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CALICO 2025
Converging Realities and Realms of Possibility May 28-31, 2025, San Diego State University, San Diego (CA) Theme We are thrilled to announce CALICO 2025, to be held in San Diego, California, May 28–31, 2025, hosted by the Language Acquisition Resource Center at San Diego State University. San Diego County is home to speakers of over 40 languages and from more than 130 countries. With millions of people moving between the US and Mexico each year, the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area is the busiest land-border crossing in the world. Inspired by this dynamic backdrop and by the vibrant linguistic and intercultural encounters that take place in this region, our conference theme…
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CALICO 2024
Confluences and Connections: Bridging Industry and Academia in CALL May 21-25, 2024, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (PA) Theme The CALICO 2024 Conference welcomed our members in Pittsburgh, PA, the ‘City of Bridges’! With its iconic spans symbolizing connectivity and progress, and its rivers joining in a spectacular confluence, Pittsburgh served as the perfect backdrop for this event. Home to renowned academic institutions (Carnegie Mellon University, Pitt), industry leaders in technology-enhanced learning (Duolingo) and educational games (Schell Games), as well as community networks of innovative educators (Remake Learning), Pittsburgh is a place to explore confluences and make connections. Against the ever-evolving landscape of technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), our 2024 conference explored…
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Conference 2023: Regular and Panel Sessions
Thursday, June 8 Panel Presentation AI-based Tools and Instructed Language Learning: What Role Should They Play? Robert Godwin-Jones, Carl Blyth, Kimberly Vinall, Emily Hellmich and Mandy Lau Tools powered by artificial intelligence are all around us, but their use in the classroom has been controversial. This panel will explore advantages and pitfalls of integrating AI tools into instructed SLA, focusing on the following: machine translation, voice assistants, and immersive technologies. Neural-network-based AI tools offer powerful tools, but concerns include implied/embedded socio-political orientations, native speakerism, and limited diversity in data collection/analysis. Ethics and authenticity/originality highlight pedagogical issues. The panelists, drawing from both experimental studies and theory-based analysis, will address practical uses…
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CALICO conference
The annual conference of CALICO is our main event, and can be anytime from spring break to July, depending upon the available time of the host institution. Our conference typically lasts five days, and consists of hands-on workshops, plenary speakers, regular paper sessions, poster sessions and tech demonstrations, special interest group meetings, our awards ceremony, and social events. We typically meet face to face, but there are options for online participation, too. Upcoming conferences Past conferences
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CALICO 2021, June 2 – 6
Full Program Schedule
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2023 Conference Workshops, Plenary Speakers, Technology Showcase Presentations and Poster Presentations
Tuesday, June 6 — Workshops An Introduction to Virtual Reality Social Environments and Language Learning Conducted by: Randall Sadler This ½ day workshop will introduce educators to VR for language learning. First, a brief introduction of VR and how it has been shown to improve language learning will be given (Stage 1). Then, attendees will be taught how to use Meta Quest 2 VR headsets (Stage 2), which will be provided by the presenters. Stage 3 will introduce participants to 7 existing free social VR spaces with pedagogical potential for language teaching. All participants will be given access to a website with full tutorials for the various apps, lesson ideas,…
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2022 Sessions
Jump to Friday, Jump to Plenary, Jump to Saturday Thursday, June 2 Using Eye-Tracking to Measure Cognitive Engagement with Feedback in a Digital Literacy Game Matthew Pattemore, University of Barcelona; Roger Gilabert Feedback is a key element of the learning process, and the investigation of how language learners engage with different types of feed- back in an automated, digital context such as Digital Game-Based Language Learning is an important topic. Eye-tracking can provide an objective window into these cognitive processes, allowing us to see what players focus on when feedback is given. We investigated 19 Spanish-Catalan 11-year-olds playing 4 EFL literacy minigames to see how they attended to two different…
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2022 Workshops, Opening Plenary, Posters
Jump to Poster Jump to Opening Plenary Jump to Showcase Tuesday, May 31 Workshops Critical Thinking, Task Engagement, and Learning with Educational Escape Rooms Conducted by: Joy Egbert, Seyed Abdollah Shahrokni, Sandra Mina-Herrera, Estephanie López Contreras, Rose Maleki and Sarah Movius An educational escape room is a team-based, f2f experience with digital support. During an escape, participants interact with language and content in order to solve puzzles and reach a goal within a time limit. Educational escape rooms can address task engagement, critical thinking, and focused learning. This workshop will provide a pedagogical framework, involve participants in an escape, and show them why and how to build their own. Handouts:…
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CALICO 2023
Workshops, Plenary Speakers, Poster Session and Technology Showcase Regular 30-minute sessions and Panels
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CALICO 2021
Jump to Day Two, June 3rd Jump to Day Three, June 4th Jump to Day Four, June 5th Jump to Day Five, June 6th Virtual Day One: June 2nd, 2021 Language Learning & Technology: The Path Ahead 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Plenary Talk: Watch Video Speaker: Mohamed Abdel-Kader 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Speakers: Jacob E Larsen, Karina Silva Using a Student Assistant Team for Educational Technology Support: Mutual Benefits, Improved Support and Innovation Watch Video Support staff face many challenges in their quest to provide high-quality support for faculty. For the past two years, the Language Studies Resource Center at Iowa State University has had to creatively use student assistants for tasks…
