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New module L161 ready to go

The new module Exploring Languages and Cultures (L161) is due to begin on the 4th October. Over 1000 students are now registered and 46 associate lecturers have been appointed to teach the module across the UK. A briefing session was … Continue reading

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September 2014 update

As usual, 2013-14 was another busy academic year. Here are a few highlights of my activity: Publications Fernández-Toro, Maria and Hurd, Stella (2014). A model of factors affecting independent learners’ engagement with feedback on language learning tasks. Distance Education, 35(1) … Continue reading

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Record attendance at FELS accessibility event

The FELS accessibility team held a faculty-wide training on the 5th March 2013 in order to give colleagues an update on our activities and recent developments within the University. Although we expected 22 attendees, more colleagues turned up on the … Continue reading

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eFeedback project presented at JISC webinar

The eFeP team was invited to hold a webinar as part of the JISC Assessment and Feedback Programme. This event took place on the 1st March and was well attended. It provided Concha Furnborough and myself with an excellent opportunity to share our latest … Continue reading

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MAGICC meeting in Faro

The MAGICC team met again in Faro on the 1st and 2nd February to discuss work package 2 (Conceptual framework) and begin work on work packages 3, 4 and 5.  I will be working on work package 3 to design … Continue reading

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DoL Teaching Forum: The EPOS portfolio

At the Department of Languages Teaching Forum held on the 06.09.12, Bärbel Kϋhn and  Jϋrgen Friedrich (University of Bremen), presented EPOS2: The Department of Languages of the University of Bremen has been successfully working with its electronic ELP ‘EPOS’ over … Continue reading

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Bilingualism in Paraguayan song

This presentation, given at the Universidad Autónoma de Asunción (7th August 2012) was entitled Presencia del guarani en la canción paraguaya and drew on an earlier research project on bilingualism in Paraguayan song that I carried out back in 2005.  Although I am … Continue reading

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Conference paper

As part of the eFeP project Elena Polisca and I gave a joint paper at the Language Futures: Languages in Higher Education Conference (LLAS Edinburgh, July 2012) entitled Evaluating assignment e-feedback in Higher Education Further details about the project can be found … Continue reading

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