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,…

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…

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:…