>Subject: NERALLT Spring 2009: Call for Proposals
>From: Daryl Beres <[log in to unmask]>
View the call online at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dn9v63r_23j8t5jscn
NERALLT Spring 2009: CALL FOR PROPOSALS
On April 24, 2009, the New England Regional Association for Language
Learning Technology (NERALLT) will be meeting at Trinity College in
Hartford, CT. Visit and join our Ning network for detailed conference
information (http://neralltsp09.ning.com/).
Theme: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Join us for this opportunity to reflect critically on the evolution
we've seen from "Language Labs" to "Language Resource Centers," and to
use our past as a basis for exploring the future. What is the role of
a Language Resource Center in the 21st century? What is our role as
language technologists? How have these roles changed to date and how
can we prepare for the changes that are sure to come in the future?
Background Information:
At our Fall 2008 meeting, a lively discussion was stimulated by the
proposition that perhaps "language lab" as a concept has become
institutionalized and is therefore irrationally resistant to change.
Do we need to look more critically at ourselves, our positions, and
how our language centers fit into the wider array of instructional and
technical support offered at our schools? Or, do the unique needs of
language learning warrant specialized and separate services? Feeling
that we had just begun to scratch the surface of these important and
interesting questions, NERALLT members decided to devote the upcoming
Spring 2009 meeting to examining the issues from all sides.
We hope to present a program incorporating a variety of perspectives.
Topics might include, but are certainly not limited to:
* Rationales for and against maintaining a dedicated language
center facility
* Program/center evaluation
* Needs assessment
* Involving faculty and other stakeholders in language center
planning or design
* Fostering collaboration across departmental boundaries
* Implementing language learning technology supported by
pedagogical research
* Best practices in effective instructional support for language learning
* Best practices in integrated models of instructional support
* Creating a successful faculty development center
* Effective strategies for promoting the LRC
Possible Session Formats:
* 45 minute presentations
* 10-15 minute short talks or demonstrations
* "Lightning round" poster session
(Each participant will have table space to set up a poster,
handouts or their own laptop computer. Each participant will get a
few minutes in front of the whole group to summarize their "poster,"
before the audience circulates among the presenters.)
Proposals should be submitted online at:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cFFQSXJfeUhyUGxCa2o0b1NlaE
xRZnc6MA..
After submission, anonymized proposals will posted in the discussion
forums at the NERALLT Spring 2009 Ning site
(http://neralltsp09.ning.com/). Join our Ning site to add your voice
to the conversation, helping to guide the conference committee in
finalizing the day's schedule.
For more information, please contact:
* Program Committee Chair: Daryl Beres ([log in to unmask] or
413-538-2408)
* Host: Eduardo Lage-Otero ([log in to unmask] or 860-297-5282)
* Anthony Helm ([log in to unmask])
* Carmen Greenlee ([log in to unmask])
Proposal deadline: 5:00 pm, Monday, March 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance: Monday, March 29, 2009
Registration:
Conference registration will be posted soon. Visit and join our
conference site on Ning for more information:
http://neralltsp09.ning.com/.
The registration fee is $25 and includes light breakfast and lunch.
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