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Fernando Rosell-Aguilar

Lecturer in Spanish

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Department of Languages

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Lecturer in languages, Department of Languages.

Member of Language Studies Programme Committee with ICT expertise.

Teaching Interests

Since joining the Open University, I have been involved in all Spanish courses as well as courses in the French, Italian and English sections. This has included producing new courses as well as in the running of existing courses, including assessment and monitoring of tutors; currently I chair the Level 1 course "En Rumbo", one the first OU language courses to incorporate DVD-ROM media and use online assessment. My responsibilities have also included coordinating the OU Spanish Residential Schools in the UK site and Santiago de Compostela in Spain, as well as tutoring and acting as course director. I have played a major role in introducing online tuition in several Spanish courses, including the first beginners online-taught course LZX194. I gained an OU Teaching Award (2004) for "the development of innovative online audiographic language teaching materials and their delivery strategy". My involvement has included task design, developmental testing, tutor training and the delivery and assessment strategy, as well as being a member of the departmental VLE Group.

I have co-ordinated the development of VLE tools such as the audio recording tool. I have also co-ordinated the production and delivery of language materials on iTunes U at the OU.

I am the current liaison between the department of languages and the Knowledge Media Institute for development of iTunes apps.

 

Research Interests

I have been involved in research on learning and teaching for a number of years. One of my main interests is online language learning. I have worked on a number of studies on online learning environments (such as synchronous audio-graphic conferencing) and I am particularly interested in task design, tutor and student impresions of online learning and the affordances of such environments. Lately, my research has focused on the use of VLEs and also podcasting for language learning. I am also interested in Online Information Literacy and carried out research on learner attitudes towards the Web as a language learning tool. I regularly give papers at national and international conferences and I have published journal articles and book chapters. I am a member of the Open Languages Research Group (ORLG).

Current Research

I am currently researching the use of iTunes U for teaching learning. I am gathering data on the profile of iTunes U users, and specifically focusing on issues regarding autonomous learning through podcasting resources, mobile learning, and podcasting for language learning.

Publications

Book Chapter
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2009). Podcasting for language learning: re-examining the potential. In: Lomicka, Lara and Lord, Gillian eds. The Next Generation: Social Networking and Online Collaboration in Foreign Language Learning. San Marco: Calico, Texas, USA, pp. 13–34.
Shield, Lesley; Rossade, Klaus-Dieter; Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando and Beaven, Tita (2005). Using ICT to support your language learning. In: Hurd, Stella and Murphy, Linda eds. Success with Languages. Oxford: Routledge in association with the Open University Press, pp. 161–184.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2003). Electronic literacy with and attitudes towards the web as a resource for foreign language learning. In: Piqué-Angordans, Jordi; Esteve, Marie Jose and Gea-Valor, Maria Lluisa eds. Internet in language for specific purposes and foreign language teaching competence. Col-lecció Estudis Filològics (15). Castelló de la Plana, Spain: Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, pp. 423–444.
Journal Article
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2007). Top of the Pods - In search of a podcasting "podagogy" for language learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 20(5), pp. 471–492.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2007). Changing tutor roles in online tutorial support for Open Distance Learning through audio-graphic SCMC. JALT CALL Journal, 3(1-2), pp. 81–94.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2006). The face-to-face and the online learner: a comparative study of tutorial support for Open and Distance Language Learning and the learner experience with audio-graphs SCMC. The Reading Matrix, 6(3), pp. 248–268.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2006). Online tutorial support in open distance learning through audio-graphic SCMC: tutor impressions. JALT-CALL Journal, 2(2), pp. 37–52.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2005). Task design for audiographic conferencing: promoting beginner oral interaction in distance language learning. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 18(5), pp. 417–442.
Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando (2004). WELL done and well liked: online information literacy skills and learner impressions of the web as a resource for foreign language learning. ReCALL, 16(1), pp. 210–224.