Blog Archives - The FLTMAG https://fltmag.com/category/blog/ IALLT's free language technology magazine Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 Hope for Language Learning in Times of Technological Innovation and Budgetary Crises https://fltmag.com/hope-language-learning-times-technological-innovation-budgetary-crises/ https://fltmag.com/hope-language-learning-times-technological-innovation-budgetary-crises/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:49:13 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=3908 By Kevin Anzzolin, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Stout.  DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/TDTF7847   Part tent revival, part self-help group, part professional networking event, on October 6 and 7, over 200 academics from a bevy of different higher education institutions descended onto the campus of

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]]> https://fltmag.com/hope-language-learning-times-technological-innovation-budgetary-crises/feed/ 0 Get on Board: Universal Design for Instruction https://fltmag.com/universal-design-instruction/ https://fltmag.com/universal-design-instruction/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:21:42 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=3033 by Alaina Beaver, Universal Instructional Design Consultant, Office of Information Technology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/YXFE8215   How do you learn best? How might a learning environment or experience be more useful to you? These are questions that

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]]> https://fltmag.com/universal-design-instruction/feed/ 50 Simulation and Role-playing in Language Classrooms https://fltmag.com/simulation-and-role-playing-in-language-classrooms/ https://fltmag.com/simulation-and-role-playing-in-language-classrooms/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:36:49 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=2566   Nick Einterz, Lecturer at the International English Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. Russell Moon, Career Track Instructor at University of Oregon.   DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/HFGU4595 From teachers in the STEM fields to the arts, we all set out to simulate

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]]> https://fltmag.com/simulation-and-role-playing-in-language-classrooms/feed/ 0 Investigating the State of Online Language Learning in the US https://fltmag.com/the-state-of-online-language-learning/ https://fltmag.com/the-state-of-online-language-learning/#respond Sat, 15 Nov 2014 01:03:51 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=2054 By Kathryn Murphy-Judy, PhD. Associate Professor in the School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University.  DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/ZGCG6758 WHAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF ONLINE LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN THE US IS, WELL, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING: numbers of courses

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]]> https://fltmag.com/the-state-of-online-language-learning/feed/ 0 The Evolving Language Center https://fltmag.com/the-evolving-language-center/ https://fltmag.com/the-evolving-language-center/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:29:40 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=1749 By Harold H Hendricks, IALLT President (2013-2015) and Supervisor of the Humanities Learning Resources Center  DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/RPLX4578     The phone rang recently and the voice on the other end asked for my advice on the renovation of a language center.

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]]> https://fltmag.com/the-evolving-language-center/feed/ 0 The Shared Course Initiative: A Model for Instructional Collaboration Across Institutions https://fltmag.com/the-shared-course-initiative/ https://fltmag.com/the-shared-course-initiative/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:20:08 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=1295   Dr. Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Associate Dean, Yale College, Director of the Center for Language Study, Yale University. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/MYDD9504 Over the past decade, budgetary constraints and institutional pressures have forced many institutions to reduce the number of foreign languages that they

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]]> https://fltmag.com/the-shared-course-initiative/feed/ 0 Gamification: Sweetening the Work of Foreign Language Learning https://fltmag.com/gamification-sweetening-the-work-of-foreign-language-learning/ https://fltmag.com/gamification-sweetening-the-work-of-foreign-language-learning/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:00:06 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=951 By Jonathon Reinhardt, Assistant Professor of English Language/Linguistics and Co-Director, Games To Teach Project, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy, University of Arizona.     “You see, in every job that must be done, there is an

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]]> https://fltmag.com/gamification-sweetening-the-work-of-foreign-language-learning/feed/ 0 Collaborative Language Learning in Participatory Culture https://fltmag.com/collaborative-language-learning-in-participatory-culture/ https://fltmag.com/collaborative-language-learning-in-participatory-culture/#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:00:05 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=947 By Greg Kessler, Director of the Language Resource Center in the College of Arts & Sciences and Associate Professor of CALL in the Department of Linguistics at Ohio University. Past president of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO).  DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/IFHI4081

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]]> https://fltmag.com/collaborative-language-learning-in-participatory-culture/feed/ 0 Language Technology for Deeper Learning https://fltmag.com/language-technology-for-deeper-learning/ https://fltmag.com/language-technology-for-deeper-learning/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:24:39 +0000 http://fltmag.com/?p=843 By Carl S. Blyth, Associate Professor of French Linguistics and Director, Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.69732/FCIP1310     As a language technologist and foreign language educator, I am deeply disturbed by a growing trend. In

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