The Hot Potatoes suite is java-script-generating software that enables you to create interactive quizzes (multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill) for the World Wide Web.
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The CALL Lab as a Facilitator for Autonomous Learning
Stephen Alan Shucart (Akita Prefectural University, Honjo Campus, Japan), Tsutomu Mishina (Akita Prefectural University, Honjo Campus, Japan), Mamoru Takahashi (Akita Prefectural University, Honjo Campus, Japan), and Tetsuya Enokizono (Akita Prefectural University, Honjo Campus, Japan)
Copyright: © 2008
|Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-895-6.ch028
Abstract
Unlike most CALL labs that are purchased from a vender and employ either generic or commercial CALL software and technologically untrained teachers, the CALL lab at Akita Prefectural University was specifically designed by trained CALL professionals, who then wrote browser-based software custom- tailored to the textbooks and needs of the technology students who use it. This chapter delineates a project conducted to further improve the multimedia CALL lab as it prepared for a state-of-the-art update in the fall semester of 2006. Since this particular lab is utilized to facilitate the student-centered program, as opposed to the traditional, teacher-centered CALL lab that often functions as no more than a digital blackboard, the results of this project provided important feedback to allow for the instigation of cutting edge Web 2.0 innovations, specifically the open-source VLE called MOODLE.