Recent advances in technology offer huge potential to enhance language learning, accelerating a trend that began with the humble tape player, the overhead projector and the video cassette recorder.Such innovations now seem quaint given the extent to which information technology has revolutionized language learning.Yet the response from most language teachers is often confusion and unease: keeping abreast of technological advances is one thing, taking the time to integrate them in the learning experience quite another.This situation is compounded by the bewildering array of acronyms and jargon that make up the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) world, leaving most foundering over distinguishing MMPOGS from MOOCs, CMC from CAT, LMS from VLE, and going viral from going virtual.
Oliver Hadingham (Thu,) studied this question.