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].
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