Good afternoon everyone. Once again
this is the afternoon session.
Of this 6th Research Seminar of the Master's.
Let's start by welcoming our speakers.
Elena Martín-Monje and Sandra Calero.
I'll make a brief introduction.
Elena Martín-Monje has two...
I've got this in English. I'll translate it on the move.
If it's a bit...
stilted that's the reason.
She holds two degrees. English and Spanish Philology.
She's a language teacher at UNED.
She has experience in Didactics and Pedagogy. She's a virtual tutor.
She's published a CD with...
ideas on the use of technology in the classroom.
And she's worked with Learning Management Systems.
Such as Moodle. We've mentioned it this morning.
Applied to online course development.
She's finishing her Doctoral Thesis.
On the impact of... You finished it?
Ops, sorry. I took this from the ATLAS group.
We're together in a research group.
-Shall I do the rest? -Definitely.
The one you have is not updated. I did my thesis in 2010.
Right, I'm just a teacher here at UNED. At graduate and postgraduate levels.
I'm part of a teaching team in this Master's.
Information and Communication Technology in Language Teaching and Processing.
Oh, sorry. Now? Yes? Fine.
I also teach at the Master's Degree in Teacher Training.
I'm introducing an initiative this afternoon that
complements this Master.
But it isn't just for students
and those directly involved in it.
It's for every post-graduate.
We believe this is an initiative
that has just begun but it'll have a long and fruitful life.
It's called e-CAMAT.
Later I'll show a video that explains the initialism.
It's an association of former students of the Master's.
As we are a distance university
we understand it as a digital collaborative space.
For all of those who have finished this postgraduate.
Those who don't want to lose contact.
Both researchers and professionals.
I'll comment on the students' profile.
And about two concepts on which this former-student association is based.
Lifelong Learning. Lifewide Learning.
I'll explain these concepts. Lifelong Learning we already know.
Lifewide Learning not so much.
I'll speak about the association.
Today it's the official presentation.
I'll show a video with testimonials from former students.
What the Master's has meant for them.
We sent a survey to former students.
Also to current students. There are 57 former students
in the three years of the Master's.
They've finished their TFM and they're no longer attached.
UNED's students tend to stay long.
They have jobs.
They enrol on a few subjects.
We've got 57 former students.
Since 2010.
121 students currently enrolled.
In one or more subjects.
The sample was 178. We received 44 answers.
One fourth replied. That's all right.
It helped us establish a profile.
One specific of this Master's. It's very special for us.
Some students are really motivated.
They're keen on their subjects.
I'm also involved in another Master's. Teacher Training.
And the profile is quite different. It's a Master's for future teachers.
It's not easy to see the same intrinsic motivation there.
You can really tell.
What about the results of the survey?
Most students are women.
Up to 70% are.
Between 30 and 50 years old.
45% between 30 and 40.
And 36% between 40 and 50.
It's not a Master's people choose right after finishing their degree.
People go back to university after having entered the labour market.
They have an interest in improving
their teaching skills.
Their aim is to update their knowledge.
Up to 56% are language professionals.
Almost 30% work in teaching and language processing.
Computer assisted languages. A similar proportion
work in education or in the language industry.
Translators. Workers of the publishing industry.
A significant 30%
show an interest in continuing with a Doctoral Thesis.
These are highly motivated students.
They pursue the goal of...
being up-to-date in this field.
So...
In conjunction with these
two basic concepts...
which are fundamental
in postgraduate programmes and these kinds of initiatives.
We started thinking about a former student association.
You're familiar with the Delors Report on Lifelong Learning.
Lifelong learning based on...
two basic principles in the case of these associations.
Collaboration and solidarity.
Offering part of our time and our knowledge
to collaborative learning
language teaching and learning.
An interesting concept but not as well-known
is Lifewide Learning which is in turn related to lifelong learning.
It isn't just lifelong learning
it's lifewide learning. Applicable to all spheres of life.
"It adds an extra dimension to lifelong learning".
"It acknowledges the variety of contexts in which we move".
"Work, education, family"
"participation in associations and in clubs"
Everything that makes up our lives.
Lifelong learning is indeed
characterised by the interrelation between these contexts.
Keeping this in mind
we came up with our design for a former student association.
And e-CAMAT was born.
The e-club or "digital club"
of Alumni and Friends of the TIC-ETL Master's Degree.
This club isn't just for Master's students.
It's also for people who share our same interests.
Sometimes it's difficult to find people with our same...
our same features.
Among its main objectives there's professional updating.
Easing participation in academic events.
Creating links. Reporting news.
Promoting collaboration with associations and institutions that
share features with us.
This space...
as it's collaborative in nature...
we set it up in the form of a wiki.
This is what the wiki looks like.
At present, from the survey data...
The survey was much more than a students' profile.
We asked many more things. The appropriateness of this...
of our association.
I have the data with me. If they thought it would be useful.
93% said yes.
Whether they'd want to become members.
89% said yes.
If they'd like to contribute actively.
61% of those surveyed said yes.
Either by editing sections or by updating data on the wiki.
Even by creating a digital bulletin with all the latest news.
According to these replies we've set up a number of sections.
We'll get back to them during the presentation video.
I'll show a very interesting one.
The voice of the students.
I'll show it because the message addressed to students or former students
received very many replies. I was pleasantly surprised.
Reception was very positive.
Many volunteered to contribute.
One claimed to have lots to say. He wanted permission to edit the wiki.
He surprised me with his message.
I told him I would appoint him founding member.
Many thanks to Salvador Montaner.
For his enthusiasm.
And his interest. I'm delighted.
With everyone. Let's see...
Among all of those I've managed to involve and persuade
I have here Sandra Calero.
Former student and teacher at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
She's here to tell us her experience as a student of the Master's.
-Over to her. -A brief presentation.
Sandra has a degree in Psychology and she trained as a teacher at UAM.
She holds a Master's in Translation and Linguistic Mediation
in Spanish and German by the University of Córdoba.
And also our Master's in TIC-ETL from UNED.
She's currently in the doctoral program.
She's being supervised by Elena Martín-Monje.
And she works as a teacher of German as a Second Language
at UAM's Language Service.
Her research areas are metacognition and the web 2.0.
Well then...
Elena wrote me: "Would you like to speak about the benefits of this Master's?"
Utopian as it may sound...
the Master's was a new beginning.
I began the Master's in 2010.
It was the first edition. It took me two years to finish.
I enrolled because I wanted to try
to update my knowledge and see new things.
I was working as a German teacher at the Autónoma.
I asked myself what they could teach me.
I was using Facebook, I had Twitter and also a blog.
I said: "What can they teach me?"
It's been a new beginning.
I used those tools.
But not in class.
They've taught me how to use technological competences.
Specific for language teaching.
They've taught me they why. They gave me a theoretical framework.
That's a key factor.
That's the first thing. Now for the second.
It's been fundamental to learn how to use a lot of tools.
In almost all the subjects that I've enrolled in...
You may like them more or less. The same goes for the teacher.
Their methodology. How active they are in the forums.
But there are plenty of tools in all of the subjects.
I didn't know about them.
I'm using them now. And it isn't just wikis.
This was 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Lots of tools I didn't know about.
Tools I use with my pupils now.
That's what makes it worthwhile.
The framework and the theory. And of course the practical application.
They force you to use them. You learn by doing.
In the subjects. That's the fundamental value.
Whether or not you are into education. Which is my case.
Another key issue
is professional self-discovery.
An important part of the Master's it focuses on teaching.
Another part is language processing.
I didn't pick those optional subjects.
The subjects in that area. But they caught my attention.
And it's been helpful.
I made comments in the forums with my colleagues.
And I realised: "I like this". It had never even crossed my mind.
As a result of this Master's I decided to do another.
In Translation.
Thanks to this Master's I've broadened my field and interests.
I've developed new competences.
Although I didn't enrol just by chance...
I thought of if as another course.
Otherwise I wouldn't have developed this many new competences.
Another thing I'd never have thought in my whole life.
Never. I was by no means a brilliant student.
And yet here I am. A researcher now. I've started my Doctoral Thesis.
When I started the Master's I couldn't even write a paper.
A decent paper.
A decent bibliography. When we finish our degree we think
"I can write a phenomenal paper". How wrong we are.
We cannot. Here you learn how to do a bibliography.
A decent piece of research work. I've realised I like research.
Without this Master's I wouldn't have. It's my new vocation.
A research vocation.
A new beginning.
I won't claim it's changed my life. A new beginning.
Professional collaboration. We'll see that in the video.
You meet lots of people. Elena said that we're a bit special.
Special because we are older. We have common interests.
We're special individuals.
We've subdivided into small groups.
We're still in contact. Professional collaborations emerge.
We work in language teaching.
We teach the same language. We're sort of sectarian.
We set ourselves apart.
And professional collaboration emerges. With two colleagues in my case.
The situation presented itself. In the end it couldn't be.
It was a matter of different levels.
It hasn't been possible.
There's also the possibility of collaborating with the teachers.
The chance to introduce yourself and...
The chance to be part of research groups with your teachers in the Master's.
All of that is personally...
For my job and for myself. Competence development.
For me it was a new beginning.
And remember that I enrolled because I wanted to do something.
June arrived and I decided that I wanted to do something.
Let's have a look at the Master's. I'll pick this one.
A new beginning.
Elena has told me something else
how I keep in contact with my colleagues from the Master's.
As a result of enrolling in the subjects
they invited us to create groups in Facebook.
And also Twitter.
Some colleagues follow one another in Facebook and Twitter.
But the closest ones...
we use web 2.0 tools. That's hardly surprising.
New technologies. Skype and Google Hangouts.
-I'd rather we showed them the video. -Thank you very much.
I asked Sandra to come.
To tell us her experience. I've contacted other former students.
Students on whom it left a mark.
You'll see this in the video.
We've recorded this video. The presentation is mine
I introduce the student association. Most important is the intervention
of these five students. Mauro Marino.
From San Ignacio de Loyola University from Peru.
María José Ruiz Frutos. University of Bayreuth (Germany).
Ángel Arnedo Royo. EOI 1 Zaragoza. He's on an interesting project.
Mauro published his PhD thesis in book format.
Patricia Ventura.
She's still doing research.
Now she's part of a research group. A more scholarly life.
And Javier Quero's example.
Thanks to the professional itinerary
and doing practice in MacMillan
he found a job in that publisher.
Here's the video which is a summary of this initiative.
Welcome to e-CAMAT.
The club for alumni and former students of the Master's Degree
in Information and Commnunication Technology
in Language Teaching and Processing.
All current and former students of the Master's are welcome to join.
Also people interested in these topics.
This initiative is based on two fundamental principles.
These principles are basic for personal and collective progress.
Collaboration and solidarity.
So it's our wish to provide you with a free service.
During your professional life. Those of you who finish the Master's
and improve it with your suggestions for the new students.
e-CAMAT's functions are the following
Creating links between members
fostering collaboration.
Promoting professional updating and lifelong learning.
The use of ICT
for Language Teaching and Processing.
Informing members about news seminars and conferences
which might be of your interest.
Easing participation in related academic events
such as meetings, seminars and courses
by means of discounts and bonuses.
Cooperating with other associations
national and foreign institutions
with similar objectives and goals
compatible with those of e-CAMAT.
In accordance with these objectives a web space has been created.
The format is that of a wiki or collaborative web.
You're invited to join in.
Let me show it to you.
We have the following sections.
A main page with a welcome.
The advantages of being a member of e-CAMAT.
How to become a member and collaborator.
Mail and RSS feed notifications.
Examples of ICT for Language Teaching and Learning.
Projects carried out by students and teachers
of current and future courses when associates and partners are needed.
Institutions with interests that are similar to ours.
And a space for your voice.
Impressions and suggestions about the Master's.
Topics to be dealt with in some module.
Complementary seminars, etc.
These are just the initial sections.
They will grow in number and improve with your suggestions.
Lastly, you're invited to watch a few testimonials by former students.
The Master's left an indelible mark on these students' careers.
I thank them for their availability and enthusiasm with this initiative.
I hope that in the future you share your own success stories
of the TIC-ETL Master's programme.
It's an honour to have been invited to speak about the many benefits
of studying at UNED.
As a native and resident of Peru
I find extraordinary support seriousness and efficiency.
Part of that contribution has led to the publication of my sixth book.
Communicative Competences in the Virtual Media.
It's based on my End-of-Master's work.
It describes the theoretical framework design and implementation
of a virtual subject aimed at developing communicative competences
in an adult education programme
at San Ignacio de Loyola University.
It caught my colleagues attention.
Our country hasn't got much literature but there are many interesting projects.
Distance education at UNED really is a formidable experience.
It provides research opportunities
also for project development. Thank you.
Hello. I'm María José Ruiz.
I think this Master's programme opens up new paths.
Natural Language Processing has been quite interesting for me.
I also believe you gain theoretical methodological and practical experience.
It opens your mind. You have new ideas.
For instance, Project "Estereotipos" a linguistic and cultural exchange
at an international level. We comment on stereotypes
about Spanish and German speakers
present in Spanish and German advertising.
This is done orally and in writing via videoconferences.
It's a bilingual virtual community with collaborative files.
The experience with EOI 1 Zaragoza has been very interesting so far.
My partner Ángel Arnedo will fill you in on the details.
Goodbye from Germany.
Hello everyone. I'm Ángel Arnedo.
Those of us who did the Master's had dissimilar motivations.
My motivation was my students.
I wanted their technological activity outside the classroom
to be useful for language learning.
I've carried out projects I designed in the Master's programme.
Collaborative projects but also wikis and individual work.
As the one with students from Bayreuth University.
With María José Ruiz. The name is "Estereotipos".
We did it via Google+.
It's being a great experience.
Students improve their linguistic and technological competences.
Older students are very satisfied.
So-called "digital immigrants".
Kind regards from Zaragoza.
When I decided to do this Master's I knew I wanted to do it at UNED.
My experience had been very good.
I could study and also work.
It was quite a challenge. But it was worth it.
I like the topic from the beginning. I love new technologies.
Today they're inseparable from teaching.
The hardest decision when I enrolled
was to decide between the professional itinerary and do work experience
or the research itinerary and write a PhD thesis.
I chose the latter. It was the right thing.
Since I finished my TFM I haven't stopped doing things at UNED.
I belong to a research group to do with the Master's
I have taken part in seminars and been a tutor in a MOOC
and I'm researching an interesting and innovative topic.
In language teaching.
Hello everyone. I'm Javier Quero Merino.
I'd like to tell you how the Master's
in Information and Communication Technology at UNED
changed my career.
I was lucky to do work experience at MacMillan publishing.
The experience was satisfactory. Shortly after I finished
they offered me to continue with them.
A job contract.
Since then I've been working with them.
I can say that I'm surrounded by a great team of professionals
in MacMillan's digital department.
Each day I'm lucky enough to learn a lot from them.
All thanks to UNED.
Thanks to work experience.
Thank you.
This is the initiative that we wanted to show you.
I hope that everyone here students or former students
and people interested in the field choose to join e-CAMAT.
You can start by contacting me.
We'll listen to your opinions.
We'll add them to the wiki. Thank you very much.
We haven't got much time for questions.
You have the email...
You can contact Elena Martín-Monje.
Perhaps a quick question...
A quick question before the next presentation.
Yes? Of course. It's done.
emartin@flog.uned.es
That's it. Everybody's welcome.
If you have included contact details
I'll download the Excel sheet and start organising.
Work teams.
You have surprised and overwhelmed me with your enthusiasm.
I'm delighted. I have to assign you to a group.
-Thank you. -So, if they complete the survey
you get the contact details and...
That's it. I'd closed the survey to analyse the data.
I'll re-open it just in case someone watches this presentation
or UNED Channel
and decides to participate if they haven't completed it yet.
I'll open it tonight.
You'll be able to fill it in. Alternatively, send me an email.
-I'll take it down. Thanks. -Thank you very much.