From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: New publication: Case Studies in Openness in the Language Classroom

Date: September 25, 2013 7:46:17 PM CDT

To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>

Greetings LLTI-ers,

To coincide with the celebration of the  European Day of Languages (September 26th),  I want to let you know that the publication Case Studies of Openness in the Language Classroom is now available.

The book is a compilation of case studies written by practitioners in different educational settings, each of whom is exploring the concept of openness in language teaching and learning.  

The idea for this volume emerged during the conference “Learning through Sharing: Open Resources, Open Practices, Open Communication”, organized by the EUROCALL Teacher Education and Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Special Interest Groups at the University of Bologna (Italy) in March 2012.

The book is structured in five sections, covering open tools for collaboration, sharing resources, sharing practices, collaborative learning and student-generated content, and learner autonomy.


You can download the book free of charge here:

http://research-publishing.net/publications/2013-beaven-comas-quinn-sawhill/.

The book can also be purchased in a Kindle edition from Amazon, and as a black and white paperback from Lulu (with 20% discount) and from Amazon as of October. It will also be available on Google Books full view as of  October 2013.

Editors:

Ana Beaven (Università di Bologna, Italy)

Anna Comas-Quinn (The Open University, UK)

Barbara Sawhill (Oberlin College, Ohio, USA)


Contributors:

Ana Beaven (Università di Bologna, Italy)

Carl Blyth (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Kate Borthwick (University of Southampton, UK)

Todd Bryant (Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA)

Anna Calvi (The Open University, UK)

Marco Cappellini (Lille 3 University, France)

Alison Dickens (University of Southampton, UK)

Annette Duensing (The Open University in the East, UK)

Matilde Gallardo (The Open University in the South East, UK);

Cecilia Goria (University of Nottingham, UK)

Sarah Heiser (The Open University in London, UK)

María Dolores Iglesias Mora (The Open University, UK)

Terry King (UCL, UK)

David Elvis Leeming (University of Central Lancashire, UK)

Antonio Martínez-Arboleda (University of Leeds, UK)

Anna Motzo (The Open University, UK)

Irina Nelson (University of Southampton, UK)

Alicia Pozo-Gutiérrez (University of Southampton, UK)

Klaus-Dieter Rossade (The Open University, UK)

Barbara Sawhill (Oberlin College, Ohio, USA)

Sandra Silipo (The Open University, UK)

Julie Watson (University of Southampton, UK)

Susanne Winchester (The Open University, UK).

The editors sincerely hope readers will enjoy reading the collected case studies and trying out some of the activities proposed by the authors.

Regards,

Barbara


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Barbara Sawhill
Director, Cooper International Learning Center
Lecturer, Hispanic Studies
Oberlin College

phone: 440-775-8595
fax: 440-775-6888