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2020 Learner Development SIG Committee Review
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The Learner Development SIG AGM Sunday Time (TBA), Zoom
The SIG’s annual general meeting is a valuable occasion for SIG members andofficers to review together the SIG’s activities in 2020, make plans for the coming
12 months, and raise questions for discussion that members of the Learner
Development community have. Please come along and take part in planning LD
grants, activities, events, and publications for 2021.
Zoom link: TBA
Click here for the 2019 LD SIG committee review and here for the minutes fromthe 2019 LD SIG AGM. And if you would like to read reports from 2011 to 2019,
you can find them here.

Table of Contents
1. Co-coordinators - Koki Tomita & Yoshio Nakai
2. Treasury Team - Patrick Kiernan
3. Membership Team - Tetsuko Fukawa
4. Grants Team - Masayo Kanno, Kio Iwai, & Sami Yoshimuta
5. Programmes Team - Blair Barr & Robert Morel
6. Publicity Team (Ellen Head) & Illustrator - Rob Moreau
7. Publications Team - James Underwood
8. Learning Learning Editorial Team - Andy Barfield, Ken Ikeda, Lorna Asami, Yoshio Nakai,
Hugh Nicoll, Koki Tomita, & James Underwood(submitted by Ken, with additions by Andy)
9. Learner Development Journal Steering Group - Tim Ashwell and Alison Stewart(submitted by Tim Ashwell)
10. Learner Development Journal
Issue 4 - (Sabine Little) & (Michelle Golledge)
Issue 5 - Andy Barfield, Oana Cusen, Yuri Imamura, Jussi Jussila, & Riitta Kelly
Issue 6 - Isra Wongsarnpigoon, Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa, Phillip A. Bennett, André A.
Parsons, and Stuart D. Warrington
11. Web Maintenance Team - Hugh Nicoll (main LD website & LD Journal website)
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12. Tokyo Get-Togethers - James Underwood, Ken Ikeda & Ian Hurrell
13. Committee Members at Large -Lee Arnold, Mathew Coomber, Dexter Da Silva, Oana
Cusen, Bill Mboutsiadis, & Mike Nix

1. Co-coordinators - Koki Tomita & Yoshio Nakai(Submitted by Yoshio Nakai & Koki Tomita)
What your goals were in 2020
1.
Communication: Setting up a SIG calendar, online officers’ meeting (per month)
to check progress and development of SIG activities.
2.

Find successors for the co-coordinator positions and pass down our torch.

What you / your team did in 2020
1.
Checked in with different committees to run our SIG activities smoothly.
2.
Attended EBMs, joined different JALT communication channels to pass down theinformation gained to our activities.
3.
Restructured budget plans for 2021 with the Treasurer and the Grant Committee.

Something that was satisfying
1.
All the above. Always good to communicate with all of the hardworking LD
officers.
2.
Came up with a plan for succession.
3.
Joined the first-ever online-based EBM which was a big success to know we cando it without meeting face-to-face.
Something that was challenging
1.
Make opportunities for collaboration among officers. A sense of community, I
guess.
2.
Consistent communication with officers and the committees.

What you would like to do in 2021
1.
Keep communication tight among the head officers
2.
Shadow our successor(s) for a smooth succession.
3.
Creating an LD event calendar
4.
Keeping Committee Members at large?
5.
Migrating the LDJ website to the JALT website.
6.
Code of Conduct Group and innovation groups in LD?

Envisaged expenditures for 2021
1.
N/A

2. Treasury Team - Patrick Kiernan(submitted by Patrick Kiernan)

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What your goals were in 2020
The overall goal, as every year, was to keep on top of the accounts and allow the officers
to make good use of the available funds as smoothly as possible. Until this year, we had
accumulated some funds so the overall policy was to use them up. However, this policy
also meant that our budget may not be sustainable long-term so reviewing it was
important. This need for review was thrown into sharp focus this year due to the impactof the Corona-virus. If JALTs activities such as the national conference are curtailed andrevenue cannot be collected to the extent that the SIGS grant is cut, we realised that ourbudget might not be feasible. Hence, resolving this also became a goal for this year.

What you / your team did in 2020
As a result of the Corona-virus, SIG events were either canceled or moved online.
Although this has meant many of the day to day expenses also disappeared, it also raised
the concerns about managing the budget noted above. Fortunately, this year we received
our usual budget but only awarded one of the budgeted five grants, the research grant.
This means that at the end of the year we should have enough money to cover next
year's expenses. Through discussion with the SIG coordinators, it was decided that for
future years we should scale our budget in accordance with current funds so that in theevent of a budget cut we are still able to fund the activities for the current year andwould cut the expenses for the following year. In practice, this will mean that grant
proposals which constitute the main expense of the SIG may need to be expanded or cut
based on the current year's income. For next year, we should be able to maintain five
grants.
Something that was satisfying
Resolving the budget situation described above.
Something that was challenging
Resolving the budget situation described above.
What you would like to do in 2021
Continue to keep an accurate record, submit all MASes on time with no mistakes andmake the handling of expenses for SIG officers as smooth and painless as possible.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
Events: CCLT7, JALT National etc.
Get togethers
Website maintenance
GrantsLate MAS Reports
In the last 10 months how many MAS reports were submitted late (after the 10th day of
the following month)?
→ ( 1 or 2 times? but even then by the 11th, I think.)
Reminder from Treasury Liaison
How many reminder emails did you get from the Treasury Liaison officer?
→ ( 0 times)
Reminders from JCO

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How many reminder emails did you get from JCO for late submissions or for more
information?
→ ( 0 times)

3. Membership Team - Tetsuko Fukawa(submitted by)What your goals were in 2020
My main goal was to make sure the monthly SIG membership was up-to-date in a timely
manner. I took over this position from Ann Flanagan in December 2019, and I’ve managed
to meet the goal.

What you / your team did in 2020
Updating the membership list every month by adding new members and checking lapsed
and renewed members. For those whose membership lapsed, encouragement emails to
renew their membership were sent. In addition, when requested, I followed up on
membership-related questions/emails.
Something that was satisfying
I was able to see who is on the list and see how the number of members could fluctuate
over time.
Something that was challenging
I cannot think of any challenges. The tasks were well explained by the former
membership chair.
What you would like to do in 2021
I’d like to keep up with the work, and if someone wishes to take over this position I’d be
more than happy to liaison with the future membership chair (not that I’m suggesting I’dquit in the next few months).
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
N/A
Number of Members
How many members did your SIG have this year? This can be calculated by adding thetotal number of current members for each month from January to October and dividing
by 10.
( members)
In 2020, we have an average of 184 members each month. In the previous year, we had
200 members in November. The numbers include lapsed members (up to three months).

4. Grants Team - Masayo Kanno, Kio Iwai, & Sami Yoshimuta(submitted by Sami Yoshimuta)
What your goals and achievements were in 2020
A. As suggested in the previous year, we have renewed the application template byfocusing on the three criteria and making clear the total number of words for one

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application form.
B. The grants were advertised via the SIG homepage (http://ld-sig.org/grants/), mailinglist, membership letters and the SIG News & Events mailout, and the results werecommunicated to SIG members via the mailing list.
C. We postponed the final deadline to the end of May, and the following 2020 grant were
offered/awarded:-JALT International Conference Grant - 1 x 40,000 yen to one applicant.
The recipient is Mr. Feroze, Malik Amir.
Congratulations! We look forward to reading Malik’s post-conference essay/reportfocusing on his learner development interests in an upcoming issue of Learning Learning.
D. We had another applicant for a project grant; however, we concluded the application
did not meet the criteria sufficiently.
E. We considered three possible budget scenarios for 2021. After all, the budget for the
grant next year stays the same for now; but the grant team agreed to flexibly adjust theamount of grant and/or the number of recipients depending on the situation.
Something that was satisfying
A. We were very glad that Masayo joined us. Her presence helped the team move
forward greatly.
B.It was good to try out the new template for the application form. It enables applicants
and us to focus more on the content.
Something that was challenging
A. The number of applicants for grants from LD members was still limited in 2020. This
year may be an exceptional case because of Covid-19; however, we need to continue tothink about how we can work with the Publicity team to gain more applicants. There wasan applicant for Conference Grant (International JALT Conference) and another for Project
Grant. Only the former met the selection standard.
B. Since the situation was different this year, we had to ask the recipient to restructure
the breakdown of the grant, which required additional confirmation between therecipient and us. Generally, the budget is mainly allocated for the travel expenses to thevenue by many recipients, so we might consider how we deal with the breakdown. This
process will also be necessary for 2021 if we continue online conferences.
What you would like to do in 2021
A. We may have to be ready for two conference settings: face-to-face or online. In case of
an online conference, we would like to talk with the recipient and might consider
modifying the amount of the grant depending on the recipient’s preference.
B. We will continue to advertise the grants, not only among current members but among
potential members, as the grants are definitely one way to attract new members, who
would like to network or start participation in an academic community. This will require
cooperation with Membership, Publicity and other teams.
C.It is also important to keep cooperating with the Editorial Team to help the recipients tocontribute to Learning Learning smoothly.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
We suggest setting the grant budget the same (40,000 yen x 5 recipients) as for
2019-2020; however, we are ready to be flexible.

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5. Programmes Team - Blair Barr & Robert Morel(submitted by Blair Barr and Rob Morel)
What your goals were in 2020
Our original goal was to get more consistent feedback for producing a reflective paper foreach forum. However, moving things online suddenly at the start of the year did not really
result in the interactive forums we typically have. The typical back-and-forth discussions
we hoped for turned into using the online format with one-way presentations and Q & A
at the end. Likewise, there was little input into reflections about the events.
What you / your team did in 2020
We managed to hold all three of our originally planned face-to-face forums in an online
format in the emergency situation. Although the forums were not as interactive as I
personally would have liked, I am grateful to the presenters who were unafraid to adapt
to this new situation. The presentations were all very interesting, and I hope that we will
get to work with all of these great people again.
Something that was satisfying
I feel like we have learned the importance of hosting our own forums. We need to
manage them in our unique way if we would like to mimic our usually interactive events. I
feel like we are on track now to have a more interactive event for JALT2020, so I’ve got myfingers crossed that it will go well.
Something that was challenging
A number of presenters canceled their forum presentations when they were changed toan online format. I think a lot of this was due to the unknown. We hope that people will
be more comfortable with the online format now, as it is likely that JALTCALL and PanSIG
will be online again.
Someone who knew nothing about our forum was hosting the Zoom meeting. This wascertainly a problem with JALTCALL being put together so quickly, and with very little
communication. Even a week before the event, it was not clear how things were going to
be running. Someone else hosted the room, and he basically managed us like a typicalpresentation, and it was difficult to duplicate the amount of communication that typicallytakes place in a forum. Only one attendee was actively asking questions, and the promiseof receiving a recording of the forum never materialized. The lack of interaction resulted
in little reflective feedback.
What you would like to do in 2021
Expand the team. We need someone to replace Rob as a team member.
We also need to remember to keep well ahead of the deadlines to ensure that people
have plenty of time to get their abstracts prepared. I would like to have the themes forforums in 2021 discussed at our AGM in November.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
The only expenditure is usually poster boards for the November conference. However,this cost varies greatly depending on the location. If we can use the poster presentation
room for our forum again, as we did in 2019, that would save us a lot. Otherwise, we mayneed a few thousand yen for printing handouts for the forums.
THE QUESTIONS BELOW APPLY TO MORE THAN JUST THE PROGRAMS TEAM

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Half-day Events
NA

Full-day Events
NA

Multiple presenter Events
3 forums - Rob and I just manage only the forums.
Events calendar
The forums are a part of the bigger conferences.
Biggest Event
Our largest forum is usually at the November conference, but this is not a stand-alone
event.
Attendance
How many people attended your biggest or main event? (An approximate answer is OK!)
Maybe 25

6. Publicity Team (Ellen Head) & Illustrator - Rob Moreau(submitted by )What your goals were in 2020
Survival. Communication.
What you / your team did in 2020
Survive. Communicate.
Something that was satisfying
Facebook page announcements are regularly seen by about 100 people. It is a fantastic
feeling to represent and facilitate contacts for LD.
Something that was challenging
I was not able to send out a newsletter because due to the many separate sections
responsible for different things, the news generally reaches the public at the same time
as it reaches me.
What you would like to do in 2021
Get to the JALT events page more quickly. Maybe survey members to see if they feel
connected enough.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
Nothing on publicity. Is this ok?
Please check the ways in which your group sends out publicity. Check as many boxes as
are appropriate. To, mark off the checklist, please check the following link.
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flyers or handouts
Facebook Page
Facebook Group
JALT events calendar
ELT calendar http://www.eltcalendar.com/
podcastTwitterblog
Non-JALT publications, for example advertising in newspapers (give details below)

Number of Communications
How many different communications did you send to your members and followers in thelast year? If you send the same message over different media, please just count that as
one communication. (An approximate answer is OK.)
More than 12 separate events on Facebook, if you count announcements about LD
forum, online meet-ups, publication of LD Journal and Learning Learning, calls forparticipation for forums and publications. About 12 of these events and about threemessages per event on Facebook and one per event on Twitter. I (Ellen) was lamentably
lax about not putting things in the JALT calendar mainly cos the announcements did not
get to me very long in advance, so I only put things on the JALT calendar twice but it iseasy to do. Rob made fliers for CCLT 5 which were distributed by email to members. I
made unofficial banners for Facebook and Twitter for CCLT5 and one time for online
meetup but we think it is probably better not to have two versions.

7. Publications Team
(submitted by James Underwood)
Number of Peer-reviewed Publications
The Learner Development Journal 4: Supervision Process across Diverse Contexts: Exploring
Approaches.
Number of Officer-reviewed Publications(at least two editors collaboratively respond to each piece of writing)
Learning Learning 27(1): 46 pages. Available at
http://ld-sig.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LL27.1.pdf
Learning Learning 27(2): 65 pages. Available at
http://ld-sig.org/learning-learning/fall-2020-27-2/

Other Publications
N/A

8. Learning Learning Editorial Team - Andy Barfield, Ken Ikeda, Lorna Asami,
Yoshio Nakai, Hugh Nicoll, Koki Tomita, & James Underwood(submitted by Ken, with additions by Andy)
What your goals were in 2020
Publish 2 issues (Volume 27, Issue 1 & 2).

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What you / your team did in 2020
James and Ken have been co-editors. Lorna Asami joined the LL editorial team from lateautumn 2019 and Mike Kuziw joined the team in January, with Fumiko Murase steppingback in mid-2020. A warm welcome to Lorna and Mike, and a heartfelt thank you to
Fumiko for all her editorial work. Learning Learning Volume 27, Issue 1, was published inJune. Issue 2 is nearing completion in early November 2020.
Something that was satisfying
Publishing, and seeing fruition in most of our editorial interactions. Particularly satisfying
was seeing how different grant reports reach fruition. Two that merit mention are 1) Mike
Kuziw’s project that resulted in two parts, each published in these two issues. Mikedeveloped a voice that went from being academic to a personal one. In his writing heincorporated his engagement with teachers, then learners, in a school-based reading
project, which strongly reflected his development as a teacher and researcher. Anotherhas been with Anubhuti Chauhan, who, in exploring her own linguistic repertoire andresearch history, took part in an engaging and revealing interview about her own homelanguage learning evolution and about the grammatical competence of L1 Hindi and L1
Persian Japanese learners. We also saw great strides in writing by different contributors(Members’ Voices, stories of learner development practices, and short reflective
articles). A huge thank you to everyone who has written for Learning Learning this year.
Something that was challenging
Meeting the expectations that went along with our deadlines. Engaging with writers who
did not share our vision of learner development.
What you would like to do in 2021
Continue to aim to publish two issues, maintain a healthy correspondence between
editors and contributors, and keep to deadlines as humanely as possible.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021-- None (Included in the web maintenance fee)

9. Learner Development Journal Steering Group - Tim Ashwell and Alison
Stewart(submitted by Tim Ashwell)
What your goals were in 2020
In 2020 our goals were i). to see Issue 4 of the LD Journal through to publication in
November 2020; ii). to support the Issue 5 editorial team as they moved towards
reviewing the completed contributions; iii). to solicit proposals for a theme for Issue 6, toselect an editorial team, and to help that team develop and send out a Call for Proposals.
What you / your team did in 2020
Alison took the lead liaising with the LDJ Issue 4 editorial team, Sabine Little and Michelle
Golledge. We proofread the final versions of each paper and Alison wrote a final piece for
the Issue. Tim took the lead liaising with the Issue 5 editorial team, but as this Issue is in
mid-cycle, there was relatively little for him to do. Dominic Edsall joined the SteeringGroup early this year after Darren decided to step down and agreed to be the main
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Papers together and sent the CfP out in September.
Something that was satisfying
We have been pleased to discuss how a new LDJ website could be set up within a new SIG
website hosted on the JALT server.
Something that was challenging
We cannot move forward with setting up a new LDJ website until the SIG website has
been moved over to the JALT server, so this has been a little frustrating. Darren kindlychanged the permissions on the present LDJ website so that the Steering Group can edit
the site. In the meantime, therefore, we can use that site and can publish Issue 4 there.
Dominic has taken the lead with updating the present LDJ site.
What you would like to do in 2021
i). It would be great if we could establish a new LDJ website so that the Journal has apermanent home on the JALT server. We hope that the SIG website can be moved onto
the JALT server to enable the new LDJ site to be created. ii). We need to continue toencourage new people to join the Journal production team and to renew membership of
the Steering Group.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
None.

10. Learner Development Journal
Issue 4 - (Sabine Little) & (Michelle Golledge)(submitted by Sabine)
Issue 4, on the theme of the Supervision Process across Diverse Contexts, is nearing
completion. The issue features five original articles and one book review. Some of these
are completely finalised, or are at the proofreading stage - one is awaiting an abstractfrom the authors, and one is going through final edits. Alison Stewart kindly worked with
two of her students, Mao Goto and Zhou Xiaotong, on a final commentary piece.
The process of co-authorship was, as predicted, more problematic for some author pairs
than for others, but we believe that the issue is stronger and more equitable for the
dedication to this collaborative process, as it raised important questions about whose
voices are heard when we write about supervision, and many supervisors chose to share
their own process of growth, which challenges and extends the notion of the “learner” inthis issue of the “Learner Development Journal”.
We are literally in the final days - when exactly the journal will be ready will depend on
when the final pieces of the puzzle arrive.

Issue 5 - Andy Barfield, Oana Cusen, Yuri Imamura, Jussi Jussila, & Riitta Kelly(submitted by Andy)
The theme of LDJ5 is Engaging with the Multilingual Turn for Learner Development:
Practices, Issues, Discourses, and Theorisations. The issue involves 9 narrative accounts
and 6 practice-related reviews, with a commentary by a practitioner-researcher in thefield. While most of the contributors are based in Japan, some are working in other112020 Learner Development SIG Committee Review
countries, including Finland, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, and the UK. Since March 2020 thecontributors have been interacting via Google docs, Skype and Zoom in small groups torespond to each other's proposals and first and second pieces of writing. There has beena high level of engagement within the response communities, and it has been genuinely
exciting to see the research and writing developing these past several months. At thetime of writing this progress report in early October, contributors have now chosen either
open peer review and blind peer review for their second pieces of writing, and 15
reviewers (two per text) will each be responding to two "second pieces of writing" during
October.
In our editorial roles, the four of us have had regular editor Zoom discussions every
couple of months. We have also updated the Journal Steering Group regularly about the
progress being made with LDJ5. We plan to have further interaction with the JSG once thewriters have submitted full drafts of their writing at the end of this year/ early 2021.
If you would like to know more about LDJ5, we hope you will be able to take part in the
LD SIG's Forum on Transformative Learning Communities at JALT2020 where the four of
us will be focusing on "response communities" as ways of providing safe spaces forcontributors to explore, question, interact, and write narratively about their learnerdevelopment inquiries.

Issue 6 - Isra Wongsarnpigoon, Dominique Vola Ambinintsoa, Phillip A. Bennett, André
A. Parsons, and Stuart D. Warrington(submitted by Dominic)
What your goals were in 2020
Gathering a team of co-editors, deciding on a theme we were all enthusiastic about(Learner Development Beyond the Classroom), and putting out the Call for Papers.
What you / your team did in 2020
We met over the summer to discuss what we had in mind for the theme and to makesure we were all able to commit to the editorial timeline, and we have collaborated via
email and Google Docs to put together the Call For Papers.
Something that was satisfying
Even though we basically already all knew each other and were aware that we had similarinterests, it was nice to realize that we were thinking along the same lines for this issue. It
was also reassuring to know that we’d have like-minded peers to collaborate and share
the workload with for the next couple of years.
Something that was challenging
No major challenges yet—the closest thing was trying to put together a theme and Callfor Papers which reflected our various interests, but that was actually pretty enjoyable.
Our real challenges will be coming up this year as proposals come in and contributors
start writing.
What you would like to do in 2021
Initial proposals for papers are due by mid-January. Discussions about the proposals canprobably continue via email, shared Google Documents, and Zoom meetings. We will
notify contributors with our decisions at the end of February, at which time they can startworking on the first stage of their writing.
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process similar to that of Issue 5.
The five co-editors will meet regularly during the year, and we will continue to work
closely with the Journal Steering Group.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021

11. Web Maintenance Team - Hugh Nicoll (main LD website & LD Journal
website)(submitted by Hugh)

Hugh Nicoll (LD website)
Note: Darren has re-launched an updated LDJ site and as soon as is feasible, we will be
integrating the LDJ site with the main ld-sig.org site, hosted on <jalt.org>.
What your goals were in 2020
My goals in 2020 were to (1) maintain the main ld-sig website, (2) work on the migrationof the site to the JALT server, (3) maintain the ld-news and ld-comm mailing lists, and (4)work with the LL editorial team in uploading and maintaining the Learning Learning
archives.
What you / your team did in 2020
Although the LD-SIG site migration remains incomplete as of 10 November, I am incommunication with Paul Collett and we will manage the transition before the end of the2020 calendar year. The basic editing & collaboration with other LD-SIG officer teams
went smoothly: the web site and mailing list administrative work is complete andup-to-date.
Something that was satisfying
Keeping things more-or-less up-to-date, and getting the Learning Learning issues
uploaded were, as usual, practices leading to on-going satisfaction.
Something that was challenging
Managing the various administrative duties while suffering through the COVID switch toall online teaching as a part-time lecturer in 3, then 2 different university settings.
What you would like to do in 2021
I would like to shadow a new web and mailing administrator or team and gracefully bow
out in the relatively near future.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
Will need to double-check the costs of hosting the server on the <jalt.org> site, but total
costs should not exceed ¥10,000. I recently renewed our domain name registrations forthe ld-sig.org domain names, so domain name registration will not need updating until
October 2023.

12. Tokyo Get-Togethers - James Underwood, Ken Ikeda & Ian Hurrell(submitted by Ken)

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What your goals were in 2020
Originally to meet face-to-face at Otsuma Women’s University 6 or 7 times, culminatingwith a possible CCLT6 (depending on participant interest).
What you / your team did in 2020
(Doing this from memory) After the first face-to-face meeting at Otsuma (February), we
switched to meeting online via Zoom due to the lockdown impositions stemming fromthe covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to Ian’s suggestion, we dedicated the first several
meetings (April, May, July) to discuss teachers’ emergency efforts to teachremotely/online. For our 4th online meeting held in September, Tim Ashwell hosted a
discussion on mixed methods research that attracted 11(?) participants.
We have decided to host CCLT6 online through Eventzilla and have issued a call for
proposals in late October.
Something that was satisfying
Although CCLT5 was held at Otsuma as in years past, the university’s doubling of room
rental fees caused the planning committee to decide on other rooms on campus. Despite
the change of venue, fears of crowd congestion and noise (another conference was held
simultaneously) were completely mitigated by the wonderful volunteering of Keisen
students with Dexter da Silva and Lorna Asami. The conference featured large student-led
presentations from Keisen, Komazawa and Meiji universities.
Something that was challenging
Participant attendance in the get-togethers, as they have been lower than in past years.
But the change to online meetings has allowed our Tokyo base to be accessible
nationwide. It has been nice to have participants who are not LD or JALT members to join
our online get-togethers.
Immediately after CCLT5 we tackled a presenter incident that occurred which directly
involved Ken and property damage to the university (thankfully temporary). Scrutiny of
JALT’s Code of Conduct and much deep discussion resulted in Koki as SIG Coordinator
asking Ken and the presenter to produce their accounts of the incident, which ended with
Koki’s decision to close the matter without bringing it to JALT’s EBM. Ian and James took aproactive role (it was agreed that Ken recuse himself) to resolve the matter.
What you would like to do in 2021
Continue to hold get-togethers online. It would be nice to have a face-to-face CCLT
although this would mean being based in Tokyo (albeit Ken’s university) again.
Envisaged expenditures for 2021
None

13. Committee Members at Large -Lee Arnold, Mathew Coomber, Dexter Da
Silva, Oana Cusen, Bill Mboutsiadis, & Mike Nix
Please feel free to make any observations or comments about how the committee has
been doing this last year, and/or share recommendations or questions for the coming
year.
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Dexter Mike Matthew Oana Bill -