Joseph Dias
Aoyama Gakuin University
Joseph Dias co-coordinates the Integrated English Program in the English Department of Aoyama Gakuin University, also teaching courses on intercultural communication and food culture, as well as professional development courses for graduate students. He was the program chair of JALT’s Lifelong Language Learning SIG for 10 years. His research interests include computer-assisted language learning and autonomy in language learning. A longtime juggler, snorkeling and underwater photography are his latest passions.
Sessions
Bridging Social Distances in Online Learning
Supporting teachers with limited technological skills, encouraging students to participate who have anxiety or social withdrawal and generally motivating the connections and communication we take for granted, are at the forefront of online learning management skills. The quarantine situation will pass eventually, however the skills and techniques developed and discussed in this forum will continue to be essential elements of the hybrid English classroom and lifelong language learning, well into the future.