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In this forum, you will post your conclusions about the topic: Internet as a medium for learning. You are also invited to comment on your classmates´ Some questions to reflect: 1. What are the major benefits and obstacles we face with the use of technology in language teach The benefits are that technology helps both teacher and learners despite the distance and learners can work at their own path. The major obstacle is that teachers should design their work according to the advantages of the new technology and, sometimes, they don’t know how to do so or they think it is a lot of work. ing? 2. What is the actual status and future of e-learning (blended and online) in Venezuela? I really don’t know how the status is, but I guess is devastating because the educational system in our country is in crisis. Teachers don't have neither the knowledge nor the time to design their methodologies in order to take the advantages of these tools.

The topic for this forum is: Language teaching methodologies in e-learning Think about these questions: 1. What is teaching methodology? Teaching methodology is a set of approaches and strategies used by teachers in the educational process. 2. Is there a new methodology to teach languages using technology? Like Sales //et al.// (2002b) said It must be a teaching methodology which focuses the learning process rather than to complete a fixed set of objectives. 3. Can we guarantee quality in education just by using web tools ? Web tools are just other resourses that teachers can use in the educational process. The Portuguese video sharp point out the issue by showing that new technology without appropiate methodology is just a bunch of useless machines.