Call for Papers

International Conference: Telecollaboration in University Foreign Language Education

Conference Scope

   The conference aims to look at the different ways in which telecollaboration can contribute to foreign language education at university level and how it can be integrated into universities’ internationalization programmes and policies. We welcome contributions which focus on academic research related to online intercultural exchange as well as practical reports of telecollaborative exchange projects taking place between universities around the globe. We are also particularly interested in hearing perspectives of student mobility coordinators, university management and other stakeholders in regard to how telecollaboration can make a more comprehensive contribution to university education

Important Dates

• Deadline for submissions of proposals: 1 October 2013
• Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2013
• Confirmation of attendance for accepted authors (or removed from programme): 30 November 2013
• Date of conference: 12-14 Feburary 2014

Proposals for papers/ case studies / round table discussion sessions on the following themes are welcome:

• Language and intercultural learning outcomes of telecollaborative exchange
• Linguistic dimensions of online intercultural exchange
• Approaches to assessment in telecollaboration
• Combining telecollaboration with physical mobility: Blended and Virtual Mobility options
• Telecollaboration and its role in university internationalisation policy
• Overcoming barriers to integrating telecollaboration in Higher Education institutions
• The student experience of telecollaboration
• Models of Telecollaboration in university education – e-tandem, Cultura, Soliya etc.
• The contribution of Web 2.0 and Open Educational Resources to telecollaboration
• Teacher training and teacher competences for telecollaboration
• Methodological aspects of telecollaborative exchange

Conference Academic Committee:

• Robert O'Dowd and Mario Tomé at Universidad de León, Spain
• Francois Mangenot and ElkeNiessen at Université Stendhal Grenoble, France
• Andreas Mueller-Hartmann at Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg, Germany
• MalgorzataKurek at WyzszaSzkola Lingwistyczna, Poland
• Francesca Helm and Sarah Guth at Univesità degli Studi di Padova, Italy
• Sake Jager at Rijks universiteit Groningen, Netherlands
• Steve Thorne at Portland State University, USA
• Melinda Dooly at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
• Mirjam Hauck and Tim Lewis at The Open University, UK
• Lina Lee at University of New Hampshire, USA
• Carolin Fuchs at Columbia University, USA
• Enza Tudini at University of South Australia, Australia.

Any enquiries can be directed to: intentproject@gmail.com