Abstract

Student-centred learning is considered one of the most significant pedagogical point of views. Active student participation and connecting learning processes to real world situations are one of the defining properties of the approach. A student-centred learning environment offers students the tools for content production and management with interactive and communal elements, altogether producing a personalized learning experience. Participatory and socially connected Web, or “Web 2.0” has brought elements of social media and open content into the field of learning, enabling the evolvement of studentcentred web-based learning platforms. The purpose of this study was to develop a participatory, web-based language learning platform for Sendai National College of Technology. The application is aimed for the exchange students of the aforementioned school and is meant to facilitate students' language learning and to endorse a self-driven way of learning.

Highlights

  • This thesis examines the development of a web-based language learning environment which is aimed for the use of exchange students arriving in Sendai National College of Technology, Japan

  • The purpose of this thesis is to develop a language learning environment, where the students are actively contributing to the learning process and where the learning outcomes are achieved through an individual’s own conceptions and associations

  • Technology is an integrated part of the approach, where the Internet in particular plays a huge role – Web 2.0 and mobile devices bring tools which enrich the field and combine different pedagogies related to student-centred learning in new ways

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Introduction

This thesis examines the development of a web-based language learning environment which is aimed for the use of exchange students arriving in Sendai National College of Technology, Japan. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a language learning environment, where the students are actively contributing to the learning process and where the learning outcomes are achieved through an individual’s own conceptions and associations. Student-centred learning is considered a significant perspective among learning theories and many higher educations are already practicing the approach. Active student participation in the learning process and connecting them to real life situations are one of the core properties of a student-centred learning environment. Student-centred learning is an effective method in higher education and the approach suits Internet-based learning or e-learning well. Time and place independent studying and immediate feedback facilitate the students’ learning process

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