Information about the past year's meetings:
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Affiliate Representative (or designee) |
Samantha Earp |
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Theme: |
Core Technologies: Impact on the Future |
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Date(s): |
June 1-3, 2000 |
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# of IALL members in attendance |
40-50? |
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# of IALL sessions proposed |
4 |
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#IALL sessions accepted |
4 |
IALL sponsored Sessions:
Funding Faculty Projects: An Innovative Grant and Resulting Projects
Putting It All Together: A Web Site for First-Year Spanish
Multimedia in Language Instruction: The Student Perspective
IALL Interest/Membership meeting
The IALL booth was open for the exhibits period (June 1 - June 2) and as well staffed by IALL volunteers. Compared to last year's conference in Oxford, OH, where we had over 30 people who did not know about IALL and wanted membership information, this year there were fewer than 10 people who did not know about the organization. I attribute this both to IALL's growing presence and to the likelihood that this year's conference brought in fewer "newbies" than last year's did.
There is interest in both the Management Manual and the Lab Design Kit (which are displayed at the booth), but as these are out of date to varying degrees, their impact is less than one would hope. Also, once the web site is reorganized, the IALL interest/membership meeting will have a better focal point for discussing IALL activities.
IALL's affiliation with CALICO is VERY IMPORTANT. Many people who attend CALICO are interested in IALL - in fact, many are members of both. Bob Fischer, CALICO executive director, has worked hard to make IALL feel welcome at this conference, and I think it is a very productive relationship.
In the IALL interest/membership meeting, the following suggestions were made, for submission to the board for consideration: