Final program for TISLID 18: Languages for digital lives and cultures, 24-26 May 2018, Ghent University (updated 22nd of May)
Thursday 24
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30 a 10:00 Conference opening by Veronique Hoste, Head of the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy) and by Brian Holmes, (Director of the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture, European Commission), Honor President of TISLID 18: Mastering Diversity through Innovation: Insights into the European Union’s Support for Language Learning in the Digital Age
10:00-11:00 Plenary session by keynote speaker Aga Palalas (University of Athabasca, Canada): Mindfulness for human-centered digital learning
11:00 coffee break
11:30-12:30 Parallel sessions (three time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
12:30-14:00 lunch
14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions (three time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
15:30 coffee break
16:00-18:00 Parallel sessions (three time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
18:00 – Reception, offered by BTI studios
Friday 25
9:00-9:30 Registration
9:00 a 10:00 Plenary session by keynote speaker Inge de Waard (Open University, UK): MOOCs: between Realities of Informal Learning and Myths of Personalisation
10:00-11:00 Parallel sessions (two time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
11:00 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Parallel sessions (three time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
13:00-14:00 lunch
14:00-15:30 Parallel sessions (three time slots): Language Technologies/ Technologically Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)/ Technologies for Intercultural and Multilingual Communication.
15:30 Pecha Kucha: 1-minute Poster Pitches
16:00-17:00 Posters session – With coffee
17:00-18:00 Round table: MOONLITE, or MOOCs for Scaffolding language learning for refugees and migrants
18:00-20:00 Guided visit to the city center
20:00 Conference dinner in Pakhuis
Saturday 26
9:30 – 10:00 – Registration / Welcome desk/Coffee (A104)
10:00-13:30 Special workshops: Befriending technology in second language and research and teaching
10:00-11:30
- Patrick Goethals (Ghent University, Belgium): Processing language with Python: an introduction (A307)
- Tomás Costal (UNED, Spain) and Anna Vermeulen (Ghent University, Belgium): The Many Voices in Me: Subtitling, Dubbing and Audio Description for the Development of Interaction and Mediation Skills (A303)
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break (A104)
12:00-13:30
- Cristina Calle (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) and Ana Ibáñez (UNED, Spain): Apps for the gamification of language teaching and learning (A303)
13:30 – Closure