This course can be used towards the Instructional Dimensions major or minor requirements, or towards the Language Program Administration minor or graduate certificate elective requirements or towards the Tech in Second Language Teaching minor or graduate certificate requirements. The course can only be used towards one of these requirements (Instructional major, Instructional minor, LPA minor/certificate, TSLT minor/certificate).
This course explores the theory, practice, and pedagogical application of the latest Internet and communication technologies in second/foreign language education, situated in view of the latest CALL (computer-assisted language learning), CMC (computer-mediated communication), SLA/D (second language acquisition and development), and applied/educational linguistics research. These technologies include, but are not limited to, synchronous and asynchronous chat, blogs, wikis and collaborative documents, audio (podcasting), video, virtual world/digital gaming, mobile/handheld computing, and social networking tools and sites.
Identical to: SLAT 589