Distance and Online Learning
Re-imagining Virtual Interaction
Using Gather.Town to re-imagine interaction in virtual and hybrid language learning
Principles and practices of language learning and teaching
Principles and practices of training language teachers
Principles and practices of designing and implementing instruction in online spaces
This site includes my professional portfolio as well as sets of resources on language teaching, teaching language teachers, online instruction, and my own forays into teacher inquiry as well as work I have done with my students as a mentor and collaborator.
Language Teacher Educator
At Michigan State University, I have been faculty since 2013 and currently serve as Program Director of the online graduate programs in Foreign Language Teaching in the College of Arts and Letters. Click the button below to learn more about these programs or click the logo on the right to go to the program website.
Program Director
The MAFLT and the FLT Certificate are online graduate programs designed to meet the needs of current and aspiring teachers of any target language. We provide a principled balance of theory and practice in a flexible and distance-based but interactive format. Courses emphasize proficiency-based approaches, effective integration of culture and technology, and leadership.
Using Gather.Town to re-imagine interaction in virtual and hybrid language learning
World language departments are composed of teachers of many different languages. How can we work together and grow even when our languages are wildly different? This presentation focuses on the experiences of teachers of less Read more…
Why learn a world language? Advocacy Resources @MSU_MAFLT Also published on the MAFLT blog: https://maflt.cal.msu.edu/program-news. Advocacy has been a prevalent theme for world language teachers and programs in the U.S. recently. Teachers are overworked, programs Read more…
Around the corner from CeLTA
Center for Language Teaching Advancement
B135 Wells Hall