NDLR Fest 2010

NDLR Fest 2010 – National Showcase of digital teaching and learning resources

Date: Wednesday April 14th 2010; Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm; Location: Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin

We would like to invite you to attend a national showcase of a wide array of digital teaching and learning resources that have been developed across all subject disciplines and Higher Education Institutions in Ireland.

The event will be attended by individual academics, groups of academics who have been working collaboratively through various NDLR initiatives and key stakeholders in the Irish HE sector.

At this year’s event, staff from NDLR partners will gather to:

* Present, exhibit and share learning resources (LRs)
* Forge new links for developing innovations in teaching and learning
* Exchange know-how and exemplars of sharing and collaboration across subject
* Disciplines and institutions
* Demonstrate impact and use of LRs across subject disciplines in student programmes.

The showcase will reflect an evolutionary pathway for supporting NDLR Users, as well as demonstrating the new NDLR platform, portal and NDLR services in action. A call for National funding for Learning Innovation Community Support Projects (LINCs) will also be announced in the coming weeks. There will be an information session about this call for funding at the event.

To register for this free event – please email your details to info@ndlr.ie

For more information and a programme of events go to www.ndlr.ie

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1st International Language Conference: Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning 10th -11th of December, 2010

1st International Language Conference:
Translation, Technology and Autonomy
in Language Teaching and Learning
10th -11th of December, 2010

Organized by the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures,
The Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT),
and Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge
at the National University of Ireland, Galway;
with funding from the Irish Research Council
for the Humanities and Social Sciences

This conference will examine issues related to translation, technology and autonomy in language learning. Proposals are invited for papers, workshops and posters on the following general subtopics:
1. Translation, Technology and Audiovisual Translation.
2. Autonomy in Language Learning.
3. European Language Framework and Portfolios.
4. Reflective Teaching and Learning.
5. (Multi)media in Language Learning.
6. Distance and e-learning.
7. Virtual Learning Environments in Language Learning and Teaching.
8. Teacher Training.
9. Language testing and assessment.
10. Intercultural issues in Language Teaching and Learning.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. David Little, Trinity College, Dublin
Prof. Henrik Gottlieb, University of Copenhagen
Dr Daniel Cassany, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

Abstracts are invited for presentations, workshops or posters in a single-spaced attachment of not more than 300 words in length, including the title of the contribution, and your name, a brief biography, address and affiliation in the body of an email. Please send abstracts to one of the members of the conference organizing committee.
Papers, presentations, workshops or posters will be accepted in Irish, English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. A selection of the proceedings of this conference will be published

For further information, please contact one of the organizing committee members.
Organizing Committee
Dr Laura McLoughlin – laura.mcloughlin@nuigalway.ie
Dr Dorothy Ní Uigín – dorothy.niuigin@nuigalway.ie
Ms Pilar Alderete – pilar.alderete@nuigalway.ie
Ms Labhaoise Ní Dhonnchadha – labhaoise.nidhonnchadha@uigalway.ie

An Chéad Chomhdháil Idirnáisiúnta do Theangacha:
An tAistriúchán, An Teicneolaíocht & an Fhoghlaim Fhéinriartha i dTeagasc agus i bhFoghlaim Teangacha
10-11 Nollaig, 2010

Á heagrú ag: Scoil na dTeangacha, na Litríochta agus na gCultúr,
An tIonad um Fheabhas i bhFoghlaim agus i dTeagasc (CELT),
Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge
in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh
le maoiniú ón gComhairle um Thaighde sna Dána agus sna hEolaíochtaí Sóisialta

Cíorfaidh an chomhdháil ceisteanna a bhaineann leis an aistriúchán, leis an teicneolaíocht agus leis an bhfoghlaim féinriartha i bhfoghlaim teangacha. Fáilteofar roimh pháipéir, cheardlanna agus roimh phóstaeir faoi na cinnteidil ghinearálta a leanas:
1. An tAistriúchán, an Teicneolaíocht agus an tAistriúchan Clos-Amhairc.
2. Foghlaim Fhéinriartha Teangacha.
3. An Comhchreat Tagartha Eorpach agus an Portfóilió.
4. Teagasc agus Foghlaim Mhachnamhach.
5. Na Meáin/na hIlmheáin i bhFoghlaim Teangacha.
6. Cian- agus e-fhoghlaim.
7. Timpeallachtaí Fíorúla Foghlama i dTeagasc agus i bhFoghlaim Teangacha.
8. Oiliúint Teagascóirí.
9. Tástáil agus Measúnú Teangacha.
10. Ceisteanna Ilchultúrtha i dTeagasc agus i bhFoghlaim Teangacha.

AOI-CHAINTEOIRÍ
An tOllamh David Little, Coláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Átha Cliath
An tOllamh Henrik Gottlieb, Ollscoil Copenhagen
An Dr Daniel Cassany, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona

Cuir coimrithe de 300 focal (spásáil shingil) do pháipéir, do cheardlanna nó do phóstaeir mar cheangaltán le teideal, chomh maith le d’ainm, do sheoladh, an institiúid lena mbaineann tú agus cur síos gearr beathaisnéise, i gcorp an ríomhphoist, chuig ball amháin de choiste eagraithe na comhdhála.
Glacfar le páipéir, le ceardlanna agus le póstaeir i: Gaeilge, Béarla, Fraincis, Iodáilis, Gearmáinis agus Spáinnis. Foilseofar rogha páipéar ó imeachtaí na Comhdhála.
Cuir fios ar bhall den choiste eagraithe i gcomhair tuilleadh eolais.
An Coiste Eagraithe
An Dr Laura McLoughlin – laura.mcloughlin@nuigalway.ie
An Dr Dorothy Ní Uigín – dorothy.niuigin@oegaillimh.ie
Ms Pilar Alderete – pilar.alderete@nuigalway.ie
Ms Labhaoise Ní Dhonnchadha – labhaoise.nidhonnchadha@nuigalway.ie
Spriocdháta do choimrithe: 31 Márta, 2010

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Conversations around innovative PBL – Friday 26th March University of Limerick 9.15 – 3.30 KB117

The NDLR CSCoP in association with the UL Centre for Teaching and Learning are hosting a PBL Day in Limerick. This is an opportunity to hear how others accross a variety of disciplines are applying PBL techniques to their teaching as well as discuss opportunities for the advancement of PBL. This is a free event and we welcome attendance from around the country. For those unfamiliar with the UL campus, the venue is located in building reference 28 on the campus map http://www2.ul.ie/pdf/156289860.pdf parking places are available on request. To register please email aisling.dundon@ul.ie.

Conversations around innovative PBL

Friday 26th March University of Limerick

9.15 – 3.30 KB117

9.15 Welcome
Ms. Aisling Dundon NDLR

9.30 -10.30 Problem Based Learning in a Management Development Programme for
Front Line Managers:A Case Study
Ms. Yvonne Delaney

Process before Content: Learning from Defeat in Siege Warfare
Professor Tom Cosgrove

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

11.00 – 1.00 PBL for an Engineering Laboratory
Professor Tim Hall

Water Water Everywhere …an Albatross or an opportunity to learn Dr. Declan Phillips

Using PBL to integrate environment related learning outcomes in established engineering courses

Dr. Colin Fitzpatrick

Whose learning is it anyway? PBL and Language Learning materials

Dr. Feda Mishan

Software Quality: From Theory to Practice
Dr. Ita Richardson

1.00 – 2.00 Lunch

2.00 -3.30 Round Table Discussion
Yvonne Delaney Chair

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The Legacy of Naturalism: Proletarians, Populism and Politics in Twentieth-Century French Literature

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures is pleased to present a Research Seminar on

The Legacy of Naturalism: Proletarians, Populism and Politics in Twentieth-Century French Literature

By Professor John Flower,
Emeritus Professor of Twentieth-Century French Literature, University of Kent

Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 at 5.00 p.m. in AM205
All Welcome!

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GDI und School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures (German), NUI Galway

The German Department at NUI Galway is having a conference for teachers of German in primary and secondary schools on March 20th.

Lehrerfortbildung /Teacher Training Day

Datum: 20. März 2010
Zeit: 9.30 Uhr – 16.30 Uhr
Ort: NUI, Galway, Arts Millennium Building

9.30 Uhr Begrüßung
Dr. Edward Herring, Dean of College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, NUI, Galway
Professor Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa, Head of German, NUI, Galway
Pierce Purcell, Präsident Gesellschaft der Deutschlehrer Irlands

9.45-10.00 Uhr Goethe Institut und Second Level Support Service: Angebote für Lehrer
Dr. Georgia Herlt, Leiterin der Sprachabteilung, Goethe-Institut Irland
Dr. Kevin Mc Dermott, National Co-ordinator for Languages, SLSS

Literatur und Landeskunde im DaF-Unterricht

10.00-11.00 Uhr Vortrag: Dr. Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick)
Entwicklungen in den deutsch-irischen Beziehungen seit 1990: Spielt das alles eine Rolle im Deutschunterricht?

11.00-11.30 Uhr Kaffeepause

11.30-12.30 Uhr Workshop I: Dr. Deirdre Byrnes (NUI, Galway)
Das neue Berlin.

Workshop II: Don Morgan (Monkstown)
54, 74, 90, 2010 – Mit Fu?ball Deutsch lernen.

Workshop III: Dr. Katrin Schreiner (Galway)
„Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst.“ – Zur Arbeit mit Bildern im landeskundlichen Deutschunterricht.

Workshop IV: Dr. Tina-Karen Pusse (NUI, Galway)
Apfel mit Wurm – konkrete Poesie für Deutschschüler.

12.30-13.30 Uhr Mittagspause

Technologien im DaF -Unterricht

13.30-14.30 Uhr Vortrag: Dr. Arnd Witte (NUI, Maynooth) und Annelie Eberhardt (NUI, Galway):
Schule im Wandel. Ein Blended Learning Fortbildungsprogramm für Sekundarschullehrer/innen.

14.30-15.00 Uhr Kaffee und Regionalgruppentreffen

15.00-16.30 Uhr Workshop V: Berit Carmesin (NUI, Galway)
Podcasts im Deutschunterricht.

Workshop VI: Doris Devilly (NUI, Galway)
Blogs und Wikis.

Workshop VII: Gina McQuaid (Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative, Kildare Education Centre)
Using Webquests to develop cultural awareness.

Workshop VIII: Sabine Müller (NUI, Galway)
Youtube im Klassenzimmer.

Wir danken dem Goethe-Institut Irland für seine Unterstützung.

Bitte melden Sie sich bis zum 16. März 2010 an (per Anmeldeformular, Email oder Anruf).
Annelie Eberhardt: 091-492270 und annelie.eberhardt@nuigalway.ie

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Alliance still firm even after 50 years

There was a nice article in last Tuesday’s Irish Times about Alliance Française.

If you would like to take a look at this article you can check out the link below:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2010/0223/1224265025639.html

Gráinne

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Format Factory

Format Factory is a multifunctional media converter.

You can download the software and it’s FREE. It supports 70 different languages and the makers encourage people to get in touch with them if you can’t find a language you would like to work with.

Format Factory’s Feature:
1 support converting all popular video,audio,picture formats to others.
2 Repair damaged video and audio file.
3 Reducing Multimedia file size.
4 Support iphone,ipod multimedia file formats.
5 Picture converting supports Zoom,Rotate/Flip,tags.
6 DVD Ripper.
7 Supports 50 languages

http://www.formatoz.com/index.html

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Using “Txting” to Teach Native Languages

E-Learning Magazine featured and interesting article this month about using texting to teach native languages.

Here’s a link to the article:
http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=81-1

Gráinne

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Programme Learning to LOLIPOP: Learners and Teachers Reflect

A Symposium of the School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies, Friday 12th June, 2009

Dear colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming Language On-line Portfolio Project (LOLIPOP) International Symposium which will take place in Dublin City University on Friday, the 12th of June 2009. Please consult the symposium website for further details:

www.lolipop-portfolio.eu/symposium/index.html

(Please note that if you click on the hyperlinked symposium title on the website you find our poster advertising the symposium.)

We would appreciate it if you could disseminate this announcement to your colleagues and look forward to seeing you at the event.

Regards,

Veronica Crosbie
Juliette Péchenart
Jenny Bruen

Dr Fionnuala Kennedy
Lecturer in German and Intercultural Communication Waterford Institute of Technology Cork Road Waterford

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The VOCAL Project, Vocationally Orientated Culture and Language

Last week myself and some of my colleagues attended the EdTech Conference at the National College of Ireland in Dublin, http://www.ilta.net, and attended some very interesting talks.

One of these talks was particularly interesting to those in the language teaching and learning field and it was presented to us by Kristan Brogan and Riana Walsh from the Institute of Technology Tallaght, Dublin. Kristan and Riana are two of the main people involved in a project called The VOCAL Project and they presented a paper entitled “On-line language learning and cultural preparation for residence abroad” and this talk centred around The VOCAL Project (Vocationally Oriented Culture and Language – www.vocalproject.ie).

To find out more about this innovative project which includes the development of a website for learners preparing for mobility placement in vocational settings and it covers ten different languages.

For more information on this go to: www.vocalproject.eu.

Gráinne

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