THE PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
Robin E. Lawrason
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IALL '97/FLEAT3
Victoria BC
August 12-17, 1997
This summer the International Association for Language Learning
Technology (IALL) held its biennial Conference in Victoria, British
Columbia along with its sister organization, the Learning Lab Association
of Japan (LLJ.)
The FLEAT3 program was crammed with useful workshops and sessions.
Workshops covered HTML Basics, Javascript and Web design; Libra
and Claris authoring systems; lab design and management; schMOOze
University: Virtual Community, real language and learning; how to
create a digital audio lab; statistical programs for educational
research; approaches to marking electronic text and Web Whiz Bangs
(tips on adding Flash to your pages.)
Our own Wendy Baker Davis was presented with an IALL award for
Outstanding Young Leader, one of two given in honor of the late
Robert Henderson and the late Marie Shepard. Congratulations to
Wendy!
The Proceedings for FLEAT3 will be available shortly. Look for
an announcement on LLTI coming up. Or check out the FLEAT3 Web Site
at U Vic.
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/fleat3
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