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First use of Technology in Education
During WWII in army crash courses, created by and for the army. -
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Analog Technology
Videos, recorders, projectors, amongst other used in TEFL. Little space to participation. -
First use of technology in an university program
Audio-visual education course at Indiana University. -
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Structuralist approach
The computer acted as a tutor, its main role was to give instructions and corrections. It understood language as an autonomous system. -
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Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Changes on language learning with the use of computers as aid for students. -
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Communicative approach
It understood language as a mentally constructed system. The computer starts actings as an incentive for students and a tool that helps them understand the language. -
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Sociocongitive perspective
The computer's role is now to facilitate context to encourage social interaction. We speak here of a fundamentalist approach with education based on doing tasks. The use of Internet and multimedia resources characterized this approach. -
Early development of the Internet
An early facet of the Internet: Accessible to small numbers, with no opportunity for interaction and contents created by only a few candidates. -
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Digital Technology
CDs and audiobooks alongside textbook. Search of information in the Web. Still lacking of participation and collaboration amongst students. -
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Web 2.0
Major overhaul to the Web 1.0. New ways of communication in blogs, chats, social networks. User of the Web 2.0 can interact with one another. New opportunities for TEFL. -
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Knowledge society
Set on the foundations of the global information society and the new technologies, the knowledge society's goal is the use of knowledge as a tool for human evolution and development.