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The Foreign Language Hypermedia Studio supports and encourages the use of technology-enhanced instruction in foreign languages. Staff members recently worked with foreign language faculty to create innovative foreign language multimedia software for Chinese (Professor Galal Walker) and Japanese (Professor Mari Noda) and to create a first-of-its kind online East Asian Humanities course (Professor Mark Bender). The Freeman Foundation and AT&T have provided the funding for many of these projects. Working with Professors Diane Birckbichler and Jan Macian, the FL technology team trains high school teachers and OSU graduate students in media literacy, foreign language media, and in using technology to create online foreign language modules through the SBC Major Media Course (http://majormedia.osu.edu/), The FL Hypermedia staff also provides training to help foreign language faculty and GTAs repurpose the satellite broadcasts beamed into the Crane Café for classroom use. In addition, the staff provide consultation services to faculty wishing to developing foreign language multimedia projects—large and small—or to use technology more effectively in their classrooms. |