Innovation and identity in distance language learning and teaching

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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Cynthia
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-22T01:38:58Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-06T22:26:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-07T13:57:50Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.date.available2010-11-22T01:38:58Z
dc.date.available2016-03-06T22:26:09Z
dc.date.available2016-09-07T13:57:50Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptiondoi: 10.2167/illt45.0en_US
dc.description.abstractInnovation in distance language learning and teaching has largely focused on developments in technology and the increased opportunities they provide for negotiation and control of learning experiences, for participating in collaborative learning environments and the development of interactive competence in the target language. Much less attention has been paid to pedagogical innovation and still less to how congruence develops between particular pedagogical approaches, various technologies and the skills, practices, actions and identities of language learners and teachers. In this article I explore the process of innovation in distance language teaching from the point of view of key participants in the process, the teachers, and the ways in which their identities are disrupted and challenged as they enter new distance teaching environments. Innovative approaches to distance language teaching are analysed for the insights they provide into the sites of conflict and struggle experienced by teachers, experiences which have a major impact on their selves as distance teachers and on the course of innovation. To conclude I argue that attention to issues of identity can deepen our understanding of innovation, of the tensions that are played out in the experiences and responses of teachers, and of the ways they accept or resist the identity shifts required of them.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWhite, C. (2007). Innovation and Identity in Distance Language Learning and Teaching. Innovation in Language Learning & Teaching, 1(1), 97-110.en_US
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dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn1750-1229
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/9714
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMultilingual Mattersen_US
dc.relation.isformatofhttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a907087745~frm=titlelinken_US
dc.subjectDistance educationen_US
dc.subjectIdentityen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectLanguage teachingen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::420000 Language and Culture::420100 Language Studiesen_US
dc.titleInnovation and identity in distance language learning and teachingen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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