1. Aqueduto, the Association for Quality Education & Training Online, “is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to researching, supporting and showcasing quality in online language teacher education programmes” https://aqueduto.com/
Here’s a recording of a recent webinar of theirs with Joe Dale, Using AI Tools in Online Language Teaching and Teacher Education https://vimeo.com/1084896278
As some of you will already know, Joe runs a popular Facebook group, Language Teaching with AI. More info on that, including a ‘join group’ button, here https://www.facebook.com/groups/languageteachingwithai/
2. Tiffany Jenkins has just published (and had good reviews for) Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life. Here’s a post from her blog explaining why “Strangers” and why “Intimates” https://substack.com/@tiffanyjenkins/p-163487163
Today, the separation between the two spheres has dissolved. We treat strangers like intimates and intimates like strangers. Intimacy infuses the public sphere. The awkwardness of social kissing has replaced the handshake, and politicians ask us to call them ‘Tony’ or the equivalent moniker. Politics is intensely personal. Biographies of great men and women are dominated by their private lives, which are usually portrayed as toxic, and the private antics of the artist determines our position on their inclusion in the canon.
3. The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity, NPLD for short, is “a European-wide platform bringing together 41 member organisations from 13 countries, including regional governments, universities, and NGOs. The network represents 21 regional and minority languages, working collectively to ensure their recognition, protection, and integration into public life”. They have just published a ‘position paper’ presenting “concrete policy recommendations for European, national, and regional authorities”. You can find more info on the position paper and a download here (and attached below) https://npld.eu/npld-adopts-new-position-paper-setting-strategic-priorities/
More on the NPLD and its support for Occitan, Sorbian, Frisian, Sardinian, Corsican, Basque and fifteen other languages here https://npld.eu/
4. Although not of interest to everyone, this UCL webinar with Janice Hinckfuss & Mustafa Coban from Coventry University at 16:00 UK time this Thursday, 22nd May, may be of considerable interest to some, Adapting a Writing Enriched Curriculum model to a UK university context More info and registration here https://ucl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZXiNLYkDTViw_7rWx21GUg?dm_i=6T0T,16U2F,4XPH8E,5KHDK,1#/registration
5. And, finally, if you’re a migraine sufferer, you need to read this piece for The Conversation by Amanda Ellison, Professor of Neuroscience at Durham University, Why your migraine might be making you crave a large Coke and fries https://theconversation.com/why-your-migraine-might-be-making-you-crave-a-large-coke-and-fries-256309
Amanda’s piece includes a short video by Dr Jessica Lowe, whose Instagram tag is <doctorbrainbarbie> https://www.instagram.com/doctorbrainbarbie/
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