Teach-Tech- Connect

  Some students see their learning process like this. Image credit: charliehr.com                                                    While others see it in this way.                                                         Image credit: neuroleadership.com Whose decision is it in this case? Is it the teacher's or the learner's? 🤔 Thinking about these questions, I think that the key word is autonomy. There is a consensus among ELT experts and theorists that the decision of autonomous learning is both the teacher's and the learner's. However, without the teacher's understanding, motivation and facilitation, there may be many blocks in the student's road to autonomy. Both the teacher and the learner work on parallel lines to achieve their aim for autonomous learning. The less authoritative role the teacher will play, the more accountable and independent the learner will be as Gerald Grow shows in his Staged Self-Directed Learning Model (SSDL) (1991).  (Image credit

Some teachers get hesitant when they feel that most of responsibilities of the online learning process will be on their students. This is not because they feel alienated and have a little to do with them 😉😉, but as they are not sure that they can find an online lesson format that is appealing to their students, user-friendly and can take the students in a useful learning journey. The answer is not in a trendy technique, but in a known one that many of us stop using despite its benefits. Yes, as you are guessing, it is WebQuest .  WebQuest is an inquiry-based lesson format whose main aim is to make the best use of the learners' time.  WebQuest succeeds in   creating an engaging environment for the learner using technological tools. This shifts the role of the teacher from a controlling one to be more facilitating and guiding. It also raises the learner's awareness about his/her active role in acquiring a new language. Thus, through a good creation of the lesson from the teache