{"id":11210,"date":"2018-11-16T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T21:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=11210"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:41","slug":"can-language-courses-be-just-as-good-or-better-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/16\/can-language-courses-be-just-as-good-or-better-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Can language courses be just as good (or better) online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11214\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11214\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11214\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475957894.jpg\" alt=\"group of students talking\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Digital resources for learning languages supplement old-school face-to-face conversations. (UM-Dearborn News)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For a long time, language instruction has been among those subjects that conventional wisdom held was a tough one to put online.\u00a0But things are changing\u00a0as <a href=\"https:\/\/umdearborn.edu\/news\/all-news\/articles\/can-language-courses-be-just-good-or-better-online\">Dearborn faculty are exploring the promise of creating hybrid language courses<\/a> that pair class time with digital learning.<\/p>\n<p>UM-Dearborn instructional designer\u00a0<strong>Alfonso Sintjago<\/strong>\u00a0is a big believer in digital education, but he\u2019ll be the first to tell you that some courses are better fits for online makeovers.\u00a0\u201cSpeaking is a major part of learning a language, and there are obviously certain advantages to doing that face-to-face,\u201d Sintjago said. French Lecturer <strong>Jerilyn Mannion<\/strong> admits she was among those who had some reservations.<\/p>\n<p>But with the help of Sintjago, she decided to take on the challenge of designing a new hybrid version of her French course, which debuts at UM-Dearborn next semester. Once she explored the slate of new learning tools that were available, she started to see how a hybrid course might not just be as effective, but possibly more effective for some students. One additional perk for students: The system is completely free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, language instruction has been among those subjects that conventional wisdom held was a tough one to put online.\u00a0But things are changing\u00a0as Dearborn faculty are exploring the promise of creating hybrid language courses that pair class time with digital learning. UM-Dearborn instructional designer\u00a0Alfonso Sintjago\u00a0is a big believer in digital education, but he\u2019ll be the first\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/16\/can-language-courses-be-just-as-good-or-better-online\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[36,45,485],"class_list":["post-11210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-dearborn","tag-education","tag-online-learning"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475957894.jpg",600,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-700x467.jpg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475957894.jpg",600,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475957894.jpg",600,400,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475943535-665x443.jpg",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/french_course-e1544475957894.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"For a long time, language instruction has been among those subjects that conventional wisdom held was a tough one to put online.\u00a0But things are changing\u00a0as Dearborn faculty are exploring the promise of creating hybrid language courses that pair class time with digital learning. 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