A How-to for Hybrid Conferences

With shrinking travel budgets and difficulties taking extended time away from work, many language faculty and staff find it increasingly challenging to find professional development and networking opportunities. What are conference organizers to do? 

A new article written by Marlene Johnshoy (CARLA-University of Minnesota), Jonathan Perkins (University of Kansas), Dan Soneson (University of Minnesota), and Shannon Donnally Spasova (Michigan State University) addresses the challenge of organizing a regional conference for MWALLT(Midwest Association for Language Learning and Technology), an affiliate of IALLT (International Association for Language Learning Technology) encompassing twelve states, from Ohio in the east to Kansas in the west. To expand the reach of the MWALLT conference, their hybrid model offered programming at four sites connected via teleconference.

You can read about the details of their successful conference in the March issue of FLTMAG.

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