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Gavin Dudeney (The Consultants-E)
Me & My Mobiles: Learning in Hand
In this session, we will examine a rationale for mobile and handheld learning, and examine possible implementations of it in language education. Starting from a brief theoretical overview, we will move on to consider how mobile learning can be implemented and look at the key questions and considerations for such an implementation. We will then examine an ongoing mobile learning project in a private language school in the UK and finish up with some activities and apps for getting started. Participants will leave the session with a clear understanding of why implementing mobile and handheld learning is a good idea, a set of ideas and activities for getting started in their own teaching or training context.
Bio
Gavin Dudeney is Director of Technology for The Consultants-E, working in online training and consultancy in EdTech. Former Honorary Secretary and Chair of ElCom at IATEFL, he now serves on the International House Trust Board. Gavin is author of The Internet & the Language Classroom (CUP 2000, 2007) and co-author of the award-winning publications How to Teach English with Technology (Longman 2007) and Digital Literacies (Routledge 2013). His new book, Going Mobile, was published by DELTA Publishing in 2014.
Glenn Stockwell (Wasaeda University, Japan)
Dealing with Diversity in Online Education
Developments in technology that have been seen over the past thirty years have happened at a phenomenal rate, and keeping abreast of these changes can prove to be a challenge for both teachers and learners alike. One of the fundamental issues that lies at the core of these changes is that there is a great deal of regional diversity not only in the rates in which these technologies are adopted, but also in the choices that are made regarding which technologies to use. This diversity can happen at several levels: at the individual level, the institutional level, or even at the societal difference. It is natural, of course, that these differences also have a significant impact on what happens in learning contexts as well, where technology is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the overall teaching and learning experience. This presentation will discuss some of the changes that have occurred over the past three decades, and consider some of the potential causes for the variation that we see in different contexts. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of some possible ways to deal with this diversity in order to make the most of the specific context to optimise learning opportunities.
Bio:
Glenn Stockwell is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include mobile learning, motivation and technology, and technology integration in language learning. He has published two books, and numerous book chapters and articles in the field of CALL. He is editor-in-chief of The JALT CALL Journal, associate editor of Computer Assisted Language Learning, and Language Learning & Technology, and is on the editorial boards of ReCALL, System, and the CALICO Journal.
James Larson (State University of New York - Korea)
Digital divides, disruption and development in Korea
The first part of the presentation examines the brief history of Korea’s recent national division and the subsequent emergence of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) as the world’s deepest digital divide. Next, it looks at the main roles of communication, telecommunications and digital disruption in Korean unification. Finally, it outlines the central role of human language, culture and education in sustainable development, for Korea, for the region and for the world.
Bio:
A former Peace Corps Volunteer and Fulbright Scholar in Korea, James F. Larson’s early research and writing focused on the role of media, especially television, in the Olympics and in relation to foreign policy. In the early 1990s he turned his attention to study of the post-1980 development of South Korea’s ICT sector and its role in that nation’s rapid socioeconomic development. In the mid 1990s he directed a major executive training program at the University of Colorado in Boulder for Korea Mobile Telecom (now SK Telecom), after which he worked for the Fulbright Commission in Seoul for fourteen years as Associate and Deputy Director. His books include The Telecommunications Revolution in Korea (Oxford U. Press, 1995), with Dr. Myung Oh, Digital Development in Korea: Building an Information Society (Routledge, 2011). Before joining SUNY Korea he taught for two years at KAIST in Daejon. With Korean colleagues and support from Korea IT News, he is currently writing a textbook on lessons for the world, both successes and failures, from Korea’s experience of ICT-driven development. He maintains a blog on Korea’s Information Society (www.koreainformationsociety.com).
