tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32704708115224235802024-03-05T14:44:45.564+00:00EUROCALL virtual strand Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-62382017236195396002023-07-01T11:59:00.001+01:002023-07-01T11:59:18.654+01:00EUROCALL and proud! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Are you conference ready?</span></h3><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">The EUROCALL executive committee are offering a new way to show your true EUROCALL colours this year. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">We now have a <a href="https://eurocall.myspreadshop.co.uk/" target="_blank">little online shop </a>where you can select and customise your own conference clothing or choose from our range of high quality merchandise.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht381hdoDgXu8CXcnk2BPlnzmL_7365ZnurHj0iOs6rJA6x7i_PLSDP3mTjtMobfXqEBOsgzxl_iGNy4LwQZLh-ucAHkRfGQWsZ0NMocF4qLRZoVmDr53pQUVdiO3FmfO0KkAMEHUsxYD_u2xzmAVbPbibUTOEbjcagXvlF6JytT044Z_vNntpN78LdR5Z/s1528/ECss1.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1528" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht381hdoDgXu8CXcnk2BPlnzmL_7365ZnurHj0iOs6rJA6x7i_PLSDP3mTjtMobfXqEBOsgzxl_iGNy4LwQZLh-ucAHkRfGQWsZ0NMocF4qLRZoVmDr53pQUVdiO3FmfO0KkAMEHUsxYD_u2xzmAVbPbibUTOEbjcagXvlF6JytT044Z_vNntpN78LdR5Z/w570-h298/ECss1.png" width="570" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht381hdoDgXu8CXcnk2BPlnzmL_7365ZnurHj0iOs6rJA6x7i_PLSDP3mTjtMobfXqEBOsgzxl_iGNy4LwQZLh-ucAHkRfGQWsZ0NMocF4qLRZoVmDr53pQUVdiO3FmfO0KkAMEHUsxYD_u2xzmAVbPbibUTOEbjcagXvlF6JytT044Z_vNntpN78LdR5Z/s1528/ECss1.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Tried and tested by members of our executive committee we are pleased to say that the ordering process is straightforward, products are of a high quality and you can even customise each one, picking your preferred colours, even adding your own images and text to turn your purchase into something unique. We will be looking out for the most creative customised versions at this year's conference in Iceland, why not show yours off on the Whova app? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">We have put together a little <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RpUgdHqTxnW3pY_2a5nAAxWUqTNg8zc9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">guide to using the shop</a> which you can download here. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Some more great news:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">There will be a 20% promotional discount applied to all purchases made between 8th - 12th July </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">In supporting our shop you are supporting the future of EUROCALL. </span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx08dI_XlrwulJEetneTZrqV3nKmaIzh8MknuWS7_RKDDFM6RvZ9zfPu0xW_Wpl3H_aWo5rDbg4W5Trth3FWLHT2rSDQ4UQPgUijx8HAomPlQ76CjH2o9T9gBFADuOIDO-cfv496qyWo7ovqRNgaS6gxTpvLHvwcHwNAXnVKkFgNQOFq36ivHtvD08ASfI/s951/ecorder4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="951" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx08dI_XlrwulJEetneTZrqV3nKmaIzh8MknuWS7_RKDDFM6RvZ9zfPu0xW_Wpl3H_aWo5rDbg4W5Trth3FWLHT2rSDQ4UQPgUijx8HAomPlQ76CjH2o9T9gBFADuOIDO-cfv496qyWo7ovqRNgaS6gxTpvLHvwcHwNAXnVKkFgNQOFq36ivHtvD08ASfI/s320/ecorder4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-51523683096314818512023-01-30T18:44:00.000+00:002023-01-30T18:44:12.133+00:00Calling all CALLers!<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACrJAP_JobeStBCc0f3ENP_O_ZLDqhL8bRZHSdrGynuI7EkDZ1QhXvrzNBXmwi1IihzCRUDjFV8WeUrV-w0hXelW-wG9-Z-XDFSXp2D41_aEKC6ZDTVaJpls-ez1-D2Bfl0fEpr7zTu9NFsGNLulvndlME-9cqCayG4SiqLt_-w54vdRyxiIzeLJP6g/s1459/eurocall%202023%20website.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1459" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACrJAP_JobeStBCc0f3ENP_O_ZLDqhL8bRZHSdrGynuI7EkDZ1QhXvrzNBXmwi1IihzCRUDjFV8WeUrV-w0hXelW-wG9-Z-XDFSXp2D41_aEKC6ZDTVaJpls-ez1-D2Bfl0fEpr7zTu9NFsGNLulvndlME-9cqCayG4SiqLt_-w54vdRyxiIzeLJP6g/w640-h373/eurocall%202023%20website.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Screenshot of the EuroCALL 2023 website</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">At last we are able to prepare for the return of the face to face EuroCALL conference. How exciting! We are sure you can't wait to get together for the most wonderful in-person intercultural fellowship at the amazing University of Iceland. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">The call for papers has been launched, you can <a href="https://vigdis.hi.is/en/events/eurocall-2023/" target="_blank">find it here </a>on the conference website, along with all the details of the themes, organisers and venue. Please get the dates in your diary and join us in person this year. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">As ever we are starting the social activity immediately. The conference has an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eurocall_2023/" target="_blank">Instagram account </a> where you can start to explore the sights of this amazing setting and a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087119624160" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> where you can meet each other. EuroCALL's usual social media accounts will also use the hashtag #eurocall2023 to aggregate and curate interactions as we go through the year. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Conference presenters and participants will be issued with our EuroCALL digital badges and, coming soon - there will be further exciting news of EuroCALL must have items! </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Our exec team and conference organisers are working hard to ensure that this conference will be memorable for all, reviving past traditions and creating new ones together. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">We are calling all CALL-ers for our most inclusive conference yet. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn6f4VPtPNU/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style=" background:#FFF; 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn6f4VPtPNU/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Eurocall 2023 conference (@eurocall_2023)</a></p></div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-77950777456183554072022-09-13T16:33:00.006+01:002022-09-13T16:33:54.348+01:00Recognition of participation in EuroCALL 2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQDpfUPS6DxB9WZNACTRcA-ptPTdzFCFEvabdTrvRGx8w7NKiw9rUlVC_A4wCUacyxxm_JVWfSNs6V9GE8pubLhdg5kxR5Vlzg2T2JssdTVUshXUkzdwnOJTYSOcXkEsnSLUPKjwWrSnKgv-TFxavxqXWvJ4yoz2tJrFtjjWlVphLvBWgR96_B6d9PA/s1450/eurocall2022%20Participant%20badge.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1450" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQDpfUPS6DxB9WZNACTRcA-ptPTdzFCFEvabdTrvRGx8w7NKiw9rUlVC_A4wCUacyxxm_JVWfSNs6V9GE8pubLhdg5kxR5Vlzg2T2JssdTVUshXUkzdwnOJTYSOcXkEsnSLUPKjwWrSnKgv-TFxavxqXWvJ4yoz2tJrFtjjWlVphLvBWgR96_B6d9PA/w640-h306/eurocall2022%20Participant%20badge.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week we will be issuing an open badge to all those who attended, presented or otherwise participated in our recent annual conference, <a href="https://wakelet.com/wake/VNzL6zNtIPmN7fRGyYrmA" target="_blank">#eurocall2022</a>. A moment to celebrate our community and its resilience in maintaining academic networking and information sharing throughout a global pandemic. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The badges are a form of digital certification to enable our community to evidence their ongoing commitment to the field of Computer Assisted Language Learning and their active participation in professional development. The badge can be displayed on your website, social media channels or through your eportfolio and it is verifiable by others who see it. Many of you will now have several badges from EuroCALL as we started issuing in 2019.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Get active with your badges!</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year we will also encourage you to enhance your badge by adding evidence of the nature of your activity to your badge once you have added it to your personal <a href="https://openbadgepassport.com/" target="_blank">Open Badge Passport</a> account. This is easy to do and adds value to your badge. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Simply follow these steps: </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Look out for the email confirming the award of your badge and click on the link to accept your badge. Here's a <a href="https://youtu.be/YvLu1ST4KEM" target="_blank">reminder tutorial for this process.</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you already have the Open Badge Passport app on your phone you can just accept the badge through the app. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make your badge public by adjusting the settings, by default it is private. This step is shown in the tutorial above. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Now go to the settings tab on your badge and click <b>Add new evidence</b>.</span></li></ul><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k0UgrfANNmw1zTHlXKhZbFEqeZjcz31TmF2WDJm6fbXxccVeJujeEMhKirRTxnbkiMihapMfChprz4EcyVhZvtpByBMj58ZSq_Nsbk6c9ERjff8wWIZYSP_iusJiiUip1MD-uUI0pX-DbTe_2y-FGa7dF8qjOjPx9QJ-Rhb4Inc6tecAIQYlbec5pQ/s981/add%20evidence%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="981" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k0UgrfANNmw1zTHlXKhZbFEqeZjcz31TmF2WDJm6fbXxccVeJujeEMhKirRTxnbkiMihapMfChprz4EcyVhZvtpByBMj58ZSq_Nsbk6c9ERjff8wWIZYSP_iusJiiUip1MD-uUI0pX-DbTe_2y-FGa7dF8qjOjPx9QJ-Rhb4Inc6tecAIQYlbec5pQ/w400-h274/add%20evidence%201.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You will now be able to add the URL of your presentation, recording or slides if you were a presenter. There are many easy ways to add your content to your badge:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZ3RzP3IxP5ub2GRKscsqL61uGehReOGJJ1CqY_isYRVE6GuPAnd8G5vkw1v7CEK096FH4J16QFOruixVajOqiIsmg5lqiymOyAbS0vBFhMI7lGD1wu3Ypny2V12o-G8QMEM74qjyoNIyeDtVnyrfaoPu5ddkYzsgPkptqrFPkuoPl3dAIaNl8e8umg/s1067/evidence%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1067" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZ3RzP3IxP5ub2GRKscsqL61uGehReOGJJ1CqY_isYRVE6GuPAnd8G5vkw1v7CEK096FH4J16QFOruixVajOqiIsmg5lqiymOyAbS0vBFhMI7lGD1wu3Ypny2V12o-G8QMEM74qjyoNIyeDtVnyrfaoPu5ddkYzsgPkptqrFPkuoPl3dAIaNl8e8umg/w400-h283/evidence%202.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The more you evidence your skills, the more compelling your badge becomes to others. Taking these steps could be helpful in building your professional presence online. Using the tools provided in your free Open Badge Passport you will make new connections and find tools for easy webpage creation. Make the most of your Open Badge today!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We look forward to celebrating your membership of EuroCALL online. Share using the #eurocall tag so that we can congratulate you. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-46497299301778189812022-08-15T14:25:00.002+01:002022-08-15T14:25:56.010+01:00Coming together for #eurocall2022<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzA2z3OkVEMQosEOvY9h5sfzwstizV0OrwsH9J_jkGujS_93mIJbqsc02SzrpUzTEmMh59KMyXM8A_4gWm9P6pc368PlWnCGJiBtkqguoUjf4M6ZbfqrqPk-3rgZpbvwPImYNumeX5iYDrk6Hoej6e5so3oSZTvTvIC_Ib5x3Z_eSjXIu8GZR0RwKFw/s1280/animals-4649468_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzA2z3OkVEMQosEOvY9h5sfzwstizV0OrwsH9J_jkGujS_93mIJbqsc02SzrpUzTEmMh59KMyXM8A_4gWm9P6pc368PlWnCGJiBtkqguoUjf4M6ZbfqrqPk-3rgZpbvwPImYNumeX5iYDrk6Hoej6e5so3oSZTvTvIC_Ib5x3Z_eSjXIu8GZR0RwKFw/w640-h400/animals-4649468_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is that time of year again when the Eurocall community comes together. For the third year running we are meeting virtually rather that being able to get together in the same physical place. As a community we love the intercultural mingling we have enjoyed in the past: sharing food and fellowship, and our dancing together is legendary. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, we are able to recreate some of this community building online thanks to the digital literacies we have. This post shows just what has been going on as we prepare for our annual conference and I am grateful to all those who have been connecting on the conference app Whova or on social media channels using #eurocall2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hugh Prior will be <a href="https://youtu.be/8IB_xTwk1xc" target="_blank">presenting on Wednesday</a> and he has been fortunate enough to visit Iceland. He has shared his journey in our Whova app: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXGwkZqXTlSOOCG1hLbDdLIF42cUIPYR3Nes9kop_Ql9i-jPlVKFw1wvTG-epzGtdNd1pERHtc32qCMPLx1kQakxRkejM5AoXonXhk8P_tbBXCQWFjC99VO88CgqpwfbsJ0W1knyARP3XRlFxob-l8JTGLejPrWYTol1aj-KguPhWQXXFo8tW2UpyKw/s705/share_image_1660567935832.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXGwkZqXTlSOOCG1hLbDdLIF42cUIPYR3Nes9kop_Ql9i-jPlVKFw1wvTG-epzGtdNd1pERHtc32qCMPLx1kQakxRkejM5AoXonXhk8P_tbBXCQWFjC99VO88CgqpwfbsJ0W1knyARP3XRlFxob-l8JTGLejPrWYTol1aj-KguPhWQXXFo8tW2UpyKw/s320/share_image_1660567935832.png" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many of us are just imagining how best to reduce our impact on the #climatecrisis and we are encouraged to share our #virtualjourney using the #eurocall2022 tag:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">We are going to#Iceland for our annual conference, attending virtually this year. Choose a gif or image to show us your <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/virtualjourney?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#virtualjourney</a>. Let's make this year a commitment to reducing <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatechange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#climatechange</a>. Use <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall2022</a> tag so we can share your creativity! <a href="https://t.co/NpY0VawG3m">pic.twitter.com/NpY0VawG3m</a></p>— Eurocall (@EurocallLang) <a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang/status/1559155471923269632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2022</a></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm looking forward to seeing the creativity of our community reflected on our Wakelet mood board:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://wakelet.com/wake/VNzL6zNtIPmN7fRGyYrmA" target="_blank">#eurocall2022 mood board</a><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are many community members active in the open and we are grateful to them for their support in expanding our community. Special mentions go to those who regularly tweet using the #eurocall tag. Here you are, we see and appreciate you:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BaDnJyRMr9FFKrdv1vwMp8zaP6ohmAAuX-rgOvA8DwqBGbsWccQxqzq_QSq4sh9Kyq2y-65OOfdSwjvZDnxh-GH5d7HK-IpcNR04uiszPZXV2mM5O7JXL-o5Y1MmoVAJ7aIWi4J4wbWwUcQ24Xcroi0ZVthRl2h9al2seUIZQqeioArcvq66RyZTCA/s417/top%20convos.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="417" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0BaDnJyRMr9FFKrdv1vwMp8zaP6ohmAAuX-rgOvA8DwqBGbsWccQxqzq_QSq4sh9Kyq2y-65OOfdSwjvZDnxh-GH5d7HK-IpcNR04uiszPZXV2mM5O7JXL-o5Y1MmoVAJ7aIWi4J4wbWwUcQ24Xcroi0ZVthRl2h9al2seUIZQqeioArcvq66RyZTCA/s320/top%20convos.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/arc.html?key=1as_hhMl3Lfm5irUIzPje-XQkWrijXdbQapm6hie-018&gid=400689247" target="_blank">A full archive</a> including the sharing of digital badges we issue to our members can be viewed here. Open badges are another way we can recognise the actitivies of our members in the field of CALL (or CMC or TELL - I know the acronym debate continues in Whova!).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another way in which we thank our community is through prizes of course. There are prizes for the photo and caption competitions in Whova as well as prizes for best poster and best student presentation...more about these in the opening ceremony on Wednesday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I imagine life can be pretty harsh for the Icelandic ponies in the picture above but I am sure they are better protected when they get together. So indeed are we, and how we will dance when we finally get together in the same place!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com09CQ357C6+6565.1705362 -18.739610749.726245875752376 -53.8958607 80.614826524247633 16.4166393tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-85288527872480300942021-09-27T16:17:00.003+01:002021-09-27T16:17:40.934+01:00Recognising participation and contribution to the EuroCALL community of practice. <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA0I9sSnfBYy3XHxCaA3ZhEbhLKRojhG-WuqPyGgUFEwHyY4N36dOo0Tz6lyAbNyhd_SJ8xf186j5pPyz1uXrlTsYvxVUgWIEcda7eyQr3ZdRt8LdcK4B0ammEw0gspGlNqr2_sQOUQGK/s1213/EuroCALL_color_150dpi.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1213" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA0I9sSnfBYy3XHxCaA3ZhEbhLKRojhG-WuqPyGgUFEwHyY4N36dOo0Tz6lyAbNyhd_SJ8xf186j5pPyz1uXrlTsYvxVUgWIEcda7eyQr3ZdRt8LdcK4B0ammEw0gspGlNqr2_sQOUQGK/s320/EuroCALL_color_150dpi.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At last the time has come to provide official recognition to all those who participated or presented in our <a href="https://whova.com/web/euroc1_202108/" target="_blank">2021 conference</a>. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The French organisers hosted a huge event which morphed over time due to the pandemic from initial plans for a blended event into a fully online conference. Ever resourceful and enthusiastic the organisers provided a fantastic event which was well received by our membership. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Notifications of badge award have been sent out by email but we know there are always those emails which do not make it through the filters and consequently end up in spam. <i>If you have not yet had yours here are some practical tips:</i></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Open a free account in <a href="https://openbadgepassport.com/" target="_blank">Open Badge Passport </a>using the email address you used for registration. The account will locate your badge and ask you to accept it. </span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">If you already have an account, make sure that the email address used in registration is included in your profile. You can add multiple email addresses. </span></li></ul><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">and/or </span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Download the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obfsolutions.salava&hl=en_GB&gl=US" target="_blank">Open Badge Passport app </a> to your mobile device and follow the steps above</span></li><li><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Check out the <a href="https://youtu.be/SqH_AZPLY1s" target="_blank">tutorial videos </a>available on You Tube. </span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We hope to see you showing off your EuroCALL badges online through social media. Tag our social media accounts so we can celebrate with you. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQceSiVMEMza8GdOf71aPr-3RxSjj8UWRdJjlLPzRE6f_xFHJyEZvMVBZ7rNtdOEs6hu0wfl9Da1G9q-Zd97CozfLTlmBw4sFpa24RjAzdPeEGPc5gI0_jgd2nzWaeLpVpBT-XQx_1aTf/s1280/balloons-1786430_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1280" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQceSiVMEMza8GdOf71aPr-3RxSjj8UWRdJjlLPzRE6f_xFHJyEZvMVBZ7rNtdOEs6hu0wfl9Da1G9q-Zd97CozfLTlmBw4sFpa24RjAzdPeEGPc5gI0_jgd2nzWaeLpVpBT-XQx_1aTf/w400-h229/balloons-1786430_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/artturi_mantysaari-1625672/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1786430">Artturi Mäntysaari</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1786430">Pixabay</a></div></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-25849093766182135962021-08-06T12:07:00.001+01:002021-08-06T12:08:13.017+01:00A summer of sharing and learning together.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIam5PYVgG3S4KD0HX3wjxYD93CQFNBq6TQk4ZCtel5ivr69dHJPeNBosgfxsSHMsSRjafv1tfUecrmBxNQezktyk0clG1nIFgKwj1CSQoJ81-tNhQhJN4TmbFvvM-GscDA6y604w6s87H/s1280/sunflower-5370278_1280.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1280" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIam5PYVgG3S4KD0HX3wjxYD93CQFNBq6TQk4ZCtel5ivr69dHJPeNBosgfxsSHMsSRjafv1tfUecrmBxNQezktyk0clG1nIFgKwj1CSQoJ81-tNhQhJN4TmbFvvM-GscDA6y604w6s87H/w640-h424/sunflower-5370278_1280.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/jessicajoh-13085946/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5370278">Jessica Joh</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5370278">Pixabay</a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm sure that we are all feeling the need to turn our faces to the sun in order to recharge our batteries after all the stresses of the pandemic. It does look as though our lives will continue to be disrupted for some time yet to come but at EuroCALL we are keen to provide opportunities to learn from our experiences and grow stronger together so that the next academic year can bring greater certainty and security for everyone. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course the annual conference is nearly upon us. To be held online this year the <a href="https://whova.com/web/euroc1_202108/" target="_blank">French team have created a wonderful event </a>which has the highest registration numbers we have seen. A good deal of thought and planning has gone in to this virtual event in order to help us share the community spirit we so enjoy at our live conferences and those who have registered can <a href="https://whova.com/portal/euroc1_202108" target="_blank">download the event app</a> and start to explore already. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">EuroCALL has always had good links with practising teachers, often running workshop sessions with teacher educators as part of our conferences. Indeed, we moved our conference dates into August in order to make it easier to facilitate teacher participation. This year is no exception. We will be running an <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/conferences/teacher-outreach-event-registration-2021" target="_blank">online Teacher Outreach event</a> this year which is open to all, whether you are a EuroCALL member of not. There is a small fee for a day pass to this event and all participants will get a EuroCALL digital badge to show their commitment to connecting for professional development. The programme is now live and <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/conferences/teacher-outreach-event-registration-2021" target="_blank">has a dedicated website</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please check it out and share this post with your teacher networks around the world. <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/site/registration2021_teachers.php" target="_blank">Registration is now open</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As an organisation we want to help our community of international language teachers, researchers and developers overcome the challenges experienced due to covid 19 and recover for a better future. <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/about/welcome-from-the-president" target="_blank">Read more about our organisation here. </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-81383309635607594842021-03-16T15:01:00.002+00:002021-03-16T15:01:30.203+00:00March Mingle 2021 - Let's talk!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/URFQkL2IjW8" width="400" youtube-src-id="URFQkL2IjW8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Announcing our March Mingle!</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As an organisation we are 100% driven by our members and always keen to connect and share time together. As announced in the recording above, we have created a March Mingle event so that as many of you as possible can join in, no matter what your time zone. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our <em><b>Mingle</b></em> will take place on<b> Friday 26<sup>th</sup> March 2021</b>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There will be two Mingle sessions so you can pick the one that fits your schedule.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">These are opportunities to talk all things EUROCALL. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please pick one session and join us for an informal community drop-in session.<u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mingle session 1: Friday 26<sup>th</sup> March 2021 at 10am (UK time)</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Link to join: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88482026104?pwd%3DWGIvbHl1b2ZWMnZBZzdwdUxnTU1mQT09&source=gmail&ust=1615989629364000&usg=AFQjCNHnPDzmFG1lITw7OiLuxJFAj_XX_g" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88482026104?pwd=WGIvbHl1b2ZWMnZBZzdwdUxnTU1mQT09" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>88482026104?pwd=<wbr></wbr>WGIvbHl1b2ZWMnZBZzdwdUxnTU1mQT<wbr></wbr>09</a><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mingle session 2: Friday 26<sup>th</sup> March 2021 at 2.30pm (UK time)</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Link to join: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81910515353?pwd%3DL3VGQzI2Z1phMytRd2d4cTYrVFdYZz09&source=gmail&ust=1615989629364000&usg=AFQjCNHjLv0MgrV7etrmUz7lERMePqsbMQ" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81910515353?pwd=L3VGQzI2Z1phMytRd2d4cTYrVFdYZz09" style="color: #0563c1;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr></wbr>81910515353?pwd=<wbr></wbr>L3VGQzI2Z1phMytRd2d4cTYrVFdYZz<wbr></wbr>09</a><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We welcome everyone – our members and non-members alike.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">There's plenty to talk about and we welcome your participation. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">We welcome everyone – our members and non-members alike. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;">Looking forward to seeing you all there!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://twitter.com/eurocall2021" target="_blank">Follow updates on Eurocall 2021 conference on twitter</a></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-88751174245571751722021-02-02T11:40:00.002+00:002021-02-02T11:40:38.148+00:00Getting 2021 underway: EuroCALL AGM paves the way for this year's conference.<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuIQkt2DXOKcT965Wi2V2GwE4G3NtH86Pt9yZq3kcTm4i722azScCfDaTSVIvFmQ9fb1oBGBww3ddvlvDtlY0l1SANeQRbEM548BRgRQ6mhu1qUIOaslk98u73scKUXE0xL65tCux8nRR/s1920/eurocall+agm.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1920" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPuIQkt2DXOKcT965Wi2V2GwE4G3NtH86Pt9yZq3kcTm4i722azScCfDaTSVIvFmQ9fb1oBGBww3ddvlvDtlY0l1SANeQRbEM548BRgRQ6mhu1qUIOaslk98u73scKUXE0xL65tCux8nRR/w640-h344/eurocall+agm.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">EuroCALL AGM in zoom January 22nd 2021</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The invitation to attend our Annual General Meeting:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHssZac_yOJIYEO1rjZlFzgNhjJ7xZrSRndORoU1BKs5BqO28W_ZQ-fdQmvaIK_wvWee8qCGnWBC8Fab7V9UBp4aLK4PyN88pnGfniQfQX7aDBvVHWQorHfcIZHLHakXp4A-AB876q8QP/s891/MH+invitation+to+agm21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="849" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHssZac_yOJIYEO1rjZlFzgNhjJ7xZrSRndORoU1BKs5BqO28W_ZQ-fdQmvaIK_wvWee8qCGnWBC8Fab7V9UBp4aLK4PyN88pnGfniQfQX7aDBvVHWQorHfcIZHLHakXp4A-AB876q8QP/s320/MH+invitation+to+agm21.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was unusually joyful as formal meetings go, especially given we are still in the throes of a global pandemic! You can find all the documentation for the AGM on the <a href="http://www.eurocall-languages.org/" target="_blank">EuroCALL website</a> by logging in to the Member's Area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Despite our regrets about missing our physical visit to Copenhagen, we reflected on the fellowship we had enjoyed at the Gathering in the summer where circumstances had led to many new experiences. Our first ever visualisation of our community on our <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1mE6hTUlez5IbhpKHprEbo_Y8dJyc9bHg&usp=sharing" target="_blank">Gathering map</a> and our first ever <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRYxp-MEw0KrOaZqPzh3IBw" target="_blank">You Tube channel</a>. Our Treasurer delighted all with his media rich presentation which included a soundtrack and a reminder that EuroCALL has </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">to be prepared whatever the weather:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwD1Q6Iw2Q5X8xvaajprSUdGCWI_b0J2LJIPQvOHxRSd5Z1_5uaGfX6XC0OleJf-3IwhAmO9e1Y0KRPtx-O_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And so, with this in mind we continue our preparations for the future. The Eurocall 2021 <a href="http://eurocall2021.lecnam.net/" target="_blank">conference website</a> is up and plans are quite advanced despite the many uncertainties. You can follow updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/eurocall2021" target="_blank">twitter too.</a> This year we will have a blended conference with some in person possibilities. See the website for details. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As ever, there will be a rich, research-informed programme, many opportunities to network and learn from this wonderful community. Our Special Interest Groups will host workshops or symposia on the second day and these will be open to all comers online. The conference committee wish us to continue to build upon the wonderful fellowship we all enjoyed at the Gathering and we need your help to help ensure the future of this organisation through expanding our membership. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Please spread the word, encourage friends and colleagues to <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/join/join-eurocall-now" target="_blank">join EuroCALL</a> and we can all support each other in overcoming the challenge that is teaching and learning in a global pandemic. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-64662503196574550872020-09-24T10:58:00.001+01:002020-09-24T10:59:25.405+01:00Message from the LMOOC SIG<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/k0jlOTx9Vl8" width="320" youtube-src-id="k0jlOTx9Vl8"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The <b>LMOOC SIG </b>is trying to
build a database of good practice to help us understand the profile of LMOOC
practitioners: Who are we? What languages are the most popular ones for LMOOCs?
How do we organise the course design? What is our main focus? It is part of the
ongoing work developed by this SIG, in the endeavour of spreading quality LMOOC
practice and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">If you are or have been
involved with LMOOCs (as a course designer, tutor, facilitator, researcher,
etc.) we would love to hear from you. Please complete this survey <a data-auth="Verified" href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScyWT3KZncl6pUB2wZu1FXoUOPBevCKnAJsR9teIiL-Sysnpg%2Fviewform&data=01%7C01%7CK.Borthwick%40soton.ac.uk%7Ca6dc9a3b3fa446e9599108d85d759ca7%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=crcdWLO2lCjfYZBQ0Jp69cYuLwCFEbnE0koxYUzSS38%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyWT3KZncl6pUB2wZu1FXoUOPBevCKnAJsR9teIiL-Sysnpg/viewform" target="_blank" title="Original URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyWT3KZncl6pUB2wZu1FXoUOPBevCKnAJsR9teIiL-Sysnpg/viewform. Click or tap if you trust this link."><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyWT3KZncl6pUB2wZu1FXoUOPBevCKnAJsR9teIiL-Sysnpg/viewform</span></a> It
will only take you 5 minutes and will help us understand the landscape of LMOOC
practice and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Elena Martín Monje, LMOOC SIG
chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Kate Borthwick, LMOOC SIG
secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-50868856848480578952020-08-26T15:36:00.002+01:002020-08-27T08:08:21.158+01:00Recognition for #eurocallgathering participation.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-Zjuxq9hLDMhs9eM0bOVL0R3oAyC5JqjCsr5JbPXcbM9E6gRA7l1TZXd2KSqX1eoklm_Ye4s0FNlv2vs4YW2KuUAaZX6UiYeJbN3PK_5Hnh7fIEou_ESMTPuXyFv20pI9nHX13IypCod/s756/eurocallgathering+badges.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-Zjuxq9hLDMhs9eM0bOVL0R3oAyC5JqjCsr5JbPXcbM9E6gRA7l1TZXd2KSqX1eoklm_Ye4s0FNlv2vs4YW2KuUAaZX6UiYeJbN3PK_5Hnh7fIEou_ESMTPuXyFv20pI9nHX13IypCod/s640/eurocallgathering+badges.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many of us at EuroCALL breathed a huge sigh of relief as we reached the end of the #euorcallgathering event last week. Not just because this was soon followed by a Zoom outage around the world shortly afterwards, but also because this was a new endeavour for us and we had no way of knowing how it would go. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are grateful to all of you for the fact that it went so well.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am delighted to say that all went pretty much to plan and we all enjoyed fellowship - albeit virtual fellowship - with our community. Consequently our batteries were recharged by all the fabulous interactions we enjoyed. If you haven't yet had a chance to investigate the event, take a good look around our <a href="https://sites.google.com/warwicklanguage.org.uk/eurocall-gathering-2020/home" target="_blank">#eurocallgathering site. </a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To those who contributed to this event, providing recorded presentations of their accepted papers, organising symposia and workshops online we want to acknowledge that work through digital badges. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We do have a precedent for this, as those who came to <a href="https://eurocallvirtual.blogspot.com/2019/09/show-your-true-colours.html" target="_blank">Louvain La Neuve </a>will remember. Badges will be issued to the email addresses of those who had accepted presentations, posters etc. We advise you to add these to your own <a href="https://openbadgepassport.com/" target="_blank">Open Badge Passport account</a> (it is free) and follow this tutorial in order to <a href="https://youtu.be/Rgqv2M0hdvc" target="_blank">share your badge</a> on your online accounts. If you would like to print off a paper certificate, follow the <a href="https://youtu.be/bAaDIXjK4fg" target="_blank">instructions here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those of you who participated in the #eurocallgathering can also expect a badge to come your way. If you registered on the site we will issue your badge directly. However, if you engaged with the event and didn't register we are also providing a <a href="https://openbadgefactory.com/c/earnablebadge/QFMD8Ga9QGa4X0/apply" target="_blank">route for you to claim a Participant badge</a> by providing some evidence of your engagement. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These badges are issued through email and unfortunately they may be filtered by your email service so please <i>check your spam/junk folders in the coming days to ensure that your contribution to #eurocallgathering is recognised by these portable, digital micro-credentials. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>We will be looking out for signs of these badges around the world. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Thank you for playing an active role in our EuroCALL community. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-22211782609541207822020-08-20T16:36:00.002+01:002020-08-20T16:37:41.675+01:00#eurocallgathering kicks off<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/J9LkL4cTCV8" width="320" youtube-src-id="J9LkL4cTCV8"></iframe></div> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prior to the Graham Davies keynote (see recording above) this morning Mirjam welcomed us all with these words:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>Good morning, good day, good evening, and welcome everybody wherever you are in the world!<u></u> <u></u></i></span></p><span class="im" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>The saying “Life is what’s happening while you are busy making other plans” which is attributed to John Lennon – although he was not the one who coined it – probably captures best what has happened to all of us in 2020 so far.<u></u> <u></u></i></span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>We, the EUROCALL community were not spared the impact of Covid-19, and while the Copenhagen team – Karen-Margrete, Sane and Patrick - were getting ready to host us on their campus and in their city, it became increasingly clear that an on-site event was not an option this year.<u></u> <u></u></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>Life took over in the shape of a pandemic and I know that this has brought hardship to some of you. An especially warm welcome to you to the Gathering of our – of <b>your</b> - CALL community.<u></u> <u></u></i></span></p><span class="im" face="" style="background-color: white; color: #500050; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><i><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What has moved me most over the past weeks and months is the spirit and enthusiasm with which everybody has risen to the challenge (against all odds!), my colleagues on the executive committee, first and foremost.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The solution for Plan B was clear: we’d be using technology for what it should be used: to bring us together, to first prepare and now share what we feel passionate about, that is our work as CALL scholars.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I would like to say, “Thank you!” to Teresa, Kate, and Toni in particular who have picked up the baton from the Copenhagen team and have created – with your input – this event.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It is with immense gratitude to <b>all of you</b> that I declare the EUROCALL Gathering 2020 open.<u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></i></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>Before I hand over to my colleagues, I would like to invite you all to tomorrow evening’s social. Bring a glass of your favourite drink and a song, poem, tongue twister, any object with an associated story in any language or anything else that lends itself to online entertainment of a language-related nature.<u></u> </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and so it began...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">and we ask you tell us of your experiences of the #eurocallgathering event using flipgrid, a video sharing platform. To contribute you will need to sign on with either a microsoft or a google mail account. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The topic is <a href="https://flipgrid.com/00a4e350" target="_blank">here</a> or you can scan this QR code:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 323px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 602px;"><img height="323" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/u6Em433KfP2aqrzXdYxcALxrc7WVIbYSb84EYiD6GPH_iytEAciMP9LMZxa65PSiwRRjiqYSzJaNYhnIm5HmhwR5dzrEk6uOd8aL5TtK4W4NDjcQ77Wi_8T74KTqgObW4honVjtG" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="602" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 323px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 602px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUiBF3zRBX7D0JQi6JBP6193ux3jlBJjPKjGMkW7bcOHWPvGYh_UtfoK95bHi-Bw_ZzAP4Lf9nlxzI-_nby2sr9zgrxnIK4fTjqJh1qe1uDMu7z58Jj2BJuOTQ7lzbxiocEKx2FWBHjp-/s1920/sshot+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUiBF3zRBX7D0JQi6JBP6193ux3jlBJjPKjGMkW7bcOHWPvGYh_UtfoK95bHi-Bw_ZzAP4Lf9nlxzI-_nby2sr9zgrxnIK4fTjqJh1qe1uDMu7z58Jj2BJuOTQ7lzbxiocEKx2FWBHjp-/s640/sshot+1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrO8x3hG_frL_bvG6h2CNmZ7dQoi5JkZxN3JtfDp8HkYg0xk3zJkRolDTI1G31-lBrm04KnIBPwWiSPVlD0YtCZmk4uhJ-LDeQVT854nkUT5Aik5YtQLDbAUABZegS_eq0xgUJ1BdUTE8/s1920/shot2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimrO8x3hG_frL_bvG6h2CNmZ7dQoi5JkZxN3JtfDp8HkYg0xk3zJkRolDTI1G31-lBrm04KnIBPwWiSPVlD0YtCZmk4uhJ-LDeQVT854nkUT5Aik5YtQLDbAUABZegS_eq0xgUJ1BdUTE8/s640/shot2.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 323px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 602px;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-db87274b-7fff-66b2-27c6-0dd79097ce65"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-8456730175405523712020-08-15T20:44:00.002+01:002020-08-16T08:05:21.711+01:00Launching the #eurocallgathering and widening participation.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2kpuVtMkBCs" width="320" youtube-src-id="2kpuVtMkBCs"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are nearing lift off! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The theme for this year's Eurocall conference and of course the Gathering is </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>CALL for widening participation</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sadly, the pandemic prevents us from having a face to face event on this theme but it also presented us with an opportunity to reach further than we have been able to in the past by connecting and running our Gathering online. An opportunity to have more open conversations relevant to our discipline, to connect to those who perhaps would not otherwise be able to participate in those discussions. We hope that you will encourage your colleagues and students to join us, to watch the peer reviewed conference papers, take part in the workshops and symposia, view submitted posters. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The <a href="https://sites.google.com/warwicklanguage.org.uk/eurocall-gathering-2020/home" target="_blank">EuroCALL Gathering website</a> will be our hub for the event which opens on the 20th August. The <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pr7bZzH1WtSAeWgZ4ULk-EWmb9fXu-BK5WgAZAgxXuU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">live event details</a> can be read before you <a href="https://forms.gle/nRUVFSW7A8LtHZ4w9" target="_blank">register</a> for the ones you wish to join. We will then email you with access details. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The recordings of presentations which would have been given in Copenhagen are hosted on our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRYxp-MEw0KrOaZqPzh3IBw?view_as=subscriber" target="_blank">You Tube channel</a> going live on <b>August 18th</b> to give you time to find your way around.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A soundtrack to the Gathering. </span></h3><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/OhashiLou" target="_blank">@ohashilou</a> for this wonderful suggestion:</span></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A silent disco maybe? Headphones ready!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocallgathering?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocallgathering</a> is all about community <a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EurocallLang</a></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">— Teresa MacKinnon (@WarwickLanguage) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarwickLanguage/status/1292505952000909313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 9, 2020</a></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To contribute your choice of track to our playlist you can either:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFHsnFGtzGRk27LgiAySaMj6JCoGDszVS&jct=oIbT6i6YNlFLSlSyZuhMuHkqciYnjA" target="_blank">Follow this link</a> to become a You Tube collaborator and add the track directly to our channel</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">or</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tweet your choice of You Tube track using the <b>#eurocallgathering </b>and we will add it on your behalf. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Noticeboard.</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Of course every physical conference has a noticeboard - a place where you can leave notes for each other, offer lifts home or ask for help finding a lost mobile phone. A virtual conference also needs such a facility. you can post directly to this <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/d/11G8Asdr7HcZFwr15nlvBSCGUmt9KUtZFN1QUQJc_BJg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">jamboard </a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDRc1zCWNvqymkZRpmTObiJ4SiyMSxNdElpj_9IhJvVWTdY42uK-c7R7XhoGJULoLUyx2kwXTMObDoG41rtlkMk3_pOkgYdWZG76Dkp7hT406h06UpQIO_8lHQYZDKZDgx5RITljsO2DF/s2048/eurocall+finland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1367" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDRc1zCWNvqymkZRpmTObiJ4SiyMSxNdElpj_9IhJvVWTdY42uK-c7R7XhoGJULoLUyx2kwXTMObDoG41rtlkMk3_pOkgYdWZG76Dkp7hT406h06UpQIO_8lHQYZDKZDgx5RITljsO2DF/s640/eurocall+finland.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p></p>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-12591441973243708632020-08-07T15:28:00.000+01:002020-08-07T15:28:04.259+01:00#eurocallgathering Connecting in cyberspace.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NS2vubih7Bk" width="320" youtube-src-id="NS2vubih7Bk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">August is here!</font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">The countdown to our Gathering event is underway. Click on the <a href="https://sites.google.com/warwicklanguage.org.uk/eurocall-gathering-2020/home" target="_blank">rocket here</a> to see it. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Thanks to all those who have provided their presentations and those who are contributing posters to our padlet boards. We are so delighted to see all the hard work coming together. It is of course great to have content but now we really need to start to connect with our community ready for the launch of the Gathering. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">If we had been able to meet face to face in Copenhagen then we would have been busy planning our journey, choosing our hotel, arranging our social events...here's how we are hoping to recreate the community spirit of such activities in cyberspace. </font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Our community map. </font></h3><div><font face="verdana">We are asking Gathering participants to add themselves to our community map by filling in <a href="https://forms.gle/mPzxNg33uySDcFjb6" target="_blank">this short form. </a> You can put in as much or as little detail as you like and we will create a pin on our map which is then visible to others in the community. </font></div><div><font face="verdana">Why not get creative and include a photo or an avatar to represent yourself? You never know, you may discover others near you who are also part of our community and you had never met. </font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Our #eurocallgathering hashtag</font></h3><div><font face="verdana">As you will have seen mentioned in the video shared above, we are using this hashtag to bring together what you share about the Gathering event. It would be lovely to start this will some of your Eurocall memories. Do you have favourite moments from conferences gone by? Photos of the places you have travelled to to be with us? If so share them on Instagram or Twitter using the #eurocallgathering hashtag and we will add them to our wakelet on the Gathering site for all to enjoy. During the event we will continue to look out for your social sharing to celebrate shared history and help us all make new connections. </font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Be a Eurocall champion!</font></h3><div><font face="verdana">The covid19 crisis has impacted enormously on us all. As an organisation we can only continue with your help. Please join us on social media and within your networks to encourage <a href="http://www.eurocall-languages.org/about/eurocall-community-message-july-2020" target="_blank">membership at our reduced 65 Euro rate</a> this year. Conference income is vital to our survival and we are working hard to make sure that we can weather this storm. Your participation is vital to this effort, we know you will help us find the silver lining in very dark clouds. </font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-68215549185157983032020-07-23T16:23:00.001+01:002020-07-23T16:23:43.417+01:00Stronger together. EuroCALL signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). <span id="docs-internal-guid-939fc10b-7fff-55ce-14d5-fa77a9201bf0"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="border: none; clear: right; display: inline-block; float: right; height: 150px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; overflow: hidden; width: 150px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", sans-serif; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 150px; overflow: hidden; width: 150px;"><img height="150" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GDvtdS7WH7gbTAw8U2xYhCPVBX7LlTDh594UZ4L9JcQE1inh1YOnL4zT-d0XD_mU98QryAr22LD9U73QGlqxcI7ripuwcj1aBHIVnPdqkRLtxeLugVhF8Uz3erIm7pov54PdEvqQ" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="150" /></span></span> </span></p></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div></span><p></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana"> </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">Pictured: EUROCALL President (Dr Mirjam Hauck (President) and ALT Chief Executive (Dr Maren Deepwell) </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></span></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Association for Learning Technology (ALT) </span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the </span><a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">European Association of Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) on 4 March 2020.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-edaab17e-7fff-90d8-2071-9323f34cb39c" style="font-weight: normal;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALT’s Chief Executive, Dr Maren Deepwell, said “</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in these difficult times collaboration between scholarly bodies remains key to our Members. We are delighted to formally announce this new relationship which we are looking forward to developing in the coming years. Learning Technology plays an important role in language learning and the work that EUROCALL are doing is closely aligned to our strategic aims and values</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.”</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana"><br /><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">EUROCALL’s President, Dr Mirjam Hauck, said “</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We look forward to a fruitful and inspiring collaboration between the two organisations. We feel we are already benefiting from ALT’s expertise in online events which gave us impetus to put together the EuroCALL online Gathering event on 20th/21st August. We are grateful to ALT for sharing their knowledge and experience so openly."</span></font></span></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">ALT and EUROCALL are both organisations working to enhance the understanding and application of learning technology in education.</font></span></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">EUROCALL brings together international researchers, practitioners and developers both new and experienced who feel passionate about the use of technology for the learning and teaching of languages and cultures.</font></span></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK. Representing individual and organisational Members from all sectors including Further and Higher Education and industry. ALT provides recognition and accreditation through the CMALT Accreditation Framework for all with a professional interest in Learning Technology.</font></span></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">There is a lot of scope for collaboration and networking between ALT and EUROCALL with both organisations working to provide a supportive environment for individuals and researchers. </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of these activities include academic publishing and community events (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ALT</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><a href="http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research in Learning Technology</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; ALT: </span><a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">altc</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/summit2020/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ONLINE SUMMER SUMMIT 2020</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eurocall</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> RECALL: </span><a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/recall-journal" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RECALL Journal</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/eurocall-review" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EUROCALL review</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; EUROCALL </span><a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/publications/conference-proceedings" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; </span><a href="https://sites.google.com/warwicklanguage.org.uk/eurocall-gathering-2020/home" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EUROCALL ONLINE GATHERING 2020</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> )</span></font></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALT looks forward to collaborating with </span><a href="http://www.eurocall-languages.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">EUROCALL</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (subject to agreement of the two bodies) through :</span></font></p><font face="verdana"><br /></font><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">influencing and helping shape policy on the government’s learning technology agenda</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">enhancing relationships on issues on which the two associations have common interests</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">sharing information on technology for learning</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">offering reciprocal organisational or sponsoring membership to one another</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">running joint events on areas of shared interest</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">collaborating on joint projects</font></span></p></li></ul><font face="verdana"><br /><br /></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">Follow on Twitter:</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="verdana">@A_L_T / #altc</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><font face="verdana">@EurocallLang / #eurocall</font></a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana"><br /></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><font face="verdana">This announcement is also available on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/new-memorandum-understanding-between-eurocall-and-alt" target="_blank">ALT website.</a> </font></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Supporting professional development for EuroCALL -ers</font></h3><div><font face="verdana">Last summer we surveyed our community to find out what sort of professional recognition was available to those who work with technology in the field of language. We shared details of ALT's Certified membership known as<a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/certified-membership" target="_blank"> CMALT</a>, a peer assessed e-portfolio approach to professional recognition. The survey showed that this was of interest to our members:</font></div><div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhive3LLSV1o_jn-ePNj809rmoLgVWAautDGe8y396xph0HIZbtwPAjEmvhhJUVl86cjXhgk6GY73wv0KYgwfBg61HlIV7rny7H4bIuObAYWdEhcOM5lsRGox8xuSc6PtUtJFpaj5aLHvk_/s732/PD1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="732" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhive3LLSV1o_jn-ePNj809rmoLgVWAautDGe8y396xph0HIZbtwPAjEmvhhJUVl86cjXhgk6GY73wv0KYgwfBg61HlIV7rny7H4bIuObAYWdEhcOM5lsRGox8xuSc6PtUtJFpaj5aLHvk_/s320/PD1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuVBoTiTSKU5aqHIYUgnNfsldTXyiX0OAG7VhXOzwiHHEUhRQfxwhqVpdn_J4tLU6MEbWWp6nug0gS5G9fk_2kq09irzKOy3lvBsW6Eikkkk4Ylt_DGWvaJPlQDzkjWGT97yRLySgwraq/s860/PD2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuVBoTiTSKU5aqHIYUgnNfsldTXyiX0OAG7VhXOzwiHHEUhRQfxwhqVpdn_J4tLU6MEbWWp6nug0gS5G9fk_2kq09irzKOy3lvBsW6Eikkkk4Ylt_DGWvaJPlQDzkjWGT97yRLySgwraq/s320/PD2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><font face="verdana">Therefore this is one of the areas we will investigate further with ALT. </font></div><font face="verdana"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-30881949919178873702020-07-06T12:09:00.001+01:002020-07-09T12:15:23.849+01:00Making your work visible<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3sZpFT1xjVLk3Ecn1EHC9M2UGtxU0FUVZpKBv-Vz4XXDe682s6tsX1eRCd-BCHWarqHXLhvhuy4oBWLTJgvzSoD_3zhgww-VYDB1fr15_7HqKTzmiPkME-mEkohlmhoVBAnmND5okEpR/s754/RP.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="754" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN3sZpFT1xjVLk3Ecn1EHC9M2UGtxU0FUVZpKBv-Vz4XXDe682s6tsX1eRCd-BCHWarqHXLhvhuy4oBWLTJgvzSoD_3zhgww-VYDB1fr15_7HqKTzmiPkME-mEkohlmhoVBAnmND5okEpR/w400-h300/RP.png" title="Research Publishing on Twitter" width="400" /></a></div>An essential part of any academic community is the act of sharing our work through publications and personal connections. <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/news/2020-short-papers-to-be-published" target="_blank">We are pleased to share good news</a> about how our Gathering can support these activities. <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">All those
who have had a poster or paper accepted will be able to make it available online for the
Gathering<strong><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">. And we are
delighted to say that, thanks to the efforts of<a href="https://research-publishing.net/home" target="_blank"> Research Publishing,</a> we will be
publishing an on-line volume of Short Papers later in the year.</span></strong>
The papers accepted for EUROCALL this year are of high quality, so we look
forward to having the opportunity to hear them in August and see them in print
later in the autumn. Make sure you take advantage of this opportunity to share your
work! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Thank you to
all those who have already subscribed to EUROCALL. Please, if you have not yet
done so, take out your EUROCALL membership and attend the Gathering
event in August. Instructions on how to do so at the reduced 65 euro rate can
be found below:</span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin: 5pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">-Please visit the EUROCALL website to
subscribe. You will find the membership join page here:<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eurocall-languages.org%2Fsite%2Fsubscribe_form.php&data=02%7C01%7Ct.patton%40ulster.ac.uk%7C35427793cc72430da92f08d8219259af%7C6f0b94874fa842a8aeb4bf2e2c22d4e8%7C0%7C0%7C637296259736426948&sdata=BrmZ5oFgcFONDag9anq%2Figw%2BeNkh9SQ02pHQOzNoCc4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/site/subscribe_form.php" shash="y4yr1uNchT1NTNR5khfTykiJD0etBrSKkNy2XeBSAaEwlz0wQH68OZgGYY+Lw9lK52CGThe9OecPOi4xGYVPHBdxz2nekb/HntHvzU091MHAG9YjELqZvVCRKDvE5HjbY4PsYHM2sxcxQgkUPi9I6ZNfJ1OfeLvWv1suc39nTWE=" title="Original URL:
https://www.eurocall-languages.org/site/subscribe_form.php
Click to follow link."><span style="color: #0563c1;">https://www.eurocall-languages.org/site/subscribe_form.php</span></a></span><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin: 5pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">-Simply select the retired option at
65 euro. Complete the registration form and put an X in any of the boxes that
are not applicable to you. The 65 euro button states that it is for ‘retired’
members but for the EUROCALL<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal;">Gathering</span></em><em><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></em>event in August we are opening
this rate to all those who wish to subscribe.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>Please note - <strong><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">There is not a separate button to
select for the Gathering rate</span></strong>.<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsolistparagraph" style="margin: 5pt 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">-Follow the process through to
payment.</span><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Lastly, if
you are joining us for the event in August we would like you to complete this <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdbJ-RHSZHYy6om81zSV9TV7SLXecDygom-0eTIAqi4DRZPtw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=02%7C01%7Ct.patton%40ulster.ac.uk%7C35427793cc72430da92f08d8219259af%7C6f0b94874fa842a8aeb4bf2e2c22d4e8%7C0%7C0%7C637296259736436943&sdata=2JBxZrTLoQ9dvsstSkY42SSi2oyXzt8J3x0NoT7onnk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbJ-RHSZHYy6om81zSV9TV7SLXecDygom-0eTIAqi4DRZPtw/viewform?usp=sf_link" shash="w3nYZ5Gh2nVTdjJ2VSCeaZ4PhsGoBGeHU+bNOaR9oum5snrFfIowxj8czspv2LIy7/YClA0KQnx+IxX2jFh/WPKMOUkUMchLeOjHi1EBX/BVZFAFT463r+bXeTZO5gd+lYBX9YRqcBgnTL1RAo2TIIwnGjy1R+26p+LywJr20tQ="><span style="color: #0563c1;">form</span></a> to show your whereabouts in the
world. This will give us all <a href="https://sites.google.com/warwicklanguage.org.uk/eurocall-gathering-2020/home" target="_blank">a more visual picture of the location</a> of our
EUROCALL community. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br />Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-22332158596604402702020-06-26T08:52:00.000+01:002020-06-26T08:52:22.090+01:00Wonderful Copenhagen, we wish we could have been there. <iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F361218003980615%2Fvideos%2F939447866502213%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Video from Copenhagen University Faculty of Humanities Facebook page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our plans for EuroCALL 2020 were rudely interrupted by Covid 19 but a great deal of work had of course already taken place. The EuroCALL Executive team would like to open our posts for this year's online Gathering with a tribute to the Copenhagen team and all their hard work to put a great conference in place. We are delighted to know that they will be joining our forthcoming Gathering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This from the organising team:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The Copenhagen team had been
looking forward to hosting EUROCALL 2020 for quite some time. In all modesty it
was shaping up to be a very attractive conference with a strong academic
programme, a social programme with beautiful venues and an event with plenty of
chances to get a taste of what Danish hygge is all about. Unfortunately, a huge
2020 conference in Copenhagen was not to be. All our aspirations to provide the
best possible framework for the EUROCALL community to meet in 2020 were trumped
by a global crisis that is still ongoing. The EUROCALL community will have to
take a raincheck on the little mermaid, the Carlsberg museum, Nyhavn,
Copenhagen city centre and not least our beautiful South Campus.</span></i><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">In the meantime we are excited to
take part in the EUROCALL 2020 Online Gathering. The EUROCALL organization has
acted quickly and professionally to ensure a high quality online event for the
EUROCALL members to take part in. In times like these we are all aware of how
much effort and planning a successful online event requires. With the support
of the community the Online Gathering will be a success. We will see you online
20 and 21 August – and hopefully in Copenhagen at some point in the future. "</span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Karen-Margrete, Sanne and Patrick
from the Copenhagen Team. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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While abstracts are still being submitted for this year’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EUROCALL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EUROCALL</a> conference, the local organising committee is exited to announce that the reception at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EUROCALL2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EUROCALL2020</a> will take place at the Carlsberg Museum & Business Centre. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Copenhagen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Copenhagen</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Carlsberg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Carlsberg</a><a href="https://twitter.com/VisitCarlsberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VisitCarlsberg</a> <a href="https://t.co/zWOOXbxV4B">pic.twitter.com/zWOOXbxV4B</a></div>
— Eurocall (@EurocallLang) <a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang/status/1221767446278877184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EurocallLang</a> My Home Office, now with flowers 🌞 <a href="https://t.co/HZix4wbfBw">pic.twitter.com/HZix4wbfBw</a></div>
— Karen-Margrete Frederiksen (@MargreteKaren) <a href="https://twitter.com/MargreteKaren/status/1252857677673193473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-81650572751833552622020-05-18T13:31:00.000+01:002020-05-18T13:31:55.812+01:00Mutual support in difficult times: a message from EuroCALL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A message from the EuroCALL executive:</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear EUROCALL Community,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hope this message finds you and yours well in these uncertain times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What we are doing</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The EUROCALL Executive and the Copenhagen Team have been working together on a Plan B for August. It is clear that we cannot hold our usual conference at Copenhagen in the current circumstances. Instead we intend to organise on online ‘gathering’ this year (around the same time as the Copenhagen conference would have taken place) and not the full conference. The gathering will consist of workshops and SIG symposia only. Details of this online event will be sent shortly. Regarding our current accepted submissions - our intention is to carry over this year’s successful submissions to next year. The exact details of the process will be announced once the Executive finalises details with the Copenhagen team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What we hope you can do</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this difficult time, and in order to support the ongoing work of our EUROCALL family, we would encourage you to please renew your annual membership as normal. You can renew via the EUROCALL website. <b>Given the circumstances, we have decided to offer the 65€ online membership to everyone.</b> This reduced rate will be available to all until 31st August 2020. The fee for participating in the August ‘gathering’ (for those who are not already members) will be 65€ and will also entitle attendees to EUROCALL annual membership. Please <a href="https://www.eurocall-languages.org/join/join-eurocall-now" target="_blank">visit our website</a> to join. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What we hope to do next year</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a pause of one year, it is hoped that our Danish colleagues will be in a position to host at EUROCALL2021. The team are still in discussions about this with their University. We will confirm what is happening regarding 2021 at the end of May. Our colleagues in Paris have confirmed that they will be making preparations to host EUROCALL2022.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are deeply grateful to all our Members for your continued loyalty. Your support is helping us to sustain our association through a time of great uncertainty. Thank you for making this possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I look forward to updating you further at the end of May when I will also confirm the details of the ‘gathering’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Until then: stay safe and be well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mirjam (on behalf of the EUROCALL executive committee)</span><br />
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Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-34877554752338045912019-09-10T16:50:00.000+01:002019-09-10T16:50:57.133+01:00Show your true colours!<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YvLu1ST4KEM?start=206" width="560"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Your EuroCALL open badge will shortly be issued to all those who participated and presented at EuroCALL 2019 in Louvain la Neuve, Belgium! The short tutorial above shows how to collect and display your badge and we look forward to spotting yours online. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An open badge carries "baked in" information about how it was earned and to whom is was issued. You can even <a href="https://youtu.be/bAaDIXjK4fg" target="_blank">print off a paper copy</a> which carries a QR code once you have added the badge to your Open Badge Passport. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="https://badge.wiki/wiki/What_Are_Open_Badges%3F" target="_blank">Open Badge</a> infrastructure was originally created by Mozilla. It provides a technical means for creating, issuing and collecting micro-credentials for both formal and informal learning. There are many examples of their use and some published research is curated on the <a href="https://badge.wiki/wiki/Research" target="_blank">badge wiki community here.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you already have an account on another <a href="https://badge.wiki/wiki/Badge_platforms" target="_blank">badge platform</a> such as Badgr, Credly or one of the many others listed you can import your badge to add to your collection directly from the issuing email. <b>Look out for the email as often they are filtered out and end up in your spam folder. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-51830938152434613932019-09-01T07:13:00.002+01:002019-09-01T07:13:54.666+01:00The full curation of tweets from #eurocall2019<iframe allow="autoplay" class="wakeletEmbed" height="760px" src="https://embed.wakelet.com/wakes/89c66be2-c495-407d-b6fc-2630f2560bd4/list" style="border: none;" width="100%"></iframe><!-- Please only call https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js once per page --><script charset="UTF-8" src="https://embed-assets.wakelet.com/wakelet-embed.js"></script>Teresa MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14439853587132749365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3270470811522423580.post-84978509112494450062019-08-31T07:16:00.000+01:002019-08-31T07:16:14.215+01:00Joining the blocks together: an NLP pipeline for CALL development<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/355315111" width="640"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This recording captures the virtual presentation of <b>Monica Ward, Joining the blocks together: an NLP pipeline for CALL development. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Abstract:</b></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(I)CALL is inherently complex endeavour.
It is multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary in nature). Natural Language Processing (NLP) involves
using tools and techniques from Computational Linguistics (CL) and NLP in the
language learning process. Often these tools and techniques are designed for
tasks and purposes other than language learning and this makes their adaption
and use in the CALL domain difficult. It can be even more challenging for Less
Resourced Languages (LRLs) as they may be very few resources available to CALL
researchers to adapt or incorporate into CALL resources. This paper reports on how two existing NLP
resources for Irish were used to develop a MALL app for Irish. The app, Irish Word Bricks (IWB) was built
using an existing CALL app - Word Bricks (Mozgovoy & Efimov, 2013). Without this ‘joining the blocks together’
approach, the development of the app would certainly have taken longer, may not
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are the innovators, the curious, the resilient, the researchers, the teachers, the mentors, the interpreters, the communicators, the explorers, the lovers (as opposed to the fighters!). Check out what we have been sharing on the first day of our conference. Expand your networks, find new friends, catch up with old friends, enjoy the opportunities to unwind and to learn. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There has been lots of live tweeting - so much that my wakelet curation and the wifi are struggling to cope but don't let that stop you! You can remix the collection above to tell your own story of today. Get creative. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My twitter stream has been full of folk sharing their slides and presentations ready for next week:</span><br />
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Come and join us in the workshop 'What is an LMOOC? The what, the how and the best practice' <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOOC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MOOC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LMOOC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LMOOC</a> Wednesday 28 Aug. 9 am SOCR25 UCLouvain <a href="https://twitter.com/Eurocall2019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eurocall2019</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/KBorthwick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KBorthwick</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/APlutino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@APlutino</a></div>
— emartinmonje (@emartinmonje) <a href="https://twitter.com/emartinmonje/status/1164817852567678976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2019</a></blockquote>
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I finally finished my slides for my presentation <a href="https://twitter.com/Eurocall2019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eurocall2019</a> I’ll be presenting @ 16:45 on Wednesday 28th in room SOCR23. First time for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroCall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroCall</a> and I’m really looking forward to meeting everyone. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/DlMFAoBivY">pic.twitter.com/DlMFAoBivY</a></div>
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I just finished preparing my slides for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall2019</a> My session is on Wed 28 August, 3:15-3:45pm, Room SOCR25. Please join me there if you are interested in a study on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/learnerautonomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#learnerautonomy</a> & the types of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/digitaltools?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#digitaltools</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/languagelearners?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#languagelearners</a> choose to use and abandon <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cantwait?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cantwait</a> <a href="https://t.co/u555mzAtnv">pic.twitter.com/u555mzAtnv</a></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and for those of you not travelling, sign up to join us through Virtually Connecting:</span><br />
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Join us online at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall2019</a> through <a href="https://twitter.com/VConnecting?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VConnecting</a> Find out more about it here: <a href="https://t.co/cvRlcMDOLP">https://t.co/cvRlcMDOLP</a> The sign up form is here: <a href="https://t.co/6F1vvIIBqr">https://t.co/6F1vvIIBqr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/edutech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#edutech</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/edtech?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#edtech</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/videochat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#videochat</a> <a href="https://t.co/vMweWw3dP0">pic.twitter.com/vMweWw3dP0</a></div>
— Louise Ohashi (@OhashiLou) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhashiLou/status/1163769959832403969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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T-5 days to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EUROCALL2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EUROCALL2019</a>: The mobile <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/eurocall?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#eurocall</a> conference guide is now available for download through the Guidebook app (Android/iOS)! <a href="https://t.co/01AJsJSApq">https://t.co/01AJsJSApq</a><br />New features will appear in the coming days, so stay tuned!</div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As with any eagerly anticipated event, the conversations and excitement start way before the big day. Of course the planning for <a href="https://sites.uclouvain.be/eurocall2019/" target="_blank">EUROCall 2019</a> has been underway for well over a year already. Team Belgium, who delivered such an exciting glimpse of the event in store while we were still enjoying the fantastic welcome and hospitality in <a href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/congress/eurocall2018" target="_blank">Jyväskylä, Finland</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The image above is a snapshot of the current interactions around #eurocall on twitter but you can join the conversation by tweeting and adding the hashtag, then <a href="https://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/?key=1as_hhMl3Lfm5irUIzPje-XQkWrijXdbQapm6hie-018&gid=400689247" target="_blank">watch the ball grow organically</a>. Your twitter activity around the conversation will be reflected in the interactive visual. Any Instagram images which you tag #eurocall may also feature on our Wakelet posts during the conference. You can find<a href="https://twitter.com/Eurocall2019" target="_blank"> this year's conference team on twitter</a> and of course follow the main <a href="https://twitter.com/EurocallLang" target="_blank">Eurocall twitter account </a>too!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/710067/" target="_blank">Eurocall has an group on LinkedIn</a> where you can extend your professional connections and keep in touch with those you have met at #eurocall conferences. You will also keep up to date with what this lively, international community are up to. </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We look forward to meeting you through twitter or on our other social media spaces, out in the open. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Accessibility matters to your EUROCall exec, we are only a small group but we are working hard to help ensure that conferences and community activities are within reach even if you cannot be physically present in August. This Virtual Strand blog will post regular updates and provide opportunities for you to participate remotely with our community. Watch this space for news of our <a href="http://virtuallyconnecting.org/" target="_blank">Virtually Connecting sessions</a> where you will be able to meet our keynote speakers, organisers and participants live online to get a feel for this year's conference. </span></div>
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