Are We Ready? A Case Study of Technology-enhanced, Collaborative Language Learning

Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) refers to any technology used in the classroom, such as videos, audio recorders or even entire language labs. In collaborative learning, students work together as members of a learning community, engaged in activities such as working on a problemsolving task by questioning each other, and discussing and sharing information. What is the relationship between technology and collaboration, and how can technology best be integrated into collaborative language learning? This paper examines the notion of collaborative learning. A case study was conducted to examine how the use of technology-enhanced, collaborative language learning could enable students to work collaboratively in a university context. Participants, constituting a range of students in a variety of majors at the University of Tasmania, were invited to complete a questionnaire to present their views on this style of learning and how they perceive technology-enhanced language learning.