Jo Mynard
Kanda University of International Studies, Chiba, Japan
Dr. Jo Mynard is a Professor and Director of the Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) at Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Japan where she has worked since 2008. She is also the Director of Research Institute for Learner Autonomy Education (RILAE) and teaches at the graduate school. She completed her Doctorate in Education (TEFL) at the University of Exeter in 2003 and her M.Phil, in Applied Linguistics at Trinity College, Dublin in 1997. Her interests are learner autonomy, advising, self-access learning, and social and affective aspects of language learning. She also teaches and supervises graduate students the University of Birmingham, and Anaheim University. She edits SiSAL Journal, Relay Journal, and is on the editorial board for the Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning.
Sessions
Transferring Self-Directed Learning Skills Online
In this talk, we demonstrate how second language learners in higher education can transfer their self-directed language learning skills to an online environment over the course of a self-directed effective learning module. We provide examples of how they use these skills to interact with their peers online, and how it helps them to develop 1) awareness of approaches to learning, 2) awareness of facilities, roles, and resources, and 3) awareness of self.