After waaaaaaay too many months on hiatus (yes, that would be MY fault), we are finally podcasting again! This past week, our dear friend and colleague Pete Smith from UT-Arlington invited Barbara and me to take part in his university’s Digital Institute. For two days we caused trouble, asked as many questions as we answered,(…)
Note: this podcast is now available. Access the downloadable file, or stream this episode using the built-in player: Oh we are going to be so clever tonight. As listed below, Barbara Ganley and this Barbara here are going to be talking about our recent paper that was published by the Knowledge Tree e-journal tonight, beginning(…)
G’morning folks: The audio from Language Lab Unleashed, episode #21, is now available for your listening pleasure. We had a great conversation ranging from the roots of language learning anxiety (and how it’s different from other kinds of learning anxiety) to how to overcome it in the classroom. Access the downloadable file and chat log,(…)
September 6, 8 p.m. EDT LLU #21: Language Learners and Anxiety: Elaine Horwitz, University of Texas-Austin, on anxiety and second language learning as well as her recent book “Becoming a Language Teacher:A Practical Guide to Second Language Learning and Teaching” Dr Horwitz’ work was recently highlighted in Inside Higher Ed as well as on the(…)
It may be summer, it may be relatively quiet (!) in your Language Learning Center, but we here at LLU are planning our late summer, early fall line-up of webcasts. Please let us know if you would like to join in on any of these conversations. We would be delighted to include you. Taking a(…)
Many thanks to Todd Bryant (Language Program Administrator at Dickinson College), Felix Kronenberg (Instructor of German and Director of the Foreign Language Resource Center at Pomona College) and Doug Canfield (Coordinator of the Language Resource Center at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville) for participating in LLU#20. The text from the synchronous chatroom that ran during our(…)
Please join us Thursday May 17 at 8 p.m. (Eastern time) for a conversation about how online, multi-user “games” or MMPORGs such as Second Life and World of Warcraft can be used for second language learning. Given the fact that one needs to pay for a license for WoW and Second Life is free, we(…)
Middlebury College’s Department of History made headlines at the end of January when they announced a ban on the use of Wikipedia as a reference. Later in February, a Classics course at Oberlin College was required to use Wikipedia for a research assignment. These stories are but two of many that have prompted educators across(…)
Barbara is teaching this semester, Erin is watching servers blow up (jes kiddin’), the finches and the fish in the lab are multiplying like…like…well, finches and fish…and we are planning a few webcasts for the Spring. We know what we might like to talk about, and we are putting some things together…but what would YOU(…)
For our final broadcast of 2006, we were delighted to (finally) get the chance to talk with Dawn Skorczewski, Director of University Writing and Associate Professor of English and American Literature at Brandeis University and author of “Teaching One Moment a Time: Disruption and Repair in the Classroom” (UMass Press, 2005). Access the downloadable file(…)
We were joined this evening by Amanda Blasko of Oberlin College who spoke about her experiences using Moodle for creating materials in her 300 level Russian class. Amanda talked about why this tool has worked for her in the context of her classroom. As we were beginning to talk about the social constructivist educational theory(…)
Thanks to all who joined us on Thursday (November 30th) for Language Lab Unleashed #16a! Phil Wolff, Editor-in-Chief of SkypeJournal, Steve Sloan of San Jose State University, Cal Frye Networking Guy from Oberlin College, Doug Worsham from the University of Wisconsin, and Ed Dente from Tufts University joined Barbara to discuss the recent banning of(…)