GLoCALL Conferences

Professor Dr. Wong Su Luan

Wong Su Luan is a Professor at the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

Plenary Presentation: ICT in Malaysian Education: Trends and Challenges

I will share some insights on the latest ICT trends and development in Malaysian schools and higher learning institutions ... more

Professor Dr. Deborah Healey

Deborah Healey was the 2019-2020 President of TESOL’s Board of Directors

Plenary Presentation: Growing up Digital: Intelligent Use of Technology

This talk will explore why and how teachers can enhance their own and their students’ 21^st Century skills, with a focus on technology use in four major areas: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. ... more

Workshop: Digital Storytelling

This workshop will show examples of digital storytelling, provide a framework for creating digital stories and encourage teachers to work in small groups to find ways to incorporate digital storytelling into their own classes. ... more

Associate Professor Dr Mark Pegrum

Mark Pegrum is a Lecturer in Digital Learning in the Graduate School of Education at The University of Western Australia in Perth

Plenary Presentation: Going Global, Going Local, Going Mobile

In this plenary, we will explore mobile learning at the intersection of the global and the local, examining it from two distinct angles. ... more

Workshop: Framing MALL Activities

In this workshop, participants are invited to bring along their existing mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) activities and/or their ideas for MALL activities. We will analyse these activities carefully in light of major digital and mobile learning frameworks, and consider how to enhance them in light of those same frameworks. ... more

Professor Dr. Gordon Bateson

Gordon Bateson is Professor at Kochi University of Technology in Japan.

Plenary Presentation: Testing 4-skills online: What is possible?

The presenter will detail the development of the plugins for the Moodle LMS, reveal the preliminary version of the test, and explain how the reliability of the test is verified by comparing students' scores with human-ratings and widely used tests. ...more

Workshop: Creating a 4-skills online assessment tool using the Moodle LMS

In this workshop, participants will learn how to build an online tool that can automatically assess an individual’s ability to read, write, listen and speak in English. ... more

Professor Dr. Thomas Robb

Thomas Robb, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, is Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Sangyo University.

Plenary Presentation: Can badges encourage students to do more online work?

Once the target amount of online work has been accomplished, students often feel no need to do any more. Badges, however, bring the promise of encouraging students to ‘go the extra mile’ and do more than the minimum. ... more

Dr. Vance Stevens

Vance Stevens is the founder and coordinator of Webheads in Action and Learning2gether.net, and is editor of the Internet Section of TESL-EJ.

Plenary Presentation: An analysis of two decades of EVO moderators’ decisions on platforms facilitating online distributed learning

This presentation analyses decisions made by EVO moderators over the 20 years that EVO has been in existence, and the choices they have made in coming up with serviceable tools despite the occasional sudden loss of many of these platforms. ... more