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Saturday, November 21, 2015 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Nature & Education circa 1800

Isis was the veiled goddess of nature who inspired German writers from Schiller to Novalis. Jean Paul Richter, too, fantasized about Isis: once one tried to lift the veil on nature, he said, the veil would continually extend itself. 

Saturday, November 21, 2015 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Remediating Nature: Presenting the Natural World in 18th Century Children's Literature

Nikola von Merveldt researches children's literature and its historical context. Her studies focus on the history of the book as a material object and social medium that isn’t only the intellectual product of the author, but also the commercial, technological, and cultural product of an epoch.

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Digital Games for Language Learning: State of the Art, Research, and Practice

As digital gaming has increased in popularity and become a global practice, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) researchers and second and foreign language (L2) educators have begun reconsidering games as potential L2 teaching and learning (L2TL) resources.

We are seeing a push towards offering more courses online because they can provide students with new forms of social and learning interaction, widen their access to education, and offer an indi­vidualized learning experience in large classes.