Training language teachers to sustain self-directed language learning: an exploration of advisers' experiences on a web-based open virtual learning environment

Sophie Bailly (1) , Eglantine Guely (1) , Maud Ciekanski (1)

1 Didactique des langues et sociolinguistique (Crapel)

This article describes the rationale for pedagogical, technological and organizational choices in the design of a web-based and open virtual learning environment (VLE) promoting and sustaining self-directed language learning. Based on the last forty years of research on learner autonomy at the CRAPEL according to Holec's definition (1988), we designed a global VLE for researchers working on language learning autonomy, teachers with various degrees of practice and experience in self-directed learning, and language learners. The VLE is thus divided into three spaces for the different types of participant, each offering dedicated social networking possibilities and resources to enrich the others.

Domaines: Linguistique

Sophie Bailly, Eglantine Guely, Maud Ciekanski. Training language teachers to sustain self-directed language learning: an exploration of advisers' experiences on a web-based open virtual learning environment. The EUROCALL Review, 2013, 21 (1), pp.35-53. ⟨hal-00934153⟩