8th LanGW4 Colloquium: Transition and Transgression
The annual colloquium for the language departments in the LanGW4 alliance.
This year, Cardiff University's School of Modern Languages is hosting the colloquium. It is taking place on campus so no aspect will be available to attend online.
We welcome the University of Nottingham as our guest this year.
Key information
| Date | Thursday 29 June 2023 |
|---|---|
| Timings | 10:00-15:45 |
| Venue | Hadyn Ellis Building, Cardiff University, 52 Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ |
| Format | In-person |
| Registration deadline | Midday on Wednesday 21 June 2023 |
| Contact for queries | mlang-events@cardiff.ac.uk |
About LanGW4
Formed in 2014, LanGW4 includes the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter.
The colloquiums exist to exchange best practices on innovation in modern languages education.
More about the LanGW4 alliance.
Who it's open to
Both teaching and scholarship and teaching and research colleagues from the LanGW4 alliance are welcome.
Themes
We will host two roundtables on the following:
Transition
From enrolment to graduation, educational and existential turning points span a student's life. Navigating such moments is key to the students’ academic success and wellbeing. This roundtable explores the facilitation of students' transition, such as:
- institutional (between educational sectors)
- cognizant (between language levels)
- existential (towards adulthood)
- intercultural
The roundtable also discusses the change in our practice since the transition from Covid to post-Covid times.
Transgression
Breaking boundaries is becoming more central to higher education. Many educational strategies and pedagogical approaches reflect this direction. Established practices show how blurred institutional, physical, and methodological boundaries have become. This roundtable explores these practices and their effects, such as:
- students as partners
- teaching through community engagement
- embedded employability
- post-method pedagogy
The roundtable also explores experiences and evaluations of this important aspect of our profession, including assessments (formative and summative) and student engagement activities (curricular and extracurricular).
Keynote speaker
Michael Webb, a specialist from JISC on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Education.
JISC is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation.
Michael Webb is director of technology and analytics at JISC. He is co-lead of JISC’s national centre for AI in tertiary education. The centre supports the responsible and effective adoption of AI across the sector.
As well as AI, Michael Webb has worked on projects around the Internet of things, virtual reality and learning analytics.
Before joining JISC, he worked in the higher education sector, leading IT and learning technology services.
Further information about the keynote speaker is available on the JISC website.
Programme
Please note there may be some minor modifications made to the programme in due course.
8th LanGW4 programme
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Book of abstracts
How to register your attendance
Please ensure you register by midday on Wednesday 21 June.
The colloquium is free of charge to attend. Refreshments and lunch included.
Host organisers
Marie Gastinel-Jones is a LanGW4 committee member.
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