--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 16:18:56 -0500 >From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: The REALIA project >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Macintosh/20050716) I was asked to pass this on from the REALIA project folks... --Barbara SUBJECT: REALIA Project awarded NEH Grant and Seeks Contributors The REALIA Project (http://www.realiaproject.org) is actively seeking contributions of image collections by faculty and faculty/student collaborations to support the teaching of language and culture based in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The National Endowment for the Humanities has provided a three-year grant to the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE) to enable The REALIA Project to transform its prototype REALIA collection into a sustainable online archive of royalty-free materials for teaching foreign languages and cultures. The collection focuses on digitized realia (objects that convey the essence of a culture) and serves a wide population of foreign language instructors and learners. This searchable collection, launched in 2001, contains images with accurate English and vernacular descriptions, cultural commentary, and suggested pedagogical applications from faculty contributors. Images and descriptions are reviewed by peer seven editorial boards with members from more than 16 liberal arts colleges and universities. Metadata for each image are enhanced by library catalogers. If you are interested in contributing to this project or are in contact with faculty who may have collections to contribute, please contact Alan Boyd, Managing Board Coordinator, ([log in to unmask]) or visit our website: http://www.realiaproject.org for more information making a submission. -- Alan Boyd Coordinator, Project REALIA Managing Board Associate Director of Libraries Oberlin College Library 148 W. College St. Oberlin, OH 44074-1532 440-775-5015 440-775-6586 (fax) [log in to unmask] -- Barbara Sawhill Director Cooper International Learning Center Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 Voice: 440-775-8595 Fax: 440-775-6888 http://www.oberlin.edu/ilc President-elect, IALLT http://www.iallt.org "The plural of anecdote is -not- data" *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************