CC-BY-NC-SA 2025 New Language Solutions Avenue Program Standards for Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, version 1.2 Self-assessment ☐ The program has established ways that allow administrators at all levels, staff, and instructors to collaborate on instruction-related technology decisions. ☐ The program has established ways that allow learners, where applicable, to collaborate on instruction-related technology decisions. ☐ The program provides timely notice about technology-related program directives to staff, instructors, and learners. (See Appendix A for full self-assessment.) PI 1.2 Administrators, staff, instructors, and learners work together to implement effective technology adoption and use in the program. a. Administrators, staff, instructors, and learners collaborate to encourage appropriate and effective ongoing technology implementation and use. Technology changes constantly. A team effort is the most productive way to ensure that technology changes are implemented effectively, with buy-in from users. Bottom-up and top-down efforts are essential to making change widely accepted and as smooth as possible. Programs should have a systematic, ongoing process for broad collaboration. b. Learners are given opportunities to provide feedback, including anonymously, on how effectively technology is being implemented to meet their needs. Adult learners bring their own perspectives to the technology used in learning language, whether in their classrooms or at home. Decisions will be better accepted and more easily implemented when learners feel they have had a say in them. c. Administrators see themselves as change agents in effective technology use, working with instructors and learners to enhance outcomes. Implementing change as needed is part of leadership. For change to be institutionalized, it must be more than top-down. Administrators should look for and encourage instructors and learners who disseminate changes, building skill and willingness to change in others. Reflection: What are the roles of administrators, staff, and instructors in enabling change? How are learners encouraged to provide feedback? ☐ Administrators, staff, instructors, and learners collaborate to encourage appropriate and effective ongoing technology implementation and use. ☐ Learners can give feedback as needed about whether technology is helping them achieve their goals. ☐ The program supports administrators to act as change agents on an ongoing basis in enabling effective technology use. PI 1.3 Administrators, staff, and instructors work collaboratively to design systems for monitoring and evaluating technology use in the program, and learner feedback helps refine the systems. a. Administrators have a transparent process in place for receiving and incorporating feedback from staff, instructors, and learners. A clear and established system for ongoing feedback from staff, instructors, and learners enables effective communication. Small changes can create large improvements when appropriately and regularly implemented. 6
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