Learner Autonomy and One Computer Classroom

I was fascinated by this week’s topics! Both learner autonomy and one-computer classroom seem very attractive to me, because they reflect our present situation most of the time, and demonstrate the active role of the teacher in promoting learner autonomy.  Learner autonomy linked to, or even based on motivation is what makes good language learning. Unless students take the responsibility for their own learning, they won’t be successful.

In my post I mentioned Z. Dornyei’s research. I thoroughly studied it when working on my master’s thesis. My research on my students’ motivation was greatly supported by his ideas.  Since then I became a great fan of educational psychology, especially L2 learning motivation.

One-computer classroom, with an LCD projector, or a whiteboard, or without any, is very realistic in today’s school. So, bringing attention to the use of it in our course was very thought-provoking. It made me review the ways of using it as an administrative, learning, or other tool.  In “Shaping the Way We Teach” course by Leslie Opp Beckman I learned about the ideas for learning stations. So a PC may be one of such stations, which allows every student (in smaller classes) go through the task and move on to another having acquired new knowledge or skill.