By Summer Webb, English Instructor at the International English Center at the University of Colorado Boulder. Cross-culturally, the acknowledgement of and support for students with disabilities varies widely. Munyi (2012) views “societal perceptions and treatments of persons with disabilities within
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By Eve Leons, Associate Professor, Landmark College. “Just be patient with me don’t give up on me…. I also want to do really well in this class not just pass it but do really well.” – Landmark College
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by Alaina Beaver, Universal Instructional Design Consultant, Office of Information Technology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. How do you learn best? How might a learning environment or experience be more useful to you? These are questions that I
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Nick Einterz, Lecturer at the International English Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. The word “compliance” can have a negative connotation. Often, in many professions the word is a dreaded symbol of bureaucracy and additional work. Further, as
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Interview with Jean Bouchard, Director of the Modified Language Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Edwige: So Jean Bouchard, you are the Director of the Modified Language Program here at the University of Colorado Boulder. Can you tell us
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By Alison Hicks, Romance Languages, Literatures and Cultures Librarian , University of Colorado, Boulder What do you think of when you hear the word librarian? I’m not much of a betting person but even I would feel pretty safe
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Nick Einterz, Lecturer at the International English Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. Russell Moon, Career Track Instructor at University of Oregon. From teachers in the STEM fields to the arts, we all set out to simulate situations in
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By Felix Kronenberg, Associate Professor at Rhodes College and President – Elect of IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology). “Creating spaces wherein diverse sorts of people can interact is a leitmotif of the modern world” (Gee, 2004, p.
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By Georges Detiveaux, Adjunct Instructor of French, Lone Star College-CyFair & Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, University of Houston-Downtown. INTRODUCTION I teach French at Lone Star College-CyFair, a community college with just over 20,000 students
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Dr. Dan Nickolai, Saint Louis University, iSpraak Developer and Director of the Language Resource Center iSpraak is a new web application developed at Saint Louis University that allows language teachers to create pronunciation exercises for their students. This
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By Cécile Rebolledo, PhD Candidate and GPTI in the French & Italian Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. ThingLink is a web-based tool that allows users to make any image or video clip interactive. In other words, items within the
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By Shannon Spasova, Assistant Professor of Russian and Technology Specialist in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement, Michigan State University. Explain Everything is a whiteboard/screencasting app for iPad, iPhone, Windows tablets and desktop (not for Windows phone yet), Chrome devices,
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Interview with Lisa Frumkes, Senior Director of Language Learning Products at Rosetta Stone. Edwige: Lisa, you’re the Senior Director of Language Learning Products at Rosetta Stone. You started in academia, but several years ago, you made the switch to the private
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By Edwige Simon, Foreign Language Technology Coordinator at the Anderson Language & Technology Center, the University of Colorado Boulder. The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) and the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology (J-LET)
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