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CALL (computer assisted language learning) Author: Graham Davies © Professor Graham Davies Abstract An introduction to Computer Assisted Language Learning, including a brief history and mention of more recent trends (CD-ROMS, DVDs, the Web) and professional associations dedicated to CALL. Table of contents A definition of CALL Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is often perceived, somewhat narrowly, as an approach to language teaching and learning in which the computer is used as an aid to the presentation, reinforcement and assessment of material to be learned, usually including a substantial interactive element. A brief history of CALL CALL's origins can be traced back to the 1960s.

Traditional CALL Traditional CALL programs presented a stimulus to which the learner had to provide a response. David Young sur Twitter : "'Preparing globally competent teachers should include learning another language.' @edweek @EmilyLiebtag #globaled" Eurocall 2015 (with images, tweets) · WarwickLanguage. Video Use for Connecting Internationally - Global Collaboration Day. Eurocall2015 sur Twitter : "Everything you need to know about #eurocall2016. EUROCALL 2016. Alice Keeler sur Twitter : "'Class Twitter Account: How Your Students Can Tweet' - Post #eurocall2015 reflections on arriving in Padova. On Tuesday of this week I arrived in Padova.

Post #eurocall2015 reflections on arriving in Padova.

I got off the airport bus and was pleased to recognise a shopping mall I had noticed when researching the area around my hotel on google street view. I stopped for a drink, connected to the free wifi and set about planning my walk to the hotel on my phone. I was surprised when google maps showed a 5 minute walk in the opposite direction to that which I was expecting but it must be right of course!

10 minutes later a kindly receptionist in a different hotel ordered me a taxi to save my sore feet. Post conference, I am better able to understand this mundane experience. The space in our lives where tech and human intersect is a good space for critical thinking. Entangled fingers (image taken from art installation opposite my hotel - yes I got there in the end!) Eurocall2015 - OpenConf Peer Review & Conference Management System.

Full Program » The University of Aizu was accepted for participation in Japan’s national Super Global University (SGU) initiative.

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In this presentation, we describe our use of video interviewing for our Global Experience Gateway study abroad SGU project. Our university specializes in computer science education at undergraduate and graduate levels. We also have a growing international student body primarily at the graduate level, but which is now also increasing at the undergraduate level. Our Japanese students are preparing for careers or further research in either software or hardware specializations, but often require additional support and encouragement to engage with non-Japanese speakers. There has been some commentary on inward-looking youth in Japan, which our approach addresses (Burgess, 2014). Author(s): Sandro Cacciamani sur Twitter : "#openbadges al servizio dell'Italia ;-) #RSS2015 @joinBestr"...

A new approach to assessing online intercultural exchange eurocall5. Online Intercultural Exchange. How was the project organized?

Online Intercultural Exchange

This exchange is characterised by the high degree of freedom and initiative which is allowed to the students. This is clear from the wide variety of online tools made available to students and from the open nature of the tasks which the students can carry out together online.At the beginning of the exchange, Warwick Language Centre provides a Moodle platform for the exchange where students from both universities are asked to upload their profiles and to look for partners in the partner university. Students are not matched by their teachers with partners in the partner institution.

Instead, they are encouraged to explore the student profiles on the Moodle course and then contact those with whom they wish to work. During the second term, the coordinators at both universities circulate a research consent form and ask students for their permission to investigate their activity in order to better understand the online interaction which was taking place. Assessment & Teaching of 21st Century Skills - ATC21S. ALT - alt.ac.uk sur Twitter : "the #altc is out! Stories via @NadiaE1"...

Shannon Sauro sur Twitter : "Has Eurocall ever had a pre-conference workshop on managing conflict and difficult discussions in online interaction? #eurocall2015" Photos.google. Photos.google. Se connecter à Facebook. Eurocall 2015 Keynote. F Rosell-Aguilar sur Twitter : "Glenn Stockwell & Phil Hubbard: learner training in mobile language learning #sketchnote #eurocall2015.

Shannon Sauro sur Twitter : "With Melinda Dooly. Getting ready to present on Crossing Virtual Borders in Research at 11:30. #eurocall2015. Lijing Shi sur Twitter : "#eurocall2015 Vidal& Thouësny CMC corrective feedback , multimodal analysis... Kate Borthwick sur Twitter : "@CeciliaGoria Nottingham Open Online Course- rich learning experience for Spanish students #eurocall2015.

Louise Ohashi sur Twitter : "Will you be at #eurocall2015 tomorrow (Aug 28th)? Please let me share my research with you in room 3L at 9am✨ We are ready to start! Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "Many names for similar activities, closing geographic distance for international collaboration #eurocall2015. Shannon Sauro sur Twitter : "Wow. My university's buildings don't look like this. #eurocall2015... Louise Ohashi sur Twitter : "Amazing place for a keynote✨ Padova University #eurocall2015 #CALL #EFL...

Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "Beautiful building for #eurocall15 opening and keynote by @Robodowd... Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : ""The importance of plurilingualism... goes without saying" - say it anyway! #eurocall15 #plurilingualism. Simon Ensor sur Twitter : "Looking forward to reading @WarwickLanguage #eurocall15 tweets :-)"... Eurocall 2015 Keynote. Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "Written spec to choice of #openwonderland good approach, based on affordances #altc #virtualworlds #eurocall15. Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "Using #openwondwonderland for teaching #irish to #primary #eurocall15 #virtualworlds... Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "#virtualworld #virtualquests #vickers #eurocall15...

Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "Approaches for language education in #virtualworlds #eurocall15... Compatible Viewers. If you find a viewer which can connect to OpenSimulator then please add it to the bottom of the appropriate list.

Compatible Viewers

Below are viewers that have both a grid selector and a "Grid Manager". It enables you to select one of the many grids, including a grid or region on localhost (your own PC). There is also a UI interface to allow you to modify or add connection settings to these grids. Alchemy Viewer - v3 based TPV with full OpenSimulator support written from the ground up and geared towards hypergrid. Cool VL Viewer - the oldest of all actively maintained Third Party Viewers (former name: Cool SL Viewer) OpenSimulator is fully supported. These viewers don't have a Grid Manager, but you can choose a grid from a list, including localhost. Kokua Snowstorm-based successor of Imprudence. These are lightweight viewers, which either do not offer a graphical component or where the graphical component is not used by deault. JOpenMetaverse Purely Java based OpenSim client core library.

Active viewers. 3D Warehouse. Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "#opensim built on same tech as #sl #eurocall15 #opensource... Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : "First up opportunities using #opensim #eurocall15 nearly ready... EUROCALL 2015. Subject to minor changes until the conference.

EUROCALL 2015

Click here to open in new window Book of abstracts now available to download as pdf. Click here to open it. Please note that a printed book of abstracts will not be part of the conference pack. Local copy shops can print the pdf on demand. Wednesday, 26 August @ PALAZZO BO and Dept of political science, law and international studies. F Rosell-Aguilar sur Twitter : "The @EurocallLang flag is passed on from Groningen to Padova. Looking forward to #Eurocall2015 26th-29th August 2015.

Exploring activity theory as a tool for evaluating interactivity and learning in virtual environments for children (PDF Download Available) CMC and VW joint SIG event Thursday 5th March - Google Docs. F Rosell-Aguilar sur Twitter : "The hosts of #eurocall2015 promote their forthcoming conference at #elearnLLAS. Details here. EUROCALL 2015. The University of Padova Language Centre is delighted to be hosting the 22nd EUROCALL Conference, which will take place in Italy for the first time.

EUROCALL 2015

The theme of Eurocall 2015 is Critical CALL, fostering the notion that we now want to step back and critically appraise the field of CALL, to unpack and examine some of the assumptions that may have become ingrained in our practice, and also to reflect on the current state and the future of CALL, language pedagogy and research. The University of Padova, established in 1222, is one of Europe’s oldest universities and has over 60,000 students.

Most of the university buildings are to be found within the beautiful city of Padova, in the north-east of Italy, just half an hour from Venice. Conference languages: English and Italian (Plenary sessions will be in English, some parallel sessions may be in Italian) Full conference programme is now available EUROCALL 2015 social programme | check for the news! Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : good spot for mediation too! #eurocall2014 #SecondLife. EduNation III. Teresa MacKinnon sur Twitter : visiting HQ for #eurocall2014 VWsig #SecondLife. EduNation III. Eurocall 2014 Groningen (with images, tweets) · whyshona. Marie-Josée Hamel on Twitter: #eurocall2014 thanks to you all for a very successful conference! @sakejgr... LeMill — LeMill.

» plenary sessions EUROCALL 2014. Teresa MacKinnon on Twitter: lovely evening at the Noordezon, tea in the park Dutch style #eurocall2014... Teresa MacKinnon on Twitter: Caffeine intake welcome! #eurocall2014... Joan-Tomàs Pujola on Twitter: Liam Murray describes common MOOCs' features #EUROCALL2014... Upa poster @mprove. » Live streams EUROCALL 2014. Teresa MacKinnon on Twitter: And we're off! #eurocall2014... WarwickLanguage : Checked in to #eurocall2014 ... Case Study. Background to the University of Warwick The Language centre is located on the impressive 700 acre University of Warwick campus and provides a range of language learning opportunities for the University community and beyond.

Case Study

Warwick University is the third biggest employer in Coventry and currently the student population tops almost 23000. 20% of the student body comes from overseas and over 125 countries are represented on the campus. The University has 29 academic departments and over 50 research centres and institutes, in four Faculties: Arts, Medicine, Science and Social Sciences. The Language Centre has been part of the University of Warwick's central academic services since its establishment in 1964. From the archive photographs of the Language Centre, it can be seen how Language Laboratory technology has moved on, from valve open-reel tape recorders, to transistor solid-state open-reel, onto cassette tape recorders. In 2007, the University launched its new Strategy - Vision 2015.

Eurocall2014 : Less than two weeks until... ... EUROCALL 2014. Antwerp CALL 2014. The Tweeted Proceedings Inside.

Antwerp CALL 2014

GMT +1. University of Warwick. Academia.edu - Share research. No22_1. EUROCALL 2014. EUROCALL 2014. Building an Archive of ALL Documented Human Languages. - The Rosetta Project. Channel «EUROCALL 2013»