Program

Abstract- What are teachers actually doing with technology?

How are teachers actually using technology and what has emerged from the Covid pandemic? In this highly practical talk, Russell will focus on some of the most interesting and widely used ideas and technologies in language teaching. This is a talk full of practical ideas based on what teachers are currently doing in the classroom. Russell will focus on just the key technologies and show a range of interesting ideas around feedback, developing student's speaking skills, vocabulary, pronunciation and much more. If you are looking for practical ideas and new ways to think about technology, then this might be an ideal talk for you,

Bio

Russell Stannard is a multi award-winning Educational Technologist and founder of www.teachertrainingvideos.com. He has more than 68,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. He received awards from the British Council ELTONS, the Times Higher and the University of Westminster for his work in the use of ICT in education. He is especially known for his work in using technology to enhance feedback, teaching online and blended/flipped learning. He currently works as a consultant on educational technology at Kings College University London and as an associate trainer at NILE. where he teaches on the MA programme and runs courses in blended/flipped learning. .

Take your First Steps into Virtual Reality for TESOL

Bio

After a combined 20 years of studying and teaching foreign languages, Michael set up the Gold Lotus consultancy to support students accelerate their language-learning potential and cultural awareness by using virtual reality.

Michael is working on a number of projects relating to English-language learning in VR, and collaborates with universities across Europe to research how immersive tasks can support the language learner or teacher. 2020 saw the launch of "VR for English and Future Skills" in an Italian secondary school where students learn about the opportunities of VR for language learning, while building their own VR experiences to promote to their peers abroad, as part of a virtual cultural exchange program.

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Amany is an educator, researcher, Voice User Interface designer, author, and teacher trainer. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in the Instructional Technology and Media program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She’s also the Social committee Chair at the Immersive Learning Research Network. She founded the VirtuaTELL conference at NYS TESOL in 2021 that brings together educators, practitioners, researchers, and passionate enthusiasts to work together to integrate emerging technologies into education. Her research interests include conversational AI, Extended Reality for education, immersive storytelling, intelligent NFTs and decentralized autonomous organizations. She moderates and hosts training workshops and guided adventures in different VR platforms.

Title: Multimodal Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse

Language teachers are curious about the affordances of the 'metaverse'. Is there voice chat or text chat? Will my learners spend excessive time learning how to navigate, move or orient before they can actually do something? How long do I need as a teacher to prepare a lesson? Where do I find help if I get stuck?

In this highly practical presentation Heike Philp will outline what is required to prepare ourselves in order to master these new virtual 3D spaces. She presents some of the key features and what to look out for when deciding which of these social VR worlds are worth their time and effort.

Bio

Heike Philp is CEO of let’s talk online sprl, based in Brussels, Belgium, immersive language education specialist. With over 25 years in language education and with Germany’s first live online language school, Philp co-initiated five European funded projects and has been working with 57 European partners including 26 universities to develop accredited and certified teacher training courses for language teaching and learning in immersive environments. These EU Projects are LANCELOT (LANguage learning with CErtified Live OnlineTeachers, 2005-2007) and AVALON (Access to Virtual and Action Learning live Online, 2009-2011) about language teaching and learning in a virtual classroom or virtual world, CAMELOT (CreAting Machinima Empowers Live Online language Teaching and learning, since 2013) about machinima (videos of 3D worlds) of language learning conversations and GUINEVERE (Games Used IN Engaging Virtual Environments for Real-time language Education, start 2017-2019), about games in virtual worlds. Her latest project EXCALIBUR (EXpanding Content And Language Integrated Learning through BUilding a Sustainable Future in Realtime in immersive environments), starts in March 2022 and is about developing building skills in virtual environments. Philp runs her own web conferences: Virtual Round Table Web Conference on Language Learning Technologies, DaFWEBKON for teachers of German and vLanguages in Second Life. She co-owns EduNation islands in Second Life and OpenSim.

Contact details

Skype ID: letstalkonline

Twitter: @heikephilp

LinkedIn http://de.linkedin.com/in/heikephilp

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/heike.philp

XING http://www.xing.com/profile/Heike_Philp

Email heike.philp@letstalkonline.com

Discord heikephilp#4645

http://www.letstalkonline.com (main website since 2003)

https://edtechtools.com (portal for video courses for teachers on educational tools since 4/2022)

http://www.avalonlearning.eu (co-initiator EU funded AVALON project)

http://www.camelotproject.eu (co-initiator EU funded CAMELOT project)

http://www.guinevereproject.eu (co-initiator EU funded GUINEVERE project)

http://www.virtual-round-table.com (organiser Virtual Round Table Conference)

http://vlanguages.pbworks.com (Wiki of language educators teaching in virtual worlds)

http://edunationislands.pbworks.com (co-owner Second Life Island)

Title: Teaching Vocabulary in Mozilla Hubs

Bio: I’m a teacher of English as a foreign language from Moscow, Russia. I have a background in foreign philology — the history and development of languages — and I used to learn eight foreign languages. I have a master's degree in TESOL in Australia. My professional experience includes working as an ELICOS teacher in Sydney and as an English teacher and tutor at a private elementary school in the Moscow Region, to students between five and ten years old, some of which have dyslexia. I'm also the co-leader of the Educators in VR vLanguage Learning Team Project.

Links to the Expoverse

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Erna is a VR content and curriculum developer at Global XR Academy (GXRA) and teaches in the EAP Program at the School of ESL and Immigrant Studies, George Brown College. She is currently completing an MA at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, in Curriculum and Pedagogy with a collaborative specialization in Knowledge Media Design and a research focus on XR technologies and English Language Learning.

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Jay has over a decade of experience in the international education and development industry. He has recruited students in 52+ countries for 24 different university programs in the UK and US. He did research in education and community development in Cairo during the Arab Spring and loves to “think around.” His strengths are centered around relationships, team building and collaborations. He truly believes that exposure to international education for every global student is the way to lasting global peace. Jay has dedicated himself to one professional goal: “create more access to international education to all global students and change the way we access that education.”

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Heike Philp [Gwen Gwasi] is CEO of let's talk online sprl, a technology support provider for language learning and events in real-time. She is co-initiator of EU funded LANCELOT (virtual classroom) and AVALON (virtual world) and the CAMELOT project (machinima for language teachers). She is founder of the Virtual Round Table Conference and co-owns EduNation in Second Life.

Heike Philp

heikephilp [at] gmail [dot] com

Belgium

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As accredited TESOL/EAP educator, Helena Galani (Dip. RSA, M.A ELT) blends and flips her classes in immersive VWs. She designs blended, a/synchronous online courses for her learners, owns ELT Treasure Island on Kitely and taught/trained EFL teachers for INDIRE, EdMondo. As EVO moderator, Helena trains language teachers to use VWs with Transmedia Storytelling, games and Interactive Scenarios. As EduNation resident, CAMELOT Award winner and presenter, she supports the value of VWs and machinima for language acquisition

http://www.agogepaedeia.com

#TransmediaStorytelling #TESOLinVWs #OpenSimulator #SL

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Dr. Doris Molero (Ed.D) combines teaching as a way to learn, education technology, and teaching for peace. She’s an ESP professor at Universidad San Pablo Tucuman. Passionate about language learning, instructional design, and related educational technologies, specifically 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments for situated, experiential learning. VWBPE 2022 Thinkerer Award winner and 2023 EVO VILLAGE TESOL Coordinator.

Technologies in Language Learning and Teaching: simSchool, teacher training, and AI

Description: Take a deep dive into simSchool. simSchool uses avatars and employs artificial intelligence for teacher training and field experiences. Through web-based classroom simulations populated with simStudents, the platform offers ubiquitous customized and personalized clinical experiences. This presentation will showcase the platform, the scenarios with ready-to-use classrooms, plus demonstrate the artificial intelligence data generation.

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In her role as Director of Serious Games and Education and Director of Strategic

Partnerships for Pragmatic Solutions and simSchool, Ms. Kruse has spent the last 14 years developing expertise in designing learning, recognition, and assessment

systems for formal and informal K20, corporations, and military organizations. Ms.

Kruse’s focus is in finding the intersection of engagement, optimized learning

outcomes, program sustainability, and equity in teaching and learning. Ms. Kruse is a recognized expert in embedded assessment, teaching effectiveness frameworks domestically and abroad, and the execution of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the context of games, simulations, and assessment at scale.

Maximizing Social Learning in Adult Language Classes

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Farah is a doctoral candidate in Applied Linguistics, specializing in second language acquisition (SLA) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include interactional and peer feedback, naturalistic L2 development, computer-mediated communication (CMC), technology-assisted language teaching and learning, and language teacher education. Farah has extensive experience in teaching ESL in New York and EFL in Pakistan. She currently teaches the Pedagogical English Grammar course in the TESOL Certificate Program and mentors pre-service ESL teachers. As an adjunct instructor, she has taught courses on second language acquisition and the TESOL Practicum at Teachers College. Farah currently serves on the Standing Committee for Online Education and Outreach (Website and Content Development), American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL).