LANGblog, multimedia blog for practising oral skills online. Open-source software tool for online learners to practise oral skills.

1. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Barcelona Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog Federico Borges – Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

4. Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog

5. Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog LANGblog's FEATURES: AUDIO & VIDEO RECORDED ONLINE RECORDINGS AS POSTS ON AN INTERFACE COMMENTS TO SINGLE POSTS BY THREADING POSTS CAN BE DOWNLOADED BY RSS INSTRUCTOR PERCEIVED AS MORE ACCESSIBLE LANGblog CONTRIBUTES TO FEELING OF COMMUNITY

6. SURVEY June-July 2009: Students and instructors of English courses (85% of our language courses) Students' questionnaire: 1392 responses ( over 5000 students) Instructors' questionnaire: 57 responses ( staff of 60) Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog

8. PRELIMINARY DATA (INSTRUCTORS): Tool is useful, improves learning experience. 50-75% of students contributed posts (27% of instructors), around 80% of their students (32% of instructors), or practically everyone in their group (36% of instructors). Oral activities in LANGblog brought instructors closer to students: 33% think did not, 33% do not know / cannot say, and 33% say they did. Oral activities in LANGblog positive impact on students' interaction during the term: 33% think they did not, 33% do not know / cannot say, and 33% say they did. Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog

9. Open-source multimedia blog for online learning: LANGblog To know more… To add LANGblog to your server… http:// eduforge.org / projects / langblog