The urgency of computer-assisted technologies for teaching natural languages (NL), and first of all foreign languages, is constantly growing. To denote computer-assisted teaching NL a special term – CALL (Computer Assisted Languages Learning) has appeared and is widely used now. The chief disadvantage of the currently available systems of teaching NL is their moderate adaptivity to the learner’...

In this paper we sketch a multi-step scenario of a teacher and her classroom, who uses a few computer-based learning tools and their attached teaching analytics views. The tools that are described are extensions of the toolset of the authors (ComIn-M and SMALA) and others; the scenarios should thus serve as user-story in the design of future analytical softwares that support the teacher’s manag...

We investigate how the three technologies, social media, mobile / pervasive learning and semantic web, may enhance Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (IBST) approaches and digital literacy. IBST may be defined by engaging students in: i) authentic and problembased activities, ii) experimental procedures, iii) self regulated learning sequences, iv) discursive argumentation and communication with pee...

Emohawk is a narrative-based serious game designed to be a supportive tool for teaching basics of virtual agents development at universities and high-schools. Emohawk is built utilizing a free version of Unreal Engine 2 and it features an interactive scenario with four virtual agents controlled by an appraisal-driven architecture playing out a story approximately 5-10 minutes long. Students are...

As we tentatively proceed into this brave new teaching world of the 21 st century, much debate is centering on the effective teaching of English to young learners. Key to this discussion has been the role of the young learner syllabus. While this article makes reference to the teaching of English to young learners in an ESL context based on documentation developed within the European Union, the...

Web2.0 is a conceptual framework that aims at enhancing the World Wide Web with semantic and social functionnalities. For this framework to fully develop, there is a need for concrete applications in different domains. This paper presents an effort to instanciate the Web2.0 concepts in a teaching/leanring context. An ontology based collaborative multimedia annotation tool that features pedagogi...