From: Andrew Ross <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Call for Proposals: FLEAT VI - "Identities, Communities, and Technologies in Global Environments" - Harvard University, August 11-15, 2015 Date: October 20, 2014 at 11:47:01 AM EDT Dear Colleagues: The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) and the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology (J-LET) are pleased to announce our sixth joint Foreign Language Education and Technology Conference (FLEAT VI), to be held at Harvard University, August 11-15, 2015. The theme for FLEAT VI is ³Identities, Communities, and Technologies in Global Environments². New technologies are erasing the boundaries between practitioners of languages and cultures across the world, and are providing learners and teachers opportunities to build communities of interest and engagement within and outside the language classroom. Students are engaged as never before in using social networks to transcend geography. Access to authentic materials enables students to research and develop informed perspectives on the lives of others. Distance and hybrid approaches to instruction call into question the very notions of classroom and community, and challenge us to rethink the possibilities for building communities around language and culture instruction outside the comforting presence of physical ³place². TOPICS The organizers welcome 300-word abstracts on the following suggested areas of interest, equally focused in the fields of language and culture pedagogy, instructional methods involving the innovative application of technologies, language technologies in the K-12 space, and language technology center development and administration. Topic areas include, but are not limited to: Technologies and Social Networks for Language Learning Language Learning and Communities Outside the Classroom Cultural Identities, Technology and Language Learning Best Practices in Computer-Assisted Language Learning Professional Development Solutions and Challenges New Frameworks for Distance Education and Hybrid Environments Innovative Practices in K-12 Language and Cultural Learning Language Technology Center Administration Online Language Learning Virtual Environments and Gaming in Language Learning Ownership, Publication, and Use in Technological Environments Mobile Language Learning SESSION TYPES Please consider proposing a presentation of one or more of the following six types: 1. Full day pre-conference workshop (6 hours) 2. Half day pre-conference workshop (3 hours) 3. 75 minute panel presentation 4. poster presentation 5. 25 minute presentation 6. 50 minute presentation Abstracts may be submitted at http://silc-lss-dev.asu.edu/fleat-vi. You do *not* need to create an account to submit an abstract proposal. Questions regarding the abstract process may be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The deadline for abstract submission is December 31, 2014. Best, a. -- Andrew F. Ross, PhD Head, Learning Support Services School of International Letters & Cultures Chair, FLEAT VI Program Committee Arizona State University Box 870202 Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 ph: 480.965.1099 fax: 480.965.0135 ************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technologies (http://iallt.org/), and Dartmouth College Join IALLT at http://iallt.org<http://iallt.org/>. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) **************************************************************************