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February 2025 Episode 4: JALTCALL Studio Talk
Your host for the day is Brian Gallagher from Meijo University who is talking with Program Co-Chair Robert Remmerswaal about the technology they use in their classes and how they make it work. They include Poodll (a Moodle extension), Google Classroom, and ZenGengo from Paul Raine. We discuss discussion techniques, strategies for assessment, and getting the best out of our students in very different scenarios both STEM, and foreign language departments.
Host: Brian Gallagher
Co-host: Robert Remmerswaal
Show notes
Poodl https://poodll.com/ is a platform used for recorded chats or P-Chats. Branden Kirchmeyer developed the Poodl plugin for Moodle with the coding expertise of Justin Hunt.
H5P in Moodle https://h5p.org/
Google Classroom (platform) used at Meijo U.,
https://edu.google.com/workspace-for-education/products/classroom/
Eigo.AI (curated content) https://eigo.ai/
ZenGengo platform used with teacher-created content https://www.zengengo.com/
Napkin.ai that converts text to visuals is now in beta testing allowing full access for now. https://www.napkin.ai/
Twinkl is a K12 resource (now multilingual accessible) for all native-level teaching materials. https://www.twinkl.jp/resources/keystage2-ks2
January 2025 Episode 3: Robert Hirschel Interview at SUTLF 2025
In this episode of the JALTCALL Podcast, recorded live on January 25th at the Sojo University SUTLF conference in Kumamoto, Japan. Our host Robert Dykes discusses an AI Corrective Feedback Moodle plugin with Rob Hirschel. Both researchers work at Sojo University and have implemented it there. Rob Hirschel explains how the new AI plugin created by Marcus Green benefits students and can be used by anyone on the Moodle platform. Programmer and JALTCALLwebmaster Luc Gougeon adds specific details to the conversation about Open Source AI and Ollama (large language models).
Host: Robert Dykes
Guest: Rob Hirschel, Sojo University, Kumamoto
Sound technician & editor: Luc Gougeon
Editor: Brian Gallagher
Show notes
Marcus Green AI Text https://github.com/marcusgreen/moodle-qtype_aitext
Marcus Green personal page https://examulator.com/marcus/
Moodle https://moodle.org/
SUTLF Conference https://www.nankyujalt.org/sutlf/sutlf-2025
SOJO University SILC https://www.sojo-u.ac.jp/silc/staff/
Ollama https://ollama.com/
January 2025 Episode 2 Parts 1&2
This is the January 2025 JALTCALL Podcasts Studio Talk with Brian Gallagher and Geoff Carr. This month we explore wellness and good practice when using our computer for long periods of time. Brian explains how to set-up your positioning and posture to avoid pain, and also we discuss some exercises to reduce health problems that come from overuse.
Part 2 explores professional development and the skills necessary going forward into the near future for teaching and learning. Recommendations for free and low-cost courses to improve your knowledge and skills, as well as some ideas for lifelong learning and places to find good resources.
Host: Brian Gallagher
Co-host: Geoff Carr
Show notes
Opensyllabus.org https://www.opensyllabus.org/
Brian Gallagher Resources https://anthonybriangallagher.weebly.com/the-best-resources.html
EdX Courses www.Edx.org https://www.edx.org/courses?q=free+ai+courses
Coursera.org https://www.coursera.org/
The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/
December 2024 Episode 1
JALTCALL Podcasts present 2024 The Year in Review. A look back at the 2024 JALTCALL Conference held at Meijo University, Nagoya Dome-Mae Campus. Your host for the day Brian Gallagher talks with Program Chair Geoff Carr, 2024 Conference Chair Robert Dykes, Web Administrator Luc Gougeon, and Conference Program Co-chair Robert Remmerswaal about the highlights and standouts of the conference. We discuss some of the books, resources, and researchers that shone this year.
Host: Brian Gallagher
Co-hosts: Geoff Carr, Robert Dykes, Luc Gougeon, Robert Remmerswaal
If you are interested in interviewing someone interesting and want to share it with the community, or if you have something interesting to share and want to be interviewed, jump on board. This is the platform for you.
You can reach us at program@jaltcall.org
Show notes
Lance Eaton: https://www.lanceeaton.com/ https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/
Ethan Mollick https://www.oneusefulthing.org/
Hardfork podcast https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork
Hilliker, S. M. (Ed.). (2022). Second language teaching and learning through virtual exchange (Vol. 29). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110727364
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach https://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/
“The Tachino Question”
Q. “Why should anyone learn a foreign language in the age of perfect universal translators?”
A. As not all language exchanges are transactional in nature, we may not need to know a foreign language for asking directions, conducting routine transactions, etc., but we will continue to need to learn foreign languages when the purpose of the interaction is human connection.
December 2024 trailer
Welcome to JALTCALL Podcasts beginning in 2025. We want to be the platform that you use to share ideas with the CALL community and beyond. We will be offering interviews, updates, teaching ideas, new implementations, and more…
We are looking for your contributions and volunteers who are also willing to record and feature in future podcasts.
Starting in 2025 we hope that this platform will be a chance for listeners to hear good ideas and to grow our community