International Association of Language Learning Technology
2016-2017 Webinar Series - Open to all!
We are pleased to announce the IALLT online learning community’s webinar series schedule for the academic year 2016-2017. Please make a note in your calendar and be sure to participate in as many as possible. IALLT webinars are now open to all, so please encourage others from your university and field to participate as well. You might consider including IALLT webinars in your language center’s professional development series, or organize a faculty learning community among faculty who are interested in technology who watch and then discuss the webinar topics. Visit http://iallt.org/webinars to see full descriptions of upcoming presentations.
2016
September
Occupied Paris: Creating Historical Simulation for Foreign Language Learning Terri Nelson, California State University, San Bernardino September 6, 2016
2 pm Eastern / 1 pm Central / 12 pm Mountain / 11 am Pacific
Several time periods during the Nazi-occupied Paris are studied using an instructor-created role-playing game (RPG) where upper-division French students take on fictional identities. Underlying this virtual world is an ARIS game where design mechanics scaffold student learning. ARIS is an open-source authoring environment for mobile games, data gathering and interactive story-telling. The presentation
will: (1) present the pedagogical choices made in creating the game based on underlying theories of learning, gaming, foreign language acquisition, and moral/ethical development in young adults; (2) demonstrate game play and discuss student reactions in pilot-test groups and (3) give a brief demonstration of the open-source authoring tool, ARIS (arisgames.org).
October
Promoting Student Engagement in a Hybrid Language Course Stacey Johnson, Vanderbilt University, and Berta Carrasco, Hope College October 18, 2016
2 pm Eastern / 1 pm Central / 12 pm Mountain / 11 am Pacific
November
Integrating Google Translate to Support Language Acquisition for All Second Language Learners Claire Knowles, University of Memphis November 2, 2016
2 pm Eastern / 1 pm Central / 12 pm Mountain / 11 am Pacific
December
Optimizing Technology Options for Study Abroad (mini-series on technology and study abroad, part 1) Robert Godwin-Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University December 13, 2016
1 pm Eastern / 12 pm Central / 11 am Mountain / 10 am Pacific
2017
January
Bringing it Back: Using Study Abroad Experiences to Bring Intercultural Communicative Competence into U.S. Classrooms (mini-series on technology and study abroad, part 2) Amanda Romjue, Appalachian State University January 12, 2017
3 pm Eastern / 2 pm Central / 1 pm Mountain / 12 pm Pacific
February
Gain Time and Differentiate with a Flipped Learning Approach (mini-series on flipped learning, part 1) Lauren Rosen, University of Wisconsin February 16, 2017
3 pm Eastern / 2 pm Central / 1 pm Mountain / 12 pm Pacific
March
Borderless Classrooms: Virtual Exchanges for Language and Culture Courses Laura Little, Connecticut College March 14, 2017
3 pm Eastern / 2 pm Central / 1 pm Mountain / 12 pm Pacific
April
Language Learning in Networks: Tools and Frameworks for Open Language Learning Apostolos Koutropoulos, University of Massachusetts-Boston April 12, 2017
1 pm Eastern / 12 pm Central / 11 am Mountain / 10 am Pacific
May
Let’s Play: Gamifying Language Lessons
Catherine Ryu, Michigan State University May 18, 2017
3 pm Eastern / 2 pm Central / 1 pm Mountain / 12 pm Pacific
June
Topic: Placement testing
Dan Nickolai, St. Louis University
Date: TBA
July
Automated and Intelligent Tools in the Language Classroom Greg Kessler, Ohio University
Date: TBA
August
Topic: Techniques and Tools for Flipped Learning (mini-series on flipped learning, part 2) Jeff Magoto, University of Oregon
Date: TBA
QUESTIONS? Contact IALLT’s Webinar Coordinators: Shannon Spasova ([log in to unmask]) and Evan Rubin (Evan Rubin ([log in to unmask] )
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Sangeetha Gopalakrishnan , Ph.D.
Director
Foreign Language Technology Center
Wayne State University
385 Alex Manoogian Hall
906 W. Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 313-577-6391
Fax: 313-577-3041
http://www.langlab.wayne.edu
President
International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT)
"Where technology speaks your language"
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