English Language Office Highlights
Turning English Teachers into “Digital Natives” in Perm
From April 23 to 25, 2009, approximately 160 English language instructors from the northern Urals region, part of Siberia, the Caucuses, St. Petersburg, Moscow and six foreign countries gathered to share ideas at the “Foreign Languages in Distance Education” conference at Perm State Technical University. English Language Specialist Michael Krauss, from Lewis and Clark College, and English Language Officer David Fay conducted plenaries and workshops that introduced participants to Web 2.0 tools. Distance education is gaining in popularity in Russia as universities try to cope with higher levels of enrollment.