach enriched by audio cassettes and the addition of optional faceto-face tutorials. However, I quickly became involved in the creation of a CD-ROM for students of German in 2000. This alongside a university pilot developing and trialling a tool that combined voice conferencing over the Internet with text chat started to break the mould of the time-honoured distance education approach. I then joined a team in the then Centre for Modern Languages that was collaborating with the in-house Knowledge Media Institute to develop, trial and mainstream an integrated audiographic conferencing system (called Lyceum) that allowed distance language learners and their teachers to communicate with one an
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