Virtual language learning environments: the standardization of evaluation

Virtual language learning environments: the standardization of evaluation

Nowadays there are many approaches aimed at helping learners acquire knowledge through the Internet. Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) facilitate the acquisition and practice of skills, but some of these learning platforms are not evaluated or do not follow a standard that guarantees the quality o...

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Journal Title: Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences
First author: Francesca Romero Forteza
Other Authors: María Luisa Carrió Pastor
Palabras clave:
Standard of evaluation; Virtual learning environment; Language learning; World Wide Web
Language: English
Get full text: https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/2199
Resource type: Journal Article
Source: Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences; Vol 1, No 1 (Year 2014).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/muse.2014.2199
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de València
Usage rights: Reconocimiento - NoComercial - SinObraDerivada (by-nc-nd)
Categories: Social Sciences/Humanities --> Education --AMP-- Educational Research
Abstract: Nowadays there are many approaches aimed at helping learners acquire knowledge through the Internet. Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) facilitate the acquisition and practice of skills, but some of these learning platforms are not evaluated or do not follow a standard that guarantees the quality of the tasks involved. In this paper, we set out a proposal for the standardization of the evaluation of VLEs available on the World Wide Web. Thus, the main objective of this study is to establish an evaluation template with which to test whether a VLE is appropriate for computer-assisted language learning (CALL). In the methodology section, a learning platform is analysed and tested to establish the characteristics learning platforms must have. Having established the design of the template for language learning environments, we concluded that a VLE must be versatile enough for application with different language learning and teaching approaches.

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