We started off with a discussion about CMC & PBTELL theories, and then moved on to another discussion about tools that we could use for our first online meeting. In this entries, I want to first talk about the lists of tools that we explored and then focus on those theories.
We went through a list of tools like Skype, google+ and etc. All of those tools were great because they enable us to video chat with our group members. Skype and google+ are the most common tool that people use to chat online, but it seems to me that both of them don't work really well when it comes to video chat across countries. In this case, one thing that I wish we could have done in class was to test the quality of all the tools in groups.
Now I want to talk about those CMC theories. There are three major concepts mentioned in class: behaviorism, cognitive and sociocognitive. These concepts, to a certain extent, help explain the process of language learning. For behaviorism, its reinforcement theory gives us a new perspective to perceive how telecollaboration can enrich its use. Learners in a telecollaboration project can provide positive and negative reinforcement for each other. For example, English native speakers can give English learners feedback to help those learners achieve better learning outcomes. For sociocognitive theory, telecollaboration project can still play an important role in helping learners learn a language because there will be a lot of interaction involved in the project. The peers can interact with each other either via video chat or written forms.
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