Robert Godwin-Jones

School of World Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Lafayette Hall, Room 207 312 N. Shafer Street P.O. Box 842021 Richmond, VA 23284 Tel: (804) 827-3403 Fax: (804) 828-0127 Main office: (804) 827-1111

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Courses Spring semester: German 330 and German 491 - each has a Blackboard site
Spring office hours: Tues 11:00-12:00, Wed 8:00-11:00
Pictures from 2005 Austria Summer Study Abroad Program
Latest LLT column: "Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning"

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Workshop: American Language & Civilization, French Ministry of Education (PI: Pat Cummins), 2004 Hike journal: Hiking the Mosel From Koblenz to Trier, Travel journal with pictures, 2002 Project: FLEX Collaborative Project for sharing among central Virginia Language teachers Hike journal: Hiking the Taunus between Main and Rhein: From Frankfurt to Koblenz, Travel journal with pictures, 2001 Presentation: Using Web Course Management Tools: From Constraint to Empowerment, IDC Winter Institute, 2001 Workshop: Pedagogical Considerations In Web Course Design , Washington & Lee University, 2001 Media: 19th-century German stories, Featuring illustrations, English versions, and comprehension aids, 1994- Journal: Language Learning & Technology (Design Team, Editorial Board, columnist), 1996- Consulting: SoftChalk, K-12 / Higher Ed training and Internet programming, 2001- Archived Sites
Courses 2001: German 491 (Lit into Film) | German 201 (Intermediate) Courses 2000: FRLN 591 (Lang Learning & Technology) | German 311 (Media) | German 201 | German 101 (Beginning) Courses 1999: Information Systems 691 (JavaScript) | German 491 (Children's Literature) | German 201 | German 101 Courses 1998: FRLN 591 (Web Resources for Language Teachers) | Courses 1995/1996: German 201 Intermediate German | German 311 German Through the Media Project: Advanced Internet Workshops (Author/programmer/presenter) For Calif K-12, 1998 Project: Web Exercises to accompany Wie geht's (Content) Holt, Rinehart & Winston project, 1997-1998 Project: Web Course in a Box (Designer/programmer w/ Sue Polyson), 1996-2000 User's Guide to the WCB Authoring Tools for creating teaching Web sites Journal: VCU Teaching Interactive Journal (Programmer and co-editor), 1996-2000 Guide: Language Interactive Dynamic Web creation (Content, design, programming), 1995-1999 Guide: International Guide Trail Guide to Web sites (Content, design, programming), 1994-1998 Hike journal: Hiking the Black Forest, Travel journal of "Richard" and "Saftig", 1998 Company: madDuck technologies Acquired by Blackboard, 2000 Selected Presentations
NFLRC Symposium on Distance Learning: Sharing Learning Content for Distributed Language Instruction, University of Hawaii, 2004 Calico 2004: Teacher's Template for Course/Unit/Lesson Construction, Carnagie-Mellon University (with K. Murphy-Judy) Calico 2003: Making the Most of Your Learning Mangagement System Washington & Lee: Pedagogical Techniques In Web Course Design , May, 2001 IDC Winter Institute: Using Web Course Management Tools: From Constraint to Empowerment Calico 2000: Web Design for User Customization IDC Winter Institute: Web Design for Student Customization Advancing the Humanities: Principles of Web Design NEH Seminar (George Mason University) FLAVA '99: Childen's Literature, Language Learning, and the Web Calico '99: Advanced Web Technologies for Language Learning CAUSE '98: Jump-starting and Sustaining Faculty Use of Instructional Technology EDUCOM '98: Web-based Tools for Teaching and Learning Language Teaching and Technology: Current Options for Web Authoring, Design & Interactivity Mellon Conference (Hamilton College) ED-MEDIA '98: Template-based Web Authoring for Language Teachers (Web slides) EDUCOM '97: Tools for Creating & Managing Interactive Web-Based Learning (Web slides/audio) CALICO '97: Painless Approaches to Web Authoring (Web slides) New Horizons '97: The World Wide Web as a Learning Environment (w/ Sue Polyson) Interactive Enterprise '97: Interactive Multimedia Creation Through Templates (Powerpoint) ACTFL '96: Electronic Publishing for Students & Teachers (with Mark Warschauer) EDUCOM '96: New Tools for Distributed Learning (summary; session tape available) CALICO '96: Interactive Language Learning Through the Web (Web slides) MLA '95: Multimedia & Children's Literature in Teaching German (Web slides) SCLA '95: Electronic Editions for Comparatists (Web slides) Computers in Applied Linguistics 1994: Hypertext in Language Learning (paper) WWW '94: Language Learning and the Web (paper) Recent Publications
"Skype and Podcasting: Disruptive Technologies for Language Learning", Language Learning & Technology, 2005 "Ajax and Firefox: New Web Applications and Browsers", Language Learning & Technology, 2005 "Messaging, Gaming, Peer-to-Peer Sharing: Language Learning Strategies & Tools for the Millennial Generation", Language Learning & Technology, 2005 "Language in Action: Webquests and Virtual Field Trips", Language Learning & Technology, 2004 "Learning Objects: Scorn or SCORM?", Language Learning & Technology, 2004 "Making the Web Dynamic: DOM and DAV", Language Learning & Technology, 2004 "Tools for Distance Education: Towards Convergence and Integration", Language Learning & Technology, 2003 "Optimizing Web Course Design for Language Learners", in Language Learning Online: Towards Best Practice, Swets & Zeitlinger, 2003 "Blogs and Wikis: Environments for On-line Collaboration", Language Learning & Technology, 2003 "E-Books and the Tablet PC", Language Learning & Technology, 2003 "Technology for Prospective Language Teachers", Language Learning & Technology, 2002 "Multilingual Computing", Language Learning & Technology, 2002 "Wireless Networks", Language Learning & Technology, 2002 "Tools and Trends in Corpora Use for Teaching and Learning", Language Learning & Technology, 2001 "Language Testing Tools and Technologies", Language Learning & Technology, 2001 "Accessibility and Web Design", Language Learning & Technology, 2001 "Literacies and Technology Tools/Trends", Language Learning & Technology, 2000 "Web Browser Trends and Technologies", Language Learning & Technology, 2000 "Speech Technologies for Language Learning", Language Learning & Technology, 2000 "Soziale und politische Modelle bei George Sand und Jeremias Gotthelf", Erzählkunst und Volkserziehung, Tübingen, 1999 "Web Metadata: More Efficient Resource Cataloging and Retrieving", Language Learning & Technology, 1999 "Web Course Design and Creation for Language Learning", Language Courseware Design (Calico Jounal, vol. 17, no. 1), 1999 "Mobile Computing and Language Learning", Language Learning & Technology, 1999 "New Developments in Digital Video", Language Learning & Technology, 1998 "Dynamic Web Page Creation", Language Learning & Technology, 1998 "Real-time Audio/Video Playback on the Web", Language Learning & Technology, 1997 Review of Beatrice Guenther, Poetics of Death: Kleist & Balzac, The Comparatist, 1997 "Evaluating Computer-Related Work: The MLA Guidelines Revisited", Nexus, 1997 "A Practical Guide to Teaching with the World Wide Web", Syllabus, 1996 (10/2) Review of David Glenn Kropf, Authorship as Alchemy, The Comparatist, 1996 "Max und Moritz Invade the Web", Virtual Connections, 1995 Romantic Vision: The Novels of George Sand, Summa Publications, 1995

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