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As part of our commitment to sharing as many opportunities as possible with our stakeholders, we are now including a recurring feature where we'll highlight upcoming PD opportunities from our fellow Language Resource Centers, National Resource Centers, and more, as we find them! See the bottom of this newsletter for more info!
New to our newsletter? Explore all eleven of our projects in our three core areas of professional development, open resources, and strategic collaboration on our website!
Come join us at SLCTLS and NCOLCTL!
NLRC members will be presenting a colloquium and feedback session called "Introducing the National Less Commonly Taught Languages Resource Center" at the 2023 NCOLCTL Conference, held from April 21-23 in Chicago.
In addition, MSU's long-standing collaborative symposium with the University of Chicago, the Shared LCTL Symposium will be held as a pre-conference event of the NCOLCTL Conference on April 20th.
We hope to see you there!
Language OER Conference
Our colleagues at the Open Language Resource Center at the University of Kansas and the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning at the University of Texas at Austin will host the third annual Language OER Conference on Saturday, March 11, 2023.
Several professors from Michigan State University are presenting their work on OERs in a variety of languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Urdu!
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NLRC Social Media HighlightOur social media highlight this month features our #MeetTheStaffMonday posts, which spotlight NLRC personnel, student assistants, and project leaders! These will continue throughout the spring as we feature all of the integral people that make the NLRC function! Are you following our social media? Take a look! |
UPCOMING OLT OPPORTUNITIES
Learn more about our Spring 2023 Online Language Teaching courses!
Purposeful Technology Integration
Explore novel and alternative technology-supported pedagogical approaches, identify technology-enabled practices with the most transformative potential, and design an intentional “new normal” for what language instruction might look like for you in the near future.
Teaching the Whole Class: Technology for Differentiated Instruction
Leverage course design principles and learning technologies to facilitate proficiency development for class sections with heterogeneous learners (differing proficiency levels, heritage, abilities, backgrounds, etc.).
Upcoming deadlines for applications:
- Purposeful Technology Integration: March 6th
- Teaching the Whole Class: March 27th
Other PD Opportunities and Resources
Many of our fellow Language Resource Centers and National Resource Centers have their own professional development opportunities. While we can't list all options, here are few upcoming opportunities:
- CALPER's Spring 2023 Webinar Series "Advances in World Language Pedagogy"
- CARLA's Spring 2023 Presentation Series
- CERCLL's webinars on "Multiliteracies Takes on Language Teaching"
- NFLRC
- Project Based Language Learning (PBLL) MOOC - registration open through February 24, 2023!
- International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation in early March - register by February 28th!
