(Reflection on reading week 8)
The amended copyright law is really a good news for the education sector. The 'fair dealing' exemption helps teachers and students who need to use copyright materials for educational purposes. The ordinance is appropriate as it creates a win-win situation to both copyright owners and users (Indeed I think the ordinance is even more favorable to the users). The ordinance is set to be flexible too as the definitions of ‘fair’ and ‘reasonable’ require interpretations and judgments made by the court.
Theory-Driven CALL and the Development Process
(Reflection on reading week 6)
Levy examines the nature of theory-driven CALL and the development process in his paper. The writer believes that CALL should be theory-driven. Yet, I don’t think it is necessary to begin developing a CALL at the theoretical level. I believe that design process could not be simply categorized as a strictly bottom-up nor strictly top-down approach. Teachers or even CALL developers always first consider the learners’ need or to start with a problem instead of having a lot of theories in their minds. A simple CALL that is non theory-driven could be also very practical and useful for teachers and learners.
Levy examines the nature of theory-driven CALL and the development process in his paper. The writer believes that CALL should be theory-driven. Yet, I don’t think it is necessary to begin developing a CALL at the theoretical level. I believe that design process could not be simply categorized as a strictly bottom-up nor strictly top-down approach. Teachers or even CALL developers always first consider the learners’ need or to start with a problem instead of having a lot of theories in their minds. A simple CALL that is non theory-driven could be also very practical and useful for teachers and learners.
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