LRC Speaker Series: The Rise of OER in Language Teaching and Learning

Name: LRC Speaker Series: The Rise of OER in Language Teaching and Learning
Start: 2025-09-17T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Stimson Hall, G25 204 Feeney Way & on Zoom

Schedule

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Stimson Hall, G25 204 Feeney Way & on Zoom | Ithaca, NY

"The Rise of OER in Language Teaching and Learning"
Fernando Rubio
Director of the Center for Language Study, Yale University
Compared with STEM fields, second language (L2) education has only recently begun to embrace open education and the new knowledge ecologies it produces. L2 educators may have been hesitant to participate in the open education movement due to a lack of research which investigates the benefits and challenges of L2 learning and teaching in open environments. This talk contextualizes open education in L2 learning and teaching in terms of a dynamic ecology, along with a discussion of how the open movement affects L2 education beyond the classroom context. Also discussed will be the new ways of creating, adapting, and curating OER for language learning.
Bio: Fernando Rubio currently serves as the Director of the Center for Language Study at Yale University. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the Department of World Languages and Cultures and co-founder and Director of the Second Language Teaching and Research Center at the University of Utah. Over the past two decades, he has been actively involved in various professional organizations, including The Modern Language Association, The College Board, and ACTFL. He also served as president of the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations.
Dr. Rubio's research interests lie in the fields of applied linguistics and teaching methodologies, with a focus on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching. He is the author of two textbooks, Tercer Milenio (Kendall-Hunt, 2009) and Juntos (Cengage, 2018). Additionally, he has co-edited the volume Hybrid Language Teaching and Learning: Exploring Theoretical, Pedagogical and Curricular Issues (Heinle, 2012) and co-authored Creating Effective Blended Language Learning Courses: A Research-Based Guide from Planning to Evaluation (Cambridge UP, 2020), which was honored with the 2019-2020 MLA Mildenberger Prize.
This event will be held in person in G25 Stimson and will also be streamed live over Zoom (registration required: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/uC8y9o0WRvK5LiBZgmDbXg). Join us at the LRC or on Zoom.
The event is free and open to the public.