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Teachers as Self-Directed Learning Guides #820

Louise Ohashi is an associate professor at Meiji University whose main research areas are learner autonomy, motivation, and CALL/MALL. She is JALT2020’s Conference Co-Chair and volunteers in JALTCALL as Publicity Co-Chair and Program Co-Chair. Twitter @ohashilou

Nick is a full-time lecturer at Tsuru University in Yamanashi located near Mt. Fuji. His research interests are writing centers (development and management), peer learning, and peer tutoring. Nick is currently pursuing his PhD at Waseda University focusing on the the impact of writing centers in Japanese universities from the perspectives of center administrators, tutors, and writers.

Mayumi Abe is an assistant professor at Waseda University. Her research areas are learning design, instructional design, learner development and professional development. She recently received her PhD from Waseda University.

James Underwood (MA) is a part-time lecturer who has been teaching at several universities in the Tokyo area since 2010. His research interests are Learner Development, Autonomy, and Multilingualism, which he has presented on at various conferences. He is a committee member of the JALT Learner Development SIG and since last year has co-organised the Tokyo Area Get-togethers for the LDSIG, as well as helping to organise the Creating Community Learning Together conferences. He is pleased to announce that CCLT6 will be held online on December 20.