Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for IALLT 2011. On the right side of the IALLT website, you will see a banner for IALLT 2011, and underneath that is a link to submit a proposal (it will turn orange when you hover over it).

Registration on iallt.org is required to submit a session proposal for IALLT2011. Registration is free and includes limited access to resources on iallt.org. To join IALLT and gain full access to the site, please click on the “Products” tab and select “Memberships”. If you are already an IALLT member, your login and password from the old site should still work. If you can’t remember your login/password, please use the link to request a password reset. Just fill in the email address used for your IALLT membership and you will receive a link via email to change your password.

Registered users can view and edit their proposal submissions until the final submission deadline, using the “My Proposals” link under the “Conferences” tab.

Note: IALLT membership is not a requirement for creating a website account nor for submitting a conference proposal. IALLT membership is required to present at the conference. If your submission is accepted and you are not already a member, you will be asked to join IALLT.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

1- What Is IALLT & Who Should Attend

The International Association for Language Learning Technology is a professional organization devoted to the advancement, integration, evaluation, and management of instructional technology for the teaching and learning of language, literature and culture.  This conference will be of particular interest to all language and culture instructors whether K-12 or post-secondary, to individuals affiliated with a media center or language lab, to developers of language technology, and to individuals interested in any facet of language learning technology. The biennal IALLT conference attracts participants world-wide and offers a rare, international perspective into the future of educational technology for language and cultural learning.

2- Conference Theme

The theme for the 2011 conference, “California Dreamin’: New Horizons in Language Learning Technology,” reflects both a nostalgia for the early dreams of the language technology pioneers of the 60s and 70s and a look forward to the many possibilities which exist in the current world of global social networks and seamless, mobile technologies.  The host of the conference, University of California Irvine, is a dynamic, multi-cultural campus situated in one of the most linguistically diverse counties in the country. In the 19th century, the 49ers came to California searching for gold. At the close of the first decade of the 21st century, we’d like you to share your discoveries. What nuggets of information have you discovered that make your life as a language teacher or language technologist/lab director better?  What do you see on the horizon – not just the “next big thing”, but in which direction have you set your course as we all navigate through (and out of) these challenging financial times?

3- Suggested Topics

Although no technology conference is complete without demonstrations of the latest gadgets, software and digital resources, the categories of proposals we are seeking are equally focused in the fields of: pedagogy, methods, best practices, K-12, Specific Tools/Technologies, Lab and Media Center Administration.  Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

Best Practices in Computer-Assisted Language Learning

Professional Development Solutions and Challenges

New Frameworks for Distance Education and Hybrid Environments

Leadership in the field of Language Learning Technologies

Innovative Practices in K-12 Language and Cultural Learning

(Re-)New(ed) Concerns in Lab and Media Center Administration

Generation NeXt, Technology and Language Education

Web 2.0 and Beyond:  Web-Based Language Learning Today and Tomorrow

Student and institutional privacy issues in digital language learning contexts

New Horizons in Gaming and Virtual Reality for Language & Cultural Learning

Augmented reality for the language learning context

The Edges of Copyright & e-Learning

Mobile language learning

New Gadgets, “Bots” & Future Horizons

4- Session Types

Presentation proposals will be of six types:

1. Full day pre-conference workshops
2. Half day pre-conference workshops
3. 60 minute panel presentations
4. 25 minute poster presentations
5. 25 minute paper presentations
6. 45 minute paper/demonstration sessions

Workshops provide an opportunity for hands-on exploration and/or problem solving. They can be organized around a core challenge that participants come together to work on or around a tool, platform, or concept. Please specify whether you will require a computer lab for the workshop, if you have a preference for Windows or Mac, and outline any software or hardware requirements in the appropriate section. Full day workshops will be broken into two, 4-hour segments (morning and afternoon), and should be hands-on and provide the participants an in-depth experience with tool(s) or method(s) they can implement when they return to their classrooms or labs. Half-day workshops will be 4 hour sessions and should be hands-on training with a tool or method, or an interactive, experience focused on a particular topic.

Workshops are scheduled for full day (8 hours) or half-day (4 hours) and should be highly participatory (“hands on”). Panels bring together in discussion four to six participants representing a range of ideas and projects. Panels are scheduled for 60 minutes and should include a mix of individuals working in areas of research, theory, and practice.

Poster presentations may include any work in progress on any topic of the call for papers as outlined above, computer technology, project demonstrations, and software demonstrations. Posters and software demonstrations are intended to be interactive, with the opportunity for the presenter to exchange ideas one-on-one or in small groups with attendees and to discuss their work in detail with those most deeply interested in the same topic.  Presenters are encouraged to provide a URL, business card, or handouts with more detailed information. Posters will be on display throughout the conference, and a separate 25 minute conference session will be dedicated to them when presenters should be present to explain their work and to answer questions.

Finally, we welcome shorter talks where presenters speak for 15-20 minutes on their work, research or a subject relevant to the conference theme and/or subthemes and allow the remainder of the time allotted (a total of 25 minutes) for audience questions/interaction. Short papers may be presented as both a short paper and as a poster session.  For research or projects further along in development, presenters should consider applying for a long paperpresentation.

Please submit an abstract of up to 500 characters, and a full description of up to 2,000 characters.

The deadline for submitting proposals to the Program Committee is November 20, 2010.

Questions or problems with submission? Email me at “iallt2011 at iallt dot org”.