NITLE Conferences & Events | From Planning to Practice, Call for Proposals

NITLE is pleased to announce and invite proposals for a three-part virtual conference on technology for teaching language, culture, and international relations. This conference continues an on-going dialogue in the NITLE community about the use of technology in teaching language, culture, and relations between world civilizations. It will zero in on practical issues involved in planning, implementing, and assessing programs, resources, and strategies.

Interested participants are encouraged to submit proposals for short presentations of 10 - 15 minutes by Friday, October 9, 2009. Proposals may be submitted online. Presentations will take place in one of the conference’s three sessions.

Session Topics

Teaching Language and Culture
Service Learning in the Teaching of Language, Culture, and International Relations
Study Abroad

Questions to be Considered

Questions may include, but are not limited to:

What role does technology play in furthering goals in each of the conference’s three areas of focus?
What tools, programs, and strategies have proven the most effective? How was effectiveness measured?
What are the criteria for adopting a resource or program? How should resources be allocated?
What are the techniques for effective implementation and assessment of progress toward stated objectives?
What best practices have emerged from your classroom strategies or institutional programs? What processes led to the development of these practices?
In what ways do you use technology to assess course and program success? What strategies has your program used? Online surveys and tests, e-portfolios, etc.?
How is the role of technology changing, either in response to changes in technology itself, developments in the field for pedagogical methodologies, or the changing needs of students?
What are the best practices for assessing new tools and methodologies?
Increasing numbers of colleges are integrating a service-learning component into their study-abroad programs and even into the study of language and culture on the home campus. How is technology integrated into these programs? Might it be used in ways it isn’t already being used? If so, what processes might be most effective in selecting the right tools?

Presenting in a Multipoint Interactive Videoconferencing Environment

Note that NITLE’s multipoint interactive videoconferencing system has a number of features that may be new to some presenters. Potential presentation and interaction tools include: