Promoting Student Digital Citizenship​

Is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Dublin City University (Ireland). Her career spans four decades of research and practice in the domain of CALL. She has widely published in the area, more specifically on the applications of Activity Theory to CALL research and design. More recently, her research has also focuses on Computer Supported Collaborative Language Learning, Ecological and sustainable CALL, and Digital Literacies for language teaching and learning. She was the elected President of EUROCALL (2011-2017) and served as co-editor of ReCALL between 2006 and 2017).

Christelle Combe obtained her PhD in Language Sciences (Linguistics and Foreign Language Didactics) in 2010. She worked for 20 years as a French language teacher and as a trainer for Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In her research, she has focused on e-learning and teaching foreign languages through interactive multimodal platform and on multimodal discourse analysis of digital discourse and online interactions.

Sara Pittarello is a Freelance Conference Interpreter and Expert in EU Higher Education and Training projects, collaborating with the Italian National Agency for Higher Education as tutor of expert evaluators. She is also currently Project Manager, Trainer and Outreach Officer for UNICollaboration, and contributed to Outreach and Monitoring & Evaluation activities in the framework of the Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange initiative. Sara has recently participated as trainer and speaker on VE in major national and international events. She was Vice Chair of the Academic Exchange and Mobility Working Group for the Coimbra Group from 2015 to 2017 and worked as Project Manager and trainer in Project Management at the IRO of the University of Padova for more than ten years (2009-2019).

Dr Mirjam Hauck is Associate Head for Internationalisation, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the Open University/UK and a Senior Fellow of the UK’s Higher Education Academy. She has published widely on the use of technologies for the learning and teaching of languages and cultures, in virtual exchange contexts in particular. Her work covers aspects such as learner and teacher autonomy, multimodal communicative competence, and critical digital literacy. She presents regularly at conferences, seminars, and workshops worldwide.
She is the President of the European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), the Chair of the European Association for International Education (EAIE) Language and Culture Expert Community, serves as Associate Editor of the CALL Journal and is a member of the editorial board of ReCALL and LLT.

Sabina Gola teaches Italian language and linguistics at Université Libre de Bruxelles. She has a PhD in Philosophy and Letters ; her research and her publications concern the fields of foreign language teaching, multilingualism and alternative methods of learning and teaching languages.

Beatriz Calvo Martín is Professor of Spanish Language and Didactics at the Université libre de Bruxelles, coordinator for the Tandem Student Language Exchange Project in Spanish, and has a PhD in Languages and Literature. Her broad teaching and teacher training experience includes collaborations with several universities, Instituto Cervantes and other official institutions. Her research deals with applied linguistics, L2 motivation, creativity and emotions in language learning, multilingualism, Spanish literature, Francophone literature and Comparative literature. She believes in collaborative, autonomous and motivational learning and she has applied these principles through different innovative teaching projects such as shortfilm making, gamification, creative writing groups, blogs and wikis, online collaborative journals, blended learning, etc. She is co-founder of the BrusELE teachers training programme and co-founder of the FlexiLingua language

teachers network. She is also the author of learning materials and textbooks (Spanish for Academic Purposes), a novel (La jaula invisible) and three short stories (Nocturno, Un sueño de sueños and Últimas voluntades), published in Spain.

Sandrine Eschenauer is an Associate Professor in Language Sciences, specialising in the field of Modern Language Teaching and plurilingualism. She is a member of the Parole et Langage laboratory (LPL UMR 7309, CNRS and AMU) and Deputy Director of the Structure Fédérative d’Études et de Recherches en Éducation de Provence (SFERE-Provence, FED4238). She is also Deputy Head of the Master of Education (Middle School Level) at the Institute for Teacher Training (INSPE) of Aix-Marseille University (AMU) in Aix-en Provence. She is involved in initial and in-service training in language didactics for middleschool Modern Language teachers and primary school teachers. She is interested in psychosocial skills related to language learning, and in particular in creativity and empathy, which are transversal phenomena and skills.
Since 2020, she has also been co-responsible for the education axis of the Institute of Creativity and Innovation of AMU (InCIAM) and a member of the internal scientific committee of the Ampiric project of Aix-Marseille University, whose aim is to improve the performance of students in their learning of fundamental knowledge throughout their school career.
Finally, she cooperates with the Université Paris-Est Créteil as a founding member of the train-the-trainers Master Art’Enact («artistic practices in an enactive ecology of learning»).
Her research focuses on sensitive mediations in language teaching, empathy correlated with aesthetic experience as levers of cognition and language flexibility (translanguaging), and the effects of performative-enactive approaches on communication skills understood in their complex and systemic nature.

Jackie Robbins is a lecturer at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya where she coordinates English and Masters’ courses. She is a member of the European Centre for Modern Languages ICT-REV Training and Consultancy team which supports language teaching and learning in Europe. Her research interests include online language learning, learner engagement and special needs language learners in online contexts.

Christine is a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Modern Languages at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona, Spain. She is also the coordinator of European projects, amongst them, LLP project SpeakApps. She coordinates EFL and teacher training courses in the Centre for Modern Languages at the UOC. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Her current research interests include Computer-mediated Communication, Distance education, Task-based Learning, and Computer-supported collaborative learning in the L2. She is a member of realTIC (2014 SGR 1003), an AGAUR funded research group. 

Marco Cappellini is associate professor in foreign language education at Aix Marseille University. His main interests are the integration of digital technologies, learner autonomy, and language learning through interaction. He is the principal investigator of the Eramus+ project PENSA.

Holds a B.A in English Philology with Spanish (1992), a PhD in Contemporary Spanish Theatre (2001) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2011). She started my teaching career at the University of Valladolid and then worked in various Higher Education institutions including the Open University. Since 2002 she has held the position of Language Coordinator at the University of Manchester. Her interests are focused on methodology and curricular development, with special attention to Spanish for specific purposes, mediation and interculturality, problem-based learning, and the role of literature and technology in foreign language teaching.

Is professor of Linguistics and Language Education at the University of Reunion Island (France). His research areas are: pedagogical approaches, technology and language learning and teaching, multilingual education, assessment. He is the author of numerous publications and has a large experience in coordinating international projects on these topics. He currently coordinates a project at the European Center for Modern Languages: e-lang citizen and a European project: Lingu@num, which both focus on digital citizenship education.

Currently works as Coordinator of the Language Learning Hub at the University of Limerick. The centre aims at implementing a learner support strategy and providing customised services outside of formal classroom time to learners engaged in formal and informal language learning. Her research interests include second language acquisition, technology and language learning, particularly digital literacy, digital citizenship, online communication as well as learner autonomy. She is currently involved in two European projects on these themes.

Is a researcher at the KU-WEE Hub, and teacher educator in the Department of Educational Management Policy and Curriculum Studies at Kenyatta University, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Educational Administration and lectures on Educational Management/Leadership, Educational Research, Monitoring and Evaluation and use of ICT in Education. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters on values-based leadership, digital literacy, blended learning, and strategic management. His current research focus is on women empowerment, virtual academic exchange.

Is Deputy Director and Professional Development Coordinator at EuroClio, where she has been working since September 2018. She is involved in the design, management, and coordination of our (online) training programmes, including EuroClio Annual Conferences and online courses. She is also project manager of EuroClio projects dealing with European history and social inclusion. She comes from Italy, has a BA in International and Diplomatic Sciences, a MA in Human Rights and Multilevel Governance and a Master in Global Marketing, Communication, and Made in Italy. She is especially interested in the role of history education and intercultural competences as a means to promote social inclusion and human rights.

A project management professional with 10+ years experience, I lead educational programming related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), with a global focus. I have experience with program development, including content development and instructional design and technical expertise in educational technology, learning management systems (LMS) and learning platforms. I am a UN-certified intercultural dialogue facilitator, experienced in facilitating adult training and passionate about social justice, inclusive education and EDI work. I hold a Master’s Degree in International Development and Global Studies from the University of Ottawa and have both lived and run international projects in the Global South.

Is a lecturer in the Atlantic Technological University. Having completed a PhD about language policy in 2017, she continues to raise awareness about the importance of language learning at both second and third level. Úna has published the findings of her research, adding to the empirical evidence supporting the case for Language Policies in the TU sector. More recently, she has attracted funding from the National Forum and Human Capital Initiative to run seminars related to technology and language learning and from the Goethe Institute to promote German in Donegal second level schools. Úna’s current research interests are telecollaboration and internationalisation of higher education in Ireland.

Is currently studying a Research Masters at the Atlantic Technological University in the field of online learning and telecollaboration. She graduated with a BA Hons degree in 2020 in Business with Spanish with first class honours. She is a language ambassador with Languages Connect in Ireland, promoting modern languages in regional schools in Donegal.