TESOL 2019
CALL-IS Academic Session
SMALL: Research, Practice, Impact of Social Media-Assisted Language Learning
Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 1:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. EDT
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Abstract: While CALL, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, provides the access portal to online learning, SMALL, Social Media-Assisted Language Learning, furnishes the experience with research-based beliefs and learning outcomes, engaging students through interactions in familiar social settings. Panelists present ways social media assists language learning, success stories, and SMALL's growing impact on language education. |
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Presenters |
Topic / Description |
1:00 p.m. |
Maria Tomeho-Palermino |
Moderator's opening remarks |
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Sandy Wagner |
Research on Social Media for Language Learning and Social Engagement
Title: SMALL: Large Impacts on Language Learning and Social Engagement
Social Media_Assisted Language Learning (SMALL), grounded in the tenets of connectivism, offers "new virtual ecologies that afford language learning and socialization." (Valnecia, J., 2016). Research provides deeper insights into these "new virtual ecologies" and offers a plethora of justifications, proven results, and recommendations for integration into language teaching and learning. The presenter highlights the spectrum of research-based rationale that opens the doors for greater student engagement, motivation, and interactions.
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Susan Gaer
Elke Stappert
Maria Tomeho-Palermino
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Social Media/Network Practical Examples
Susan will demo her ESL low beginning class from 2017 using Facebook Groups. She will talk about the process she went through, how she used them and the benefits that she saw in terms of student engagement, extension and enhancement. Susan Gaer-Using Facebook Groups with ELL immigrant adult students low beginning -https://www.facebook.com/groups/381821352193550/
Susan's Presentation (double booked with affiliate communication workshop) (6:48)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZ7oKd2_po
Elke will show her public Facebook page.
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Elke Stappert, The New York Public Library/Englishyoyo.com |
Impact on Learning: Success Stories and Potential Drawbacks
Elke will start with an intro how to setup Whatsapp. Next there'll be a review of using different types of Whatsapp groups: Groups set up for a specific class, groups set up by one teacher for multiple classes, groups set up by students. Some of the class groups continued communicating outside of class. Encouraging students to start in class and then make a practice part of their independent learning is key. Elke will discuss successes and challenges with using Whatsapp. Setting up rules within groups is essential.
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Vance Stevens, Learning2gether/Webheads in Action/EVO Minecraft MOOC |
Thinking SMALL: A Case for Social Media-Assisted Language Learning |
Bios
Vance Stevens has worked in CALL for 40 years. He is on the editorial board of CALL Journal, seeded Webheads in Action and EVO Minecraft MOOC, founded Learning2gether and has hosted almost 400 podcasts there, edits On the Internet for TESL-EJ, and has served as TESOL CALL-IS Electronic Village Online coordinator/moderator since 2002. Vance's presentations and publications are archived at
https://vancestevens.com/papers/.
Elke Stappert is an ESOL and literacy teacher at the New York Public Library and 1199SEIU Funds. She also works as a consultant at the Literacy Assistance Center and creates videos for teaching. Elke is an experienced workshop presenter, founder of www.Englishyoyo.com and co-Founder of TESOL’s Video PLN.
Sandy Wagner is an Associate Professor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Division of Distance Learning. She has many years experience teaching ESL at all age levels for Broward County Schools and has done extensive teacher training in technology integration for language teaching and learning. She is a former CALL-IS Chair and the designer, developer, and facilitator of TESOL's Developing an Online Teaching Program certificate program.
Susan Gaer is Professor Emeritus at Santa Ana College and a Subject Matter Expert for the Outreach Technical Assistance Center (OTAN). She is a former CALL-IS Chair and is President-Elect of CATESOL. In addition, she is one of the series consultant for Project Success, Pearson LTD. She is an avid and passionate user of technology with her ESL students. Here is a great resource on using Facebook Groups with students-https://www.teachthought.com/technology/100-ways-to-use-facebook-in-education-by-category/
You can learn more about Susan on her website at http://www.susangaer.com
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