CALL and the Learner
An AILA Research Network
You have found the AILA Research Network for CALL and the Language Learner. On this website you can read about our activities, conferences, and publications and contribute to research. Join us as as free member to be able to submit papers and contribute to our AILA symposium in Beijing.
The International Educational Technology Conference series started in 2001 and is an international, non-profit event in the field of educational technology in education. The next conference will take place 26-28 April in Istanbul.
This conference is now a well-known educational technology event in Turkey and beyond and the number of paper submissions and attendees has steadily increased over the years. The conference promotes the development and dissemination of theoretical knowledge, conceptual research, and professional knowledge through symposium activities, and a symposium book publication. Its focus is to create and disseminate knowledge about the use of instructional technology for learning and teaching.
IETC 2010 offers a diverse and comprehensive program covering all areas of educational technology. The program includes a wide range of activities designed to facilitate the exchange of expertise, experience, and resources between colleagues. These include keynote and invited talks, full and brief paper presentations, panels, and round table discussion sessions.
The ETC2010 conference is supported by many universities and organizations and the SSCI Indexed scholarly Journal TOJET sponsors the event by publishing selected papers. As this is already the tenth instalment of the annual event, IETC2010 now offers participants a large, multinational and friendly community of colleagues who love to share ideas. IETC2010 invites you to submit proposals for papers, panels, best practices, roundtables, tutorials, posters/demonstrations, and workshops.
SCOPE:
Topics include (but are not limited to):
•Asynchronous Learning
•Authoring Technology
•Best Practices In ICT Classrooms
•Constructivist Perspectives
•Cooperative/Collaborative Learning
•Data Mining Strategies For E-Learning Organizations
•Diffusion Of Innovation
•Distance and Open Learning
•Educational Technology & Globalization
•E-Portfolios
•Human Resources In Educational Technology
•Human-Computer Interaction
•Hypermedia Applications
•ICT Integration
•ICT Literacy In Education
•Improving Classroom Teaching
•Innovation and Change In Education
•Instructional Design
•Intelligent E-Learning Systems
•Intelligent Training Technology
•Interactive E-Learning Systems
•Interactive Learning Environment
•Knowledge Management In E-Learning
•Learning and Content Management Systems
•Learning and Teaching With Technology
•Learning Objects
•Life Long Learning and Technology
•Mobile Learning
•Multimedia Applications
•Network Based Education and Training
•Pedagogical and Practical Issues
•Pedagogical and Practical Issues
•Professional Development & Teacher Training
•Simulations In Education
•Teaching/Learning Strategies
•Video Games For Learning
•Virtual Classroom, Virtual University
CONFERENCE VENUE:
Boğaziçi University
South Campus
İstanbul, TURKEY
26-28 April 2010
IMPORTANT DATES:
February 14, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline
March 15, 2010: Notification of the Results
March 14, 2010: Final Camera-Ready Submission
March 14, 2010: Early Registration
April 12, 2010: Registration
April 26 – 27 – 28, 2010: Conference Dates
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Personalized Journal Of Educational Technology In Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ferhan Odabasi – Chair, Computer and Instructional Technology – Anadolu University, Turkey
Building Transparency into Assessment: Technology as an Alignment Tool
Prof. Dr. Colleen M. Sexton, Ph. D., Chair - Division of Education Governors State University, USA
Distance and blended learning in Asia: an overview
Colin Latchem, open learning consultant, Australia
New Tools for Schools: The Economics of Open Source Software in Schools
Associate Professor Dr. Teresa Franklin - Instructional Technology - Educational Studies Dept. College of
Education Ohio University, USA
New Ways of Knowing: Technologies that Support the Shift from Hierarchical to Horizontal, Tacit, and Abductive Knowing
Professor Dr. Jerry Willis, Associate Dean of Education
School of Human and Behavioral Sciences - Marist College, USA
CONFERENCE LANGUAGES:
The official languages of the conference are English and Turkish. Proposals can be sent and be presented in either language. Please, submit your proposal according to the following presentation category descriptions.
REGISTRATION:
Registration for presenters (before March 14, 2010): 150 €
Registration for presenters (after March 14, 2010): 175 €
Registration for audience members : 50 €
ENQUIRIES may be sent to:
Prof. Dr. Aytekin İŞMAN
isman@sakarya.edu.tr
Aydın KİPER
akiper@sakarya.edu.tr
Selçuk Sırrı TERCAN
sstercan@sakarya.edu.tr
Onur İŞBULAN
oisbulan@sakarya.edu.tr
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please visit the website:
http://www.iet-c.net/index.php
Please post your comments, suggestions and feedback on the Wall below. Or just drop us a note to say you visited!
Background of the ReN
Through the emergence of communication technologies, the past few years have produced a new body of research where the learner is given a more central role in a range of different ways, including having the learner express their opinions through blogging (e.g., Pinkman, 2005) or computer-mediated communication such as chat (e.g., Darhower, 2007), tailoring software that adapts to learners’ needs (e.g., Huang & Liou 2007), training learners to use existing software more effectively to facilitate the social-affective aspect of learning (e.g., Hubbard, 2004), or the development of learner autonomy (e.g. Reinders, 2007; White, 2007). Social networking sites such as Active Worlds and Second Life have also empowered learners to make decisions about who they wish to converse with, by what mode (i.e., text chat or oral communication), and freely engage in discussion with a real audience who shares similar interests (e.g., Dudeney, 2008). This is a growth area, where researchers examine the way technology facilitates interaction between teachers and learners, between native speakers and learners, and between learners themselves and the unique characteristics of this type of communication.
Convenors Hayo Reinders and Glenn Stockwell have combined to create an AILA Research Network which aims to bring together people working in the different areas related to the role of the language learner in CALL. Committee members are established researchers in the field of CALL, and
include Jozef Colpaert (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Phil Hubbard (Stanford University, USA)
Hsien-Chin Liou (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Kazunori Nozawa (Ritsumeikan University, Japan)
and Cynthia White (Massey University, New Zealand).