COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Abaenglish.com for the E-learning of the Middle School

Introduction

The major concern for this project is to provide an E-learning to the middle school in

Saudi Arabia. The project teaches English through the use of technology as it is used by the

student. This project proposes the use of https://www.abaenglish.com an E-learning tool for the

learning process of the student which is used for the enhanced experiences.

Abaenglish focuses on the teaching of English with an approach that has been developed

for the transferring of learning the digital space. Abaenglish has videos designed for the purposes

of learning the English language, exercises which are interactive with an educator assistance,

with a flexible, effective, and very natural learning process.

This learning tool has very high technology capabilities which has proven capabilities of

teaching the English language for a very long time. Through a mobile application, the process of

teaching middle school students English language through an e-learning platform such as

Abaenglish.

This tool has enough English language teaching resources. There is a large number of

teachers who can be able to perform very crucial activities for the success of the learners. The

process in which a learner can be able to maximize on the experience is through solving the

questions. This tool helps the students to improve their weaker points and to be motivated for

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more learning in the future. In the end, the student will have gotten the best outcome of the

course.

The adoption of the e-learning collaborative model through ABA is able to provide the

middle school students with an innovative type of technology where every child is assigned to a

teacher; a professional who is present to provide an assist.

The project team is composed by Abdullah Albelehy who is a teacher with over eight

years of experience in education field. Coming from Saudi Arabia, Abdullah is interested in

applying technology in educational to increase accessibility to quality education, reduce costs,

and promote open source tools. The other team member is Hani Albulayhi, an ESL teacher with

more than fifteen years of experience working in different areas in the adult ESL education field.

His main focus is to help student learn English and get acquaintance in their new learning and

life community, but also, to close technology knowledge gap in order to become self-sufficient in

this rapid-advancing technological era.

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Needs assessment:

Justification of the importance of this project; What was the context? How did you know

there was a need for this project?

Needs assessment is conducted and there is a definite need for such tool. From previous

experience in student education, English as a Second Language student learners have very

limited time to learn and practice English in classroom settings which is limited by time and

place as well. As a result, learning takes longer than it should and achieved results are not as high

as teachers would like them to be.

ABA gives learners the chance to learn, practice, and access learning material without

any time or location restrictions. To stimulate their interest in continuing their education outside

of the classroom, the adoption of this new technology, may stimulate students’ interests in

improving their English skills by practicing the language. Students can respond to questions and

take tests to get credit point. Adults who are engaged in a lifelong of learning can also benefit

from this technology to learn English language.

The traditional reason for an assessment for this project is to assess how knowledge is

gained by students. The evaluation will assess learners answers and whether their answers are

correct or not. The assessment is also aimed to evaluate if the middle school students are able to

retain the information which they have learned.

The system is able to know that if a student answers the questions incorrectly it is

because they may be having trouble understanding the questions. Assessment is able to keep

track of the progress which has been made by the learner and the evaluator. If most of the

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students have done poorly on the assessment or on specific questions the e-learning collaborative

model will gain more information about the process of learning itself.

Goals and objectives of the project:

An instructional objective will be able to describe what the young learners will be able to

do after a successful completion of the instruction. The project is aimed at guiding through the

content of the materials and the teaching methods of the tool. The main objective of the project is

to reach the goal which assisting the middle school students in understanding the expectations of

the instructional system.

The objective is to assess and evaluate the learner and be able to meet the expected

learning outcomes. Description of the ability which has been developed by the student after the

learning process. It should also provide a condition which evaluates the efficiency which has

been acquired by the student. Another main objective of this project is to create a learning

system in English to cover the minimum standards for gaining knowledge and the skills of

competence.

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Possible goals of the project:

1. For the incensement of the learning opportunity or rather increased flexibility for the

students.

2. For the enhancement of the general quality of teaching and learning.

3. The project is meant for the development of skills and the competencies which are needed in

the English language class

4. To improve the cost of effect for the post-primary education.

5. The project is trying to ensure that the education technology development responds to

technological imperative.

6. To institutionalize learning the learning process.

7. Learn English with no time or place restrictions.

Target audience

The middle school students who took part in this project are from Saudi Arabia. The

group was composed of thirty students. Their knowledge of English is quite low, but they do

have good skills in the field of technology.

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Technology or technologies to be used: (what, how, why use)

The project is utilizing Abaenglish app and website (https://www.abaenglish.com) which

is an e-learning platform. Abaenglish can be accessed through smart mobile phones and

computers.

The video and audio are another type of technology which has been used. It is an

electronic medium which is used for the recording, copying, and broadcasting of the visual

images. This method is used through any type of visual learners or rather the students who are

able to learn best visually rather than just the audio.

Computers, tablets, and mobile phones can also be used to benefit the intended audiences.

These devices have a large contribution to this project and its process of educating the learners.

One of the most significant factors that reshape and redefines the traditional educational process

is the rapid and the huge revolution of information and communication technology which led to

the enhancement for the traditional learning process by the wide and strong adoption of e-

learning in educational institutes.

This project will potentially engage targeted audience in the use a variety of technologies.

Personal computers, tablets, smartphones, etc. to access Abaenglish website and/or the smart

device’s application. Abaenglish can be accessed from any school computer lab, library

computers, from home or by using other smart devices. Due to the nature of the platform itself, it

is important to clarify that learners need to have an Internet service to access it.

The use of these technologies makes the perfect combination to create a system that

young ESL learners can use to improve their English by accessing and using ABA with no

additional costs. Students will have the opportunity to improve their listening, speaking, reading,

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and writing with the use of hands-on exercises, videos, vocabulary drills, flashcards, and more.

Therefore, learning is reaching out those that for various reasons cannot go to school to learn or

improve their English.

Final product

What your final product will include: (three components are required in your final project

product: (a) Instructional materials; (b) Learning activities (authentic and inquiry-based ICT

[information communication technologies] activities, age-appropriate, relevant to the topic); (c)

Assessment of learning)

The final product of the project includes a link with a username for the student, a password.

Instructional materials for this course will include guides of how to register and use

https://www.abaenglish.com for teachers and students, samples of instructional materials for

ESL hands-on exercises, ABA film and samples of speaking.

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Tentative timetable for project completion

Tentative timetable for project completion (list weekly dates, major tasks to be done each week,

and what you will need to do that task)

October 8th - Initial Proposal: Done

October 15th - https://www.abaenglish.com classroom setup. Apps to be installed, tested, and

young learners are taught how to use the platform.

October 22nd – Follow-up with students on learning using the platform

November 11th - Progress Report

November 19th – in-class test to measure and assess learning

November 26th - Work on data analysis, record students’ input and feedback, continue working

on final submission paper

December 3rd – ABA platform ready to be adopted for future classes, work on final project

paper

December 7th - Final submission

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Challenges to be faced (organizational, attitudinal, physical plant, technical, etc.)

The tool website is an excellent platform which is made of great features for the ease use of the

users. The tool website is able to meet its requirement; which is the facilitation of the learning

process and being able to make it easy. The e-learning’s appropriate time and place flexibility are

able to attract more students to the online education. Despite the fact, many of them encounter

serious challenges that prevent them from completing the learning process with ease. One of the

major challenges is adaptability struggle.

Moving from the traditional to the computerized learning through an application tool in a virtual

classroom makes the experience more difficult for the students. Through the resistance of

change, it does not allow students to adapt to the online learning with ease and takes a lot of time

to get them accustomed to the Course Management Systems and other methods of computer-

based education.

Technical issues where many of the learners are not provided with the high bandwidth or the

strong internet connection which is required by the online English learning. This cause a fail to

able to catch up with visual classmates.

Lack of computer literacy is a major issue which is among the students. Many of the students

cannot be able to operate basic programs. Many of the students will find fixing basic computer

problems very troublesome because they have no knowledge in the area. E-learning through a

website tool is good news but at its initial stage, it poses certain threats to the students. The

attitude change and the technological literacy would help them in gaining.

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Expected results

By the end of this project we would like to have a well-structured classroom using ABA

English teaching platform that will serve as an aid in English Language instruction for ESL

teachers in primary schools in Saudi Arabia, and as a learning tool for ESL student students.

Demonstration: How will you document the project process through visuals as well as text?

How will you include your project in the final report?

We are planning to keep in writing all the steps that will take us to the final expected

result. Reports will include a detailed description of each step as well as screenshots of those

steps, that will serve as visuals components of the project.