The first conference on OER for language learning
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On March 6, 2021, the University of Kansas Open Language Resource Center, with some support from COERLL, is organizing the first ever conference on open educational resources (OER) specifically for language learning.
Instructors of all languages are welcome to attend, and hear how language faculty and other advocates in the open education movement are:
- creating customized lessons, modules, and textbooks,
- involving students in developing resources,
- bringing more authentic, inclusive, and culturally relevant content into the classroom,
- engaging the community,
- training a new generation of teachers,
- making course materials affordable,
- following best practices in licensing and fair use.
Languages represented include Chinese, French, German, Italian, Kiswahili, Korean, K'iche', Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
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Shining a spotlight on students
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The Texas Coalition for Heritage Spanish (TeCHS) and COERLL have launched a new Student Spotlight program. Teachers and faculty nominate students, one of whom each month is featured on our Heritage Spanish website.
Congratulations to Patricia Osorio, Johana Ortiz Suchil, Lesley Arias, and Abdel Barbosa - the first four students to be featured!
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Thank you to Luis F. Avilés, the moderator of the Heritage Spanish community, for developing this idea to bring more attention to our students' great work.
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NEW! Book on open education and language learning
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You may now download for free the PDF of the new book "Open Education and Second Language Learning and Teaching: The Rise of a New Knowledge Ecology", edited by COERLL Director Carl Blyth, and Joshua Thoms.
This book gives an overview of the OER movement in language teaching; offers classroom-based research and explores how the open movement affects language education beyond the classroom; and illustrates new ways of creating, adapting and curating materials
among educators and students.
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Read
it here
(available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license).
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SHL Hangout: Creative Ways to Teach Spanish for Heritage Speakers Using Authentic Media
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February 22, 2021 at 5pm CST (3pm PST / 4pm MST / 6pm EST)
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Facilitated by Lilian Cano, M.A. (University of Texas at San Antonio)
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In this interactive webinar, participants will learn different ways to use authentic media (movies, short films, TV series) in Spanish heritage classes.
The use of authentic media creates an exciting learning environment where students engage in active listening and discussion while going over grammar, learning about Hispanic cultures, and developing their critical thinking skills. There are many activities
that the instructor can develop according to the media type, student level, and the desired learning outcome. It's an excellent way for students to bring in their families while learning about their own cultures!
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Announcements from our partners
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The following opportunities are not affiliated with COERLL, but we recommend them!
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- Webinar:
Technology, Education, Communication: Approaches from Abya Yala, February 17 at 2pm CST. Activists and educators share aspects of technological tools for language instruction and linguistic research, communication in Indigenous communities, and techniques
for language revitalization. Sponsored by the University of Kansas.
- Online workshop:
Corpus Linguistics for Language Teachers, March 5 at 5pm CST. An introduction to corpus linguistics as a tool for language teaching. Corpus linguistics uses digital tools to analyze large collections of authentic spoken and written texts in an efficient
way. Sponsored by L2TReC at the University of Utah.
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Best wishes,
The COERLL Team at UT Austin
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