Learning Learning『学習の学習』 23 (1): LD SIG NEWS

Learner Development SIG News Update
学習者ディベロプメント研究部会近況報告
Mathew Porter & Mayumi Abe
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November 2015 - April 20162015年11月〜2016年5月

Mayumi and I would like to begin this News
Update with a brief, heartfelt tribute to thepeople in and around Kumamoto and Oita wholost homes, loved ones, and peace of mind as
a result of the Kumamoto Earthquakes on April
14 and 16. We hope for their comfort and aspeedy recovery.
In committee news, Mayumi and I would
like to thank all of the different teammembers for working so hard behind thescenes to make sure that the SIG continues toserve its membership well. The team structureand degree of autonomy exhibited by teammembers is a strength of our SIG and allows us
to accomplish so much. Here is what has been
happening in the five months since our annual
general meeting at JALT2015.
The financial team of Huw Davies andSatomi Yoshimuta faced some challenges after
the JALT executive board meeting in February
at which a new system for distributing funds toSIGs was decided. Under this new plan, SIGs
receive a set base grant from JALT and avariable grant based on SIG membership. As aresult, we received a slightly smaller overall
grant this year than we had expected.
However, the financial team has created abudget that will protect our financial healthwhile continuing to provide the services wevalue as a community.
The grant team of Satomi Yoshimuta,
Jenny Morgan, and Kris Sullivan have devised a

responsible grant structure that balances ourSIG’s desire to provide members with accessto funding for research, projects, andconference participation with the challengesof remaining within our budget. Details about
this year’s grants and how you can apply for
one can be found on the LD SIG website. We
would also like to congratulate Sean Toland,
the recipient of this year’s JALTCALL grant
and look forward to reading his report in a
future issue of Learning Learning.
The Programme Team of Lee Arnold,
Joel Laurier, and Blair Barr have decided upon
themes for our forums at PanSIG, JALTCALL,
and JALT2016, screened submissions, andassembled what will certainly be 90-minutesof interesting and thought-provokingpresentations. These forums account for the
majority of our SIG’s face-to-face activities,
so we hope to see a lot of members at theseevents. You can find out more about theupcoming PanSIG and JALTCALL forums in thepages to come.
Another way to meet LD members inperson is to attend one of the Get-together
events held in Tokyo, Kyoto, or Hiroshima.
Although you can read reports from eachgroup below, Mayumi and I would like toexpress our gratitude to Anita Aden, Agi
Patko, and Chris Fitzgerald for their efforts torevive the Kansai Get-togethers. We hope they
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Learning Learning『学習の学習』 23 (1): LD SIG NEWSgroups, which also deserve our thanks.
The membership team of Ann Flanagan,
Barrie Matte, and Stephanie Corwin haverevised the various welcome emails andreminders and have diligently contacted
members every month to welcome them into
our community and share the benefits of LD
SIG membership. As an organization fully runby volunteers, the health of our SIG is deeply
tied to our ability to welcome new members,
keep current members, and convince (beg,bribe, and threaten) members to volunteer forcommittee spots. We hope to be able tocontinue building and strengthening ourwonderful learning community.
Hugh Nicoll and Darren Elliott continue
to make progress on the first issue of the new
Learner Development Journal. The theme ofthe first issue is “Visualizing Learner
Development” and the finished journal isexpected around this time in 2017. Over thenext few months, authors will be sharing ideas
and information as well as reading andcommenting on each other’s drafts. This
process that is just getting started reflects theprinciples of our community in which individual
practitioners with unique experiences andknowledge support each other’s research andwriting activities so that we can all grow. We
are all looking forward to seeing the results ofthese collaborative efforts.
Although the Outreach Team wasofficially retired at the AGM in November, weare still finishing up the 3.11 translation
project. We’d like to recognize the Publicity
Team—Rob Moreau, Kie Yamamoto, andTomoko Imamura—as well as Andy Barfield,
Mike Nix, Ted O’Neil, Fumiko Kurosawa, andAlison Stewart for their help putting together apress release for the Looking Back website,
corresponding with the press, and providing
feedback on the finished website and print
copy of the bilingual reflections. We’ve spentclose to two years determined to share thesereflections with Japanese and English-speakers

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as well as deliver a print copy to community
members in Rikuzentakata, and it feels great
to have (almost) achieved these goals.
We would like to also deliver a very big
thanks to Hugh Nicoll for all of his work tokeep the LD website updated and runningsmoothly. Hugh is often contacted whenever
there is a trouble related to technology andwe are grateful for his expertise!
Finally, we cannot forget to thankAlison Stewart and her Learning Learning team—Rachelle Meilleur, Andy Barfield, Yoko
Sakurai, Monika Szirmai, and Michiko Imai—forputting together another outstanding issue ofLearning Learning.
Mayumi and I are excited and grateful
to be working with so many smart andcompetent people who are dedicated toproviding so many ways for all of us tocontinue talking and learning about learnerdevelopment. Once again, thank you toeveryone who continues to make this ameaningful and irreplaceable community oflearners and teachers!
Mathew Porter & Mayumi Abe
Learner Development SIG Coordinators
April 23, 2016

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