Greetings everyone, Just a reminder that we are looking for presenters for our October 24th meeting at University of Massachusetts Boston. The website is http://www.nerallt.unh.edu/meeting/index.html The topic is "Changing Times, Changing Spaces: Fitting the Space (concrete, virtual or blended) to the Learning. The original call is below, but we are looking for proposals on how you carried out your renovation planning, who composed your planning committee, or how you reach out to faculty and students for their input. If you are moving to a virtual environment what does that mean in terms of real space? How would you describe your virtual presence - a website, learning management system, or Web 2.0 tools like podcasting? If your services have changed how has this impacted the design of your facility? Do you do workshops on technology or pedagogy? Do you support a variety of users, in addition to language students and faculty? Have the skill sets that your staff need to run the facility changed? Do they need to be out on the floor so they no longer have closed office space. If you have collaborative learning spaces for students what are they like? How was (or will) your renovation be funded? These are just some of the topics we would encourage you to submit. We're hoping to see how our facilities are changing to meet changing demands. Please note the deadline is September 30th - just over a week away. (And registration fee is waived for all presenters.) Hope to hear from you, Ruth Trometer Program Chair --------------------------------- Changing Times, Changing Spaces: Fitting the Space (concrete, virtual or blended) to the Learning Call for Presentations The New England Regional Association for Language Learning Technology (NERALLT) will hold its fall meeting on Friday, October 24, 2008 at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. However, our membership and biannual meetings are open to all who wish to present or participate. We invite presentations on such issues as new study areas for students, learning center design issues, needs assessment, and useful tools in planning design. Presentations will be approximately 45 min. in length, including a Q&A section. We are also planning electronic poster sessions where ongoing demos will be held for 50 minutes, allowing people time to move from station to station approximately every 10-15 minutes. Some demonstrations appropriate for this venue would be web applications useful in planning or a guided tour of your newly designed facility. Email abstracts or address questions to Ruth Trometer, Program Chair, at [log in to unmask] . The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2008. In addition to the abstract, please include the following information: Name Institution Title E-mail address Postal address Telephone number Title of the presentation Co-author's name, if any Co-author's affiliation *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************