The final testing was done in our institution, University of Zilina, Slovakia, in 1 group of 10 students. It was held by 1 teacher from our institution. The testing was done according to the guidelines received from Vilnius Business College: the guidelines for tutors and the guidelines for students.
The testing stage started 17 November and finished 28 of November. During testing we tested Month 1 of the EIT course. After testing, the students had to answer the questions in the questionnaires. The tutor also completed the questionnaire
In total we got feedback from 10 students and 1 teacher.
Report prepared by Tomas Lovecek and Jozef Ristvej

Month 1
Tutor’s evaluation
Materials

How are the materials relevant to the area of interest of IT students and specialists?
The materials are suitable for students of IT who want to improve their knowledge of English. The topics are related to the world of IT, not only general English and this is a strong aspect of the materials.

What would you recommend to improve the interactivity of the tasks?
The navigation of the tasks is easy, and many different interactive activities were employed.
Not so much graphics, image and pictures were used. That would be more attractive for students. But a strong point is that there were many audio recordings.

To what extent are the materials up-to-date?
Materials are quite up to date. But because IT is a field with a lot of innovations and developments, materials can get outdated soon if not regularly checked and updates. This applied only to IT related topics (IT section), but not other learning materials.

Are the activities and tasks motivating enough? If not, please suggest how they can be improved?
The activities seem very interesting to students and motivating. Use of many different activities: forums, multiple choice exercises, reflecting activities and not so much theoretical reading is a strong point of the course and increases motivation.
 Do the materials aim at improving students’ English skills only, or do they also facilitate their learning in the field of IT?
Mostly learning in the field of English. Learning in the field of IT could be for some students, who are new in IT field.

How do the activities and materials facilitate the achievement of the aims presented at the beginning of Weeks 1-4?
All the activities help to achieve these aims.


Do the activities and materials presented promote a communicative approach to learning? Do they facilitate the development of communicative skills?
The materials of Month 1 promote developing of the communication skills of the students. Many forum activities encourage communication among students and develop their communication skills in English. It is important that the tutor moderates and supervises these activities and can correct the mistakes.

Are the ICT-based learning tools - the text-to-speech tool, forum, blog, audio recorder, etc. - chosen to be used alongside a particular activity appropriate for the task objectives? If not, how do you suggest changing it?
Not all the tools were used in Month 1 materials that were tested. Those tools that were used with activities were very well chosen.

Is the time frame allocated for each lesson (1 virtual day) appropriate and sufficient? If not, please give your suggestions.
Some activities needed more time that allocated, some less. It also depends on the abilities of every student. As this is online learning it is important that students can learn at their own pace.

Is the module suitable for independent learning without support form a tutor
(online or face-to-face)?
Some activities are suitable for independent learning. But there are activities which need tutor support, such as forums. Also, some activities give feedback, but not so much explanations, therefore a tutor ’s help would be needed if a student has questions.

Other comments. Please feel free to write any other comments that have not been covered by the replies to the questions above.
EIT portal

Is the navigation within the EIT module easy and understandable?
The navigation is easy and understandable. The structure of the course is very clear. The student knows what activities to expect each day and what aspect of language learning they will be dealing with.

Are the instructions for the tasks and activities clear and easy to follow?
Yes.

Are all the links working properly?
Yes.

Is the portal user-friendly enough?
Yes, easy to follow the activities. The navigation with next and back buttons is very clear. All the course structure with the sections is clear.

Have the accessibility issues been taken into account while designing the learning portal?
Have no answer.


Is the programme interactive enough?
Yes, but more pictures, images and videos would add to interactivity.

What other technical possibilities, i.e. Internet-based technology, could be used in the programme?
Many internet tools were used.

I think the learning materials are relevant to the area of my interest
The tasks interactive enough are
Learning materials are actual and up-to-date
Activities and tasks are motivating enough
The materials help to improve my English and knowledge of the field of IT
Activities and materials help to learn to communicate
English in
Lessons are suitable for independent learning without support from a tutor
I would certainly buy the programme if it was available.
After using this programme, I feel I have updated my knowledge of IT.
After using this programme, I feel I have learnt new things in English.
STU DENTS’ ANSWERS TO QUESTIONNAIRE
Strongly disagree
Disagree
MATERIALS
0 3 1
Do not know
6
Agree
0
Strongly agree
0
1
0
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
1
1
2
0
1
4
1
5
2
0
4
6
6
3
2
4
1
2
6
4
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
2

When I was using the
EIT module, I often wanted to check new words in a dictionary.
When I was using the
EIT module, I had to check not only IT terms, but also common words.
Navigation within the
EIT module is easy and understandable
Instructions for the tasks and activities clear and easy to follow
I like the design of the
EIT website.
The portal is userfriendly enough
2
2
EIT portal
0
1
0
1
2 1 3 2
2 1 3 2
1 0 6 3
1 2 4 2
2
1
1
3
6
3
1
2