Visit the 2020 National Conference website at kotesolconf.com
Join our Slack chatroom to mingle and socialize online during conference session breaks!
The 2020 KOTESOL National Conference has come to a close.
KOTESOL's first online-only live conference was a success! Initial attendance estimates for the free event suggest that approximately 450 people around the world participated, and 200 participants in 16 time zones interacted in the conference's Slack chat. The conference began with a message from the KOTESOL President and the National Conference Chair (view message here) and then featured a full day of synchronous sessions on YouTube Live and Zoom in addition to 25 pre-recorded sessions by accepted presenters.
If you missed the conference, many of the presentations will be available later this year in the KOTESOL video library and on the official KoreaTesol YouTube channel.
For a full review of the conference statistics and reflection of the event, check out this article written by the Tech Chair and Webmaster for kotesolconf.com, Aaron Snowberger.
Conference Notice:
Due to the pandemic of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea, the 2020 KOTESOL National Conference will not be held as a place-based meeting on April 25 at Kyungnam University in Masan. Instead, it will transition to an online conference with the goal of providing an authentic and meaningful experience for all participants.
This is not a decision that has been made lightly. As an organization, KOTESOL values face-to-face events where members and other ELT professionals can come together to share in professional development, network, and celebrate the scholarship and accomplishments of our peers. Sadly, the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic means that, for the foreseeable future, it would be insupportable to convene any sort of in-person meeting. The health and well-being of all conference participants is our utmost concern, and we will not hold an event where that might be put in jeopardy.
It is the conference committee's aim that by going forward as an online-only event, we can maintain the value of a National Conference by continuing KOTESOL's ethos of "teachers helping teachers" through the use of a digital platform. Even in the face of the current pandemic, the National Conference can continue to be a venue that supports the gathering of teachers from a diverse array of teaching contexts, geographic locations, and national backgrounds to share current ELT-related research and best practices.
As we go forward in organizing this event, please know that we are still working out some of the logistics, and all pertinent developments will be updated on this site as they are confirmed. It is the conference committee's aim to organize a successful event that serves the needs of our conference participants.
Thank you for your understanding, and if you have any questions or wish to leave feedback, please kindly contact the conference program chair at natconfprogram2020@gmail.com
