@CALICOnsortium conference 2017 Multilingualism and Digital Literacies NAU May 16-20

 

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CALICO 2017 34th ANNUAL CONFERENCE Multilingualism and Digital Literacies

Northern Arizona University
May 16-20
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: OCTOBER 31, 2016
Workshops: Tuesday, May 16 – Wednesday, May 17, and Saturday, May 20
Opening Reception and Keynote: Wednesday, May 17
Presentation Sessions: Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19
Technology Showcase and Poster Session: Thursday, May 18

https://calico.org/page.php?id=690

CALICO is a professional organization whose members research the informed and innovative uses of technology in foreign/second language learning and teaching. CALICO’s conferences bring together educators, administrators, materials developers, researchers, government representatives, vendors of hardware and software, and others interested in the field of computer-assisted language learning. Proposals may explore the conference theme or address any area of technology pertaining to language learning and teaching. Presentations may be in either traditional or practitioner research styles, grounded in theory and/or methodology, covering topics in language acquisition and integration of software and technology into the learning environment. A formal paper need not accompany a presentation at the conference. However, presenters are encouraged to submit a formal paper for review to the CALICO Journal, on the same topic (or any other).
The proposal and its guidelines will require the following information: title, type of presentation, 100-word abstract, 300-word description, presenter/co-presenter contact information, and technology needs.
Five types of presentation formats are available:
Workshop (pre- or post-conference, hands-on; half-day, full-day or two-day presenter’s choice)
Technology Showcase (a two-hour informal event during one evening of the conference)
Poster Session (in conjunction with the Showcase)
Presentation (30-minute individual presentation)
Panel discussion (90-minute regular presentation designed for multiple presentations and presenters on a specific topic)

SACODEYL corpora #corpuslinguistics in The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology

 

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Corpus types and uses
B Murphy, E Riordan – The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and …, 2016
… 2008). Another is the SACODEYL corpus, which includes transcribed interviews with
British, German, French, Italian Spanish, Lithuanian and Romanian adolescents
between 13 and 18 years of age (Hoffstaedter and Kohn 2009). …

The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Technology
F Farr, L Murray – 2016
… Page 19. Acronyms OLPC OMC OPUS PC PLE PLN RPG RSS SACODEYL SBCSAE SCMC
SEN SLA SOLE SSI Model TEC TESOL TNC VLE VOICE VSL WiA WoW ZPD one laptop per
child Oslo Multilingual Corpus Open Parallel Corpus personal computer personal learning …

Spoken language corpora and pedagogical applications
A Caines, M McCarthy, A O’Keeffe – The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning …, 2016
… Focusing on an innovative tool developed to make corpus use easier to access for language
teaching, Farr (2010) details the potential of the SACODEYL (System Aided Compilation and
Open Distribution of European Youth Language, a European Commission–funded project …

Written language corpora and pedagogical applications
A Chambers – The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and …, 2016
… 241–245), based on Mur Dueñas (2009), while the other focuses on intermediate learners of
EAP (pp. 260–263), based on Boulton (2010). Notes 1 http://www. um. es/sacodeyl (accessed
27 June 2014). 2 http://www. um. es/backbone (accessed 27 June 2014). 3 http://www. …

#CFP @EuroCALLlanguages 2016 abstract deadline 31 Jan 16

 

23rd EUROCALL Conference (http://eurocall2016.org/)

24-27 August, 2016, Lemesos, Cyprus

THEME: CALL Communities & Culture

Call for Papers
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Call for Participation
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Do not miss the exciting opportunity to present a paper, a symposium, an EU-funded project, a workshop, or a poster at the EuroCALL 2016. The 23rd EUROCALL Conference will be held at the Cyprus University of Technology in Lemesos (Limassol) Cyprus from 24th to 27th August 2016.

EUROCALL conferences are hosted under the auspices of the EUROCALL Association. They bring together educators, researchers, PhD students, administrators, designers of software and language learning systems, policy makers and other professionals involved in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) around the globe.

Conference languages: English and Greek (Plenary sessions will be in English, some parallel sessions may be in Greek).

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Thematic Areas
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· Interculturalism/ Multilingualism/ Bilingualism in CALL:
o CALL, inclusion and social justice
o Cultural Inclusion
o Interdisciplinarity and Internationalization through CALL
o CALL and less commonly taught languages
· Materials and modes of CALL:
o Social Networking
o Telecollaboration and CMC
o MOOCs for language learning
o Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)
o Preparing and delivering Open Educational Resources (OER), open courseware and open online courses for language learning
· Teacher education and professional development
· New research trends in CALL:
o Learning analytics and CALL design
o DBR (Design-Based Research)
· Designs and pedagogy for CALL, e.g.:
o Task-based learning
o Autonomous and lifelong learning
o Competence or outcome-based frameworks (CEFR, IATEFL, etc.) in CALL design
o Open and independent online language learning
o Computer-based language tests
· Other topics can also be considered as long as they as long as they are relevant to the conference theme.

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Important Deadlines
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Deadline for submissions of proposals: January 31st 2016
Notification of acceptance: April 8th 2016
Online registration opens: April 10th 2016
Early-bird Registration ends: May 31st 2016
Deadline for registration for accepted authors: May 31st 2016

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Conference contact
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Conference Organiser: salomi.papadima@cut.ac.cy
Programme Administration: info@easyconferences.eu

Proposals are invited for individual papers, symposia, european projects, workshops and posters:

1. Individual papers

Papers can be submitted for either 45 minute presentations or 30 minute presentations:

· 45-minute presentations: 30 minutes presentation, 10 minutes for questions, 5 minutes for room changes
· 30-minute presentations: 20 minutes presentation, 5 for questions, 5 minutes for room changes

Three types of papers may be submitted:

1. Research: papers focusing on a clearly specified research topic supported by a rationale, including a brief literature review. The thrust may be empirical or theoretical. The methodology should be clearly outlined as well as the actual or potential findings.
2. Research and development: papers focusing on the development of applications and programmes integrating CALL. The research should be original and may emphasize practice rather than research. They may also be based on projects either completed or under development (European, national, local).
3. Reflective practice: papers dealing with the integration of ICT in different contexts and for different purposes. The reflection could take the form of evaluation or action-research. Proposals should include elements that are of relevance beyond the context of the practice described.
2. Symposia

Symposia consist of from three to six presentations on a similar topic, proposed and organised by a chairperson, and should normally address the conference theme. Sessions last for 90 minutes, with NO changeover during the symposium. The proposal should outline the purpose of the symposium, the names and institutions of the participants, with a sentence mentioning what aspect of the main problem that each will address.

Submissions for symposia from EUROCALL’s SIGs are particularly welcome, with a view to promote their work to the conference delegates and encourage participation in the SIGs. Current Eurocall SIGs are: Teacher Education, Virtual Worlds, Natural Language Processing, CorpusCall, Computer Mediated Communication, and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning.

3. European Projects

This year’s conference will again offer a forum for the showcasing and dissemination of EU-funded projects. Each project will be allocated a 30-minute slot, including questions.

4. Workshops

Workshops are either half a day or a full day in duration and typically involve a hands-on session, where participants have the opportunity to become familiar with the latest developments in relevant topic areas in language teaching and learning and tools associated with these. We particularly welcome workshop proposals addressing the conference theme from theoretical and/or practical perspectives. The proposal should include the intended duration of the workshop, its main purpose and a brief outline of topics covered/ activities as well as technical requirements. Workshops will be scheduled on 24th August.

5. Posters

Since posters aim to attract attention to a particular project or research domain, they should mainly focus on work in progress. They may, however, report previous or preliminary findings. Posters should be clear, easy to read and attractively laid out. Submissions from advanced students are especially welcome in this category. A prize will be awarded for the best poster in two categories: PhD/Graduate student and non-PhD student.

For formatting instructions and more information please see: http://eurocall2016.org/

Proposal submission system: https://www.openconf.org/EUROCALL2016/openconf.php

Tasks, technologies and Machinima Prof. M. Thomas @Cambridge_Uni

 

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RSLE Talk 27 Ocober 2015, University of Cambridge

Michael Thomas, UCLAN (www)

The Camelot Project

New project on learning analytics, focus on detection. Visualization.

Other projects: http://avalonlearning.eu/

Techno-evangelism

Diane Laurillard

Neil Seelwyn & Facer The politics of education and technology

Methodoogical weaknesses in CALL research

TBLT in technology-mediated contexts

 

TBLT: Current research overwhrlmingly focuses on teachers’ perceptions

Education as product, as employability, getting a job

Opportunities offered by TBLT: Ortega 2009

Online technologies: constructuvist pedgogies, simulation, learner motivation, collaboration, IT and digital literacy skills

Other projects: http://avalonlearning.eu/

 

EU FUNDED CAMELOT PROJECT (2013-2015)
CAMELOT stands for” CreAting Machinima Empowers Live Online Language Teaching and Learning”. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission (Project number: 543481-LLP-1-2013-1-UK-KA3-KA3MP). The information on this website reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Different types of activities. Emphasis on anybody can produce.

Camelot webinars: http://camelotproject.eu/webinars/

Camelot MOOT (MOOC): http://camelotproject.eu/moot-3/

 

 

 

 

5th Valencian Workshop on CALL: Telecollaboration & social media

 

5th Valencian Workshop on Computer-Assisted Language Learning: TELECOLLABORATION & SOCIAL MEDIA

  
V Jornadas Valencianas en torno al aprendizaje de lenguas asistido por ordenador: Telecolaboración y redes sociales

Noticia en la UPV 

13-14 noviembre 2015

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería del Diseño, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Precio inscripción: 40 euros (35 euros PDI, PAS y estudiantes UPV)
Política de devolución: hasta el 01/11/2015 (75%)

 

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Programa
Viernes, 13 de noviembre de 2015
9.00 – 9.30
Recogida de documentación. Vestíbulo de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería del Diseño (edificio 7B), UPV

9.30 – 10.00

Apertura de las Jornadas. Salón de Actos de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería del Diseño
10.00 – 10.30

Exposición novedades editoriales y café
Vestíbulo de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería del Diseño

10.30 – 13.30

Presentaciones teóricas. Salón de Actos de la ETSID:

Joan Tomàs Pujolà. Universitat de Barcelona – Christine Appel. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Melinda Dooly. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Caoimhín Ó Dónaill. Universidad de Ulster, Irlanda del Norte
13.30 – 14-00

Presentación a cargo de editorial. Salón de Actos ETSID.

14.00 – 16.00

Descanso para comer

16.00 – 17.00

Taller práctico impartido por Joan Tomàs Pujolà y Christine Appel

17.10 – 18.10

Taller práctico impartido por Melinda Dooly

18.20 – 19.20

Taller práctico impartido por Caoimhín Ó Dónaill

Sábado, 14 de noviembre de 2015
10.00 – 12.00
Presentaciones teóricas. Salón de Actos ETSID:

Giorgos Ypsilandis. Universidad Aristotélica. Salónica, Grecia
Camino Bueno Alastuey, Universidad Pública de Navarra
12.00 – 12.30

Exposición novedades editoriales y café
Vestíbulo de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería del Diseño

12.30 – 13.30
Presentación teórica. Salón de Actos ETSID:

Pascual Pérez Paredes. Universidad de Murcia
13.30 – 14.00 Presentación a cargo de editorial. Salón de Actos ETSID.
14.00 – 16.00

Descanso para comer

16.00 – 17.00

Taller práctico impartido por Giorgos Ypsilandis

17.10 – 18.10

Taller práctico impartido por Camino Bueno Alastuey

18.20 – 19.20

Taller práctico impartido por Pascual Pérez Paredes

19.30

Conclusiones. Puesta en común y clausura de las Jornadas. Salón de Actos ETSID.

 

Conferenciantes invitados

Camino Bueno Alastuey, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Telecollaboration and the development of competences

The rapid advancement of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has allowed for new ways of teaching and learning. As those technologies have become an essential part of our daily life, they have brought about new possibilities for education and the need to integrate them purposefully into the curriculum. One of the possibilities for integration is telecollaboration. Based on sociocultural approaches to learning which claim that people learn through social interaction, many studies have analyzed the effect of telecollaboration endeavours. This presentation will analyze some of those studies to present the various possibilities of telecollaboration to develop different kinds of competences. First, I will show the results of some telecollaboration projects based on the development of language and cultural competences. Secondly, I will focus on the possibilities of telecollaboration for teacher training and for the development of techno-pedagogical competences. Finally, I will describe our current research project (REDTELCOM), whose aim is to analyze the development of less-assessed key competences (digital competence, learning to learn, sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, social competence, and cultural awareness and expression) through telecollaboration, and to create instruments to evaluate their development.

Workshop: In this workshop, we will explore aspects which have been shown to contribute to the successful implementation and development of telecollaboration projects. Considering the results of studies that have signal the advantages and disadvantages of such projects, this workshop will show what needs to be considered, the steps to be followed and how to mitigate some of the most common obstacles telecollaboration projects present for the teachers and students involved.

Caoimhín Ó Dónaill. Universidad de Ulster, Irlanda del Norte

What is my role? Exploring the impact of Social Media/Telecollaboration on teacher-learner-learner relationships.

In spite of the widespread participation in social media networks by a broad cross section of society, and the dominance of electronic methods of communication, language educators still face the traditional duty of guiding their students through a defined programme of study and measuring success against set criteria. Introducing computer-mediated communication (CMC) to the language classroom, real or virtual, breaks down barriers and opens up a wealth of possibilities, however, this can conversely bring new challenges e.g. participation in social media networks often serves to increase the quantity of communication without regard to quality, and for younger age groups issues relating to pastoral care become more acute. This talk will examine examples of current best practice in using CMC in language education and consider the changing role of the language teacher in web enriched study programmes.

Workshop: Planning and assessing computer-mediated communication activities

During this session participants will engage in a series of activities designed to evaluate a range of CMC tools and use templates to plan and review practical activities relating to their own teaching and using the resources available to them.

Melinda Dooly. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Telecollaborative Language Learning: What, why and how?

This talk is divided into two parts. The first part of the talk will look at ways in which Telecollaborative Language Learning (TcLL) has been defined, designed and implemented within educational contexts in the past twenty years. Taking a brief look at research results, the pros and cons of TcLL, as well as underlying assumptions of this approach will be interrogated. The second part (the workshop) will deal with more practical aspects of how to design, implement and assess effective TcLL exchanges, with a particular emphasis placed on TcLL projects.

Giorgos Ypsilandis. Universidad Aristotélica. Tesalónica, Grecia

The notion of feedback in computer-assisted language learning

Feedback in language learning has been an issue for research since the Skinnerian behaviorist days. While different types of corrective feedback have been tested over the years, supportive feedback (provided automatically by software) is an issue that has only recently begun to attract a small number of scientists and findings resulting from experimental research are not solid yet. This keynote discusses the different notions of feedback and concentrates on feedback provided by language learning software. The methodology for data collection is presented. Effectiveness to short and long term memory is explored while findings from past experimental research is summarized. Future research on the topic is presented in relation to learner’s cognitive and learning style.

Workshop: Decoding and improving feedback provision strategies in CALL software

This workshop follows the relevant keynote and further presents an opportunity for participants to use acquired knowledge in practice and: a) decode existing feedback strategies in ready-made CALL software, b) improve existed feedback strategies and further, c) design feedback provision strategies for new software. Participants will prepare and present their ideas to the group and contribute to the creation of a list of different feedback strategies they will take with them at the end of the workshop.

Pascual Pérez Paredes, Universidad de Murcia

Normalising corpus use in the language classroom

Much has been said about the use of language corpora in the language classroom during the past 25 years. This includes both regular contributions to well-established conferences in the area such as TALC or Corpus Linguistics, as well as a wealth of edited volumes. This plethora of studies, mostly non-empirical, seems to suggest, in very general terms, that data driven learning (DDL) is beneficial for language learning. However, the use of corpora in the language classroom is far from being mainstream, and even farther from normalisation. This keynote will explore the factors that impede a wider spread and use of language corpora in FLT. In particular, this paper will discuss the teaching logistics, the learners’ conception and skills, the syllabus and software integration, as well as the training of the educators and learners that are involved in the use of corpora in the language classroom. A follow-up session will offer the opportunity to examine these factors across different applications and will offer the analytical tools to draw a picture of the role(s) of corpora in CALL.

Joan Tomàs Pujolà. Universidad de Barcelona
Christine Appel. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

From gaming to gamification in language learning

Games have always been present in language teaching, from traditional methods to communicative approaches. The playful features of games help us develop students’ interaction, cooperation, and proactive involvement in doing language tasks. They are the catalyst to improve students’ motivation and to engage them with the content that is being provided. In recent years a new approach to enhance students’ motivation called gamification has started to make its way as an effective pedagogical approach. Now we are experimenting with game elements, game mechanics and game thinking to make the language teaching and learning experience game-like. In the workshop we will explore ways of how to gamify activities in the language class.