Keynotes & Plenary Speeches2013
May 2-4. XVIII ENCUENTRO DE SONAPLES (National Association of Foreign Language Professors). Universidad de Atacama . Faculty of Education and Humanities. Keynote Speech: Harmonizing Theory, Practice and Technology in the creation of a b-learning Environment for Learning English as a Foreign Language. Conference: Transversality, Innovation and Research in Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages.
2010
Oct.22, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile. Keynote Speech: Challenges of Teaching EFL in Tertiary Education.
2009
Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Keynote panel: Access To Effective Language Learning Using Cutting Edge Methodologies In Distance Education Environments.
XIII International Conference of Distance Education. CREAD - UDEC /MERCOSUR/SUL 2009. ICT and Distance Education in State Modernization. Universidad de Concepción, Chile.2009
January19-22. Invited to present a workshop at the Second International University Faculty Seminar: Innovation and Quality: New Experiences. Universidad de Concepción. Workshop: A b-learning Model and Task-Based Language Teaching methodology in the development of communicative competence for effective language learning outcomes.
2008August 30–September 1. Invited Keynote Speaker in the bi-annual international seminar CALL 2008: CALL RESEARCH CONFERENCE: Practice-Based & Practice-Oriented CALL Research. LINGUAPOLIS, Antwerp University, Belgium. Integrating theory into practice in the design and development of an interactive multimedia CALL platform in a b-learning environment for EFL.
2008August 30–September,1. Selected Plenary Speech: Kristi Jauregi, E. Bañados, Jerónimo Morales. Distant intercultural communication through video-web communication tools, what is true about it? In the bi-annual international seminar CALL 2008: CALL RESEARCH CONFERENCE: Practice-Based & Practice-Oriented CALL Research. LINGUAPOLIS, Antwerp University, Belgium.
2007January 17-19. Invited to present a workshop at the First International University Faculty Conference: The Challenge of Quality in the Era of Supercomplexity, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Use of ICT in Education: A b-Learning Pedagogical Model towards a Bilingual University.
2006April 19-21. Invited Speaker to SITES International Seminar on School Texts, organized by the Chilean Ministry of Education, the Text and Curriculum Department, Santiago, Chile. Speech: Integrating ICT in the Curriculum as a Pedagogical Resource to Complement School Texts in the Teaching and Learning of Foreign Languages.
2006October. Invited lecturer at ENLACES: Centro Zonal Sur, Enlaces, Talca Meeting. Lecture: An Interactive Multimedia English Program for Global Communication.
2005January 17-19. Invited to give a series of presentations in the second meeting of Chilean Universities MECESUP EFL Network, in the English Summer Town workshop, sponsored by the Ministry of Education English Opens Doors Program, at CPEIP, Santiago, Chile.
2005September 8-11. Special Guest invited to give a Special Lecture, representing the Chilean Ministry of Education English Opens Doors Program, in the 1st APEC Future Education Forum, organized by the Institute of APEC Cyber Education (IACE) and the Korean Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development. Busan, Korea. Special Lecture: "Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language in Chile from Middle School to Higher Education. Two Initiatives: English Opens Doors Program and a b-learning Pedagogical Model in a Network-Based Interactive Multimedia Environment."
2004April. Invited lecturer to the Engineering School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, to present: Strategies for teaching English language in Higher Education.
2004April. Invited for a round table discussion on: Teaching and Learning English in Chilean Universities. XIV Meeting of the Chilean National Society of Foreign Language Teachers of Tertiary Education. SONAPLES, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile.
2004June 29. Invited lecturer to present: The Use of ICT for Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language, for Primary and High school Education Teachers at the Wessex School, Concepción, Chile.
2004May. Invited to present UdeC English Online Program, at the opening Ceremony of "Centro de Formación y Recursos" (CFRD). Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
2003August 21-22. Invited lecturer at the MECESUP Workshop: The Teaching of English in Chilean Universities. Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile. Lecture: MECESUP UCO-109 Project Center to Promote Innovative Pedagogical practices using Technology: UdeC English Program.
2003August 21-22. Invited lecturer at the MECESUP Workshop: The Teaching of English in Chilean Universities. Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile. Lecture: Methodologies for Teaching and Learning English.
2002January 14. Invited lecturer at the X Seminar of Teaching Innovations Using ICT, Dirección de Docencia, Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Lecture: Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages with Internet.Other Special Invitations:
2013
SONAPLES (Chilean Society of Foreign Language Teachers).
Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Chile. Invited as Key Speaker.2013
Info-Tech 2013 China. Invited as Chair/Speaker of Track 9 Computer Education at the 2nd Annual World Congress of Emerging Info Tech 2013: The World IT Frontier Trends: Challenge and Opportunity. Dalian World Expo Center, China.
2012
2009ICCE 2012, Singapore. Invited as PC member for the topic: “Technology Enhanced Language Learning (TELL)”, at ICCE 2012, Singapore, organized by Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education. http://apsce.net/
http://lsl.nie.edu.sg/icce2012/March-27-29. Invited as expert by the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO to participate in an Expert meeting in Beijing, China (March 26-27) to discuss the feasibility of the establishment of a Cyber Network for Learning Languages. The Cyber Network for Learning Languages is a proposal introduced by China to UNESCO's Executive Board in September 2008, aiming at harnessing the power of information and communication technology to advance the learning of languages and establishing an online-based network for learning languages. It also has for objective to give wider and more affordable access to language learning resources worldwide.2009May 27-June30. Invited as expert by the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and UNESCO to a group meeting held at Shanghai TV University (SHTVU). to finish the drafting of the report about a Cyber Network for Learning Languages, with a select group of experts.2009Marzo-27-29 UNESCO France and Chinese Government national committee for UNESCO meeting. Beijing, China.200928 febrero – Marzo. Invited to Universidad de Córdoba, España, to present UdeC English Online Program. Invited to discuss the feasability of the Project : A Cyber Network for Learning Languages, presented by the Government of China to UNESCO executive board.
2008Invited to become a member of the Editorial Board of the CALL JOURNAL (Taylor & Francis, Routledge)
2008Noviembre 2-8. Invited to Saint Cloud State University, USA, to present UdeC English Online Program.
2007Invited by the President of the Universidad Autónoma Juan Misael Saracho, Tarija, BOLIVIA, to present a b-learning model for EFL and plan the implementation of an EFL program for training faculty to communicate in English.
2006March 3. Presentation to Chilean Ministers of Education and University authorities: UdeC English Online Program: Teaching EFL Effectively in the Chilean Context. Centro de Formación y Recursos Didácticos, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
2007January. Invited as Chilean Expert Referent to comment on a UK - Latin America and the Caribbean Link Programme, presented to the British Academy, by the Universidad de La Frontera, Chile, and University of Warwick, London.
2007Invited to be part of the Advisory Committee for the MECESUP 2 UCN-0603 Project: "Program to Certify Linguistic Competences in English. Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile.
2005Invited to integrate the ResearchCommittee of the Institute of APEC Cyber Education.
2005January 17-19. Invited as MECESUP EFL Network Coordinator to Co-organize with UCSC the second MECESUP EFL Project teams in the English Summer Town, sponsored by the Ministry of Education English Opens Doors Program, at CPEIP, Santiago, Chile.
2003-2005Appointed as MECESUP EFL Network Coordinator at the MECESUP Workshop: The Teaching of English in Chilean Universities. Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.
2003April 26-May 2. Invited by Dr. Carol Chapelle to the Department of TESL/Applied Linguistics in Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, USA, as visiting Professor and to the sign of an agreement of collaboration between ISU and UdeC.
2004Invited to attend IATEFL 2004, in Liverpool, England sponsored by he British Council and Mineduc, to present an academic paper: Issues in the Development of an Interactive English Online Program.