Dan Soneson, Director & Adolfo Carrillo Cabello, Technology Enhanced Language Learning Specialist, CLA Language Center, University of Minnesota
3:30 pm Central Time, Thursday, February 4, 2021
Description: The Language Collaboratory’s spring series aims at furthering conversations that help uncover the complexities of striking a balance among professional, academic, and personal goals to achieve the well-being of instructors and students of languages. This session provides an opportunity to meet others and to discuss practical implications of implementing the strategies proposed in the article 8 Strategies to Prevent Teaching Burnout. The session will be interactive and participants will be invited to share other strategies and explore the viability of implementing these strategies.
*This article appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education on January 13, 2021, authored by Flower Darby.
About the discussants: Dan Soneson is the Director of the Language Center in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He has served as the Managing Editor of the IALLT Journal and is a former president of the Midwest Association for Language Learning Technology. He was the principal investigator for a four-year grant from the Language Flagship to conduct large-scale proficiency tests, and has published and presented on the results. Adolfo Carrillo Cabello serves as the technology enhanced language learning specialist in the CLA Language Center.
Delivery format: Zoom meeting