1. 1 TESL 4340 – CyberSpace Dr. Sunny Jeong Email: spjeong@uic.edu.hk spjeong@u Web: http://uic.edu.hk/~spjeong http://u

2. 2 Introductory Stuff  Have Fun!  Please turn off your phones!  DO  DO interact with me!

3. 3 Outline  Understand the term Cyberspace  Know how it can affect and benefit our lives  how language learning have developed in cyberspace  Virtual Learning Environment E-learning System Mobile Classroom

4. 4 What is Cyberspace?  'Cyberspace' is a term coined by William Gibson, author of 'Neuromancer'  It is the imaginary space we pass through when 'surfing' the Internet

5. 5 What is Cyberspace?  “the global domain of electro- magnetics accessed through electronic technology and exploited through the modulation of electromagnetic energy to achieve a wide range of communication and control system capabilities”

6. 6 Cyberspace Today  Gibson's term has now become a reality, thanks to improvements in: Communication Networks (faster Internet) ‏ Hardware (faster, bigger storage) ‏ Software (allows for complex applications)  We are always pushing the boundaries of what we can achieve with the technology available

7. 7 Affecting Society  Thomas L. Friedman outlines the affect Cyberspace (and what it offers) in his book 'The World is Flat'  He describes how it affects us as individuals, but more importantly how it has changed the face of businesses worldwide  Of course, Educational area also has been affected by this change.

8. 8 Cyberspace and E-learning  E-learning is defined as instruction delivered on a computer via internet or CD-ROM (Clark & Mayer, 2007).  E learning commonly refers to training delivered electronically in an organizational setting while Online Learning is used to differentiate courses delivered via the internet in educational settings  According to a Gartner report, e-learning market has been increasing by 15% every year

9. 9 Cyberspace and E-learning  E-learning allows you have a class anywhere you are  Even with your mobile phone, you can participate in a cyber classroom  Thousands of web sites and applications for e-learning

10. 10 E-learning web sites  Edu blog (http://edublogs.org) - Based on blog platformhttp://edublogs.org)  Elgg (http://elgg.org ) – using social networkhttp://elgg.org  Wikispace (http://wikispaces.com ) – based on wikipidiahttp://wikispaces.com  Digication (http;//digication.com) – offering online classroom to users  Chinesepot (http://chinespod.com ) – specialized in Chinese learning Nuvvo(http://nuvvo.com ) – bidding online educational contentshttp://chinespod.com http://nuvvo.com

11. 11 Edublogs and Digication

12. 12 Drawbacks of E-learning  The quality of the electronic-based training, as in every form of training, is in its content and its delivery.  E-learning can suffer from many of the same pitfalls as classroom training, such as boring slides, monotonous speech, and little opportunity for interaction.  The beauty of e-learning, however, is that new software allows the creation of very effective learning environments that can engulf you in the material.(Lee Ann Obringer )Lee Ann Obringer

13. 13 Summary  We defined the term 'Cyberspace‘  Studied what was required to turn Cyberspace theory into a reality  E-learning and cyberspace  We explored E-learning websites and found out E-learning ’ s pitfalls