Rethinking Proficiency and Persistence
Channel: The Five Colleges of Ohio
Date: 2021-05-03

Dr. Patricia Calkins, Professor Emeritus of Simpson College; Dr. Tracy Dinesen, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Spanish of Simpson College, and Dr. Sharon Wilkson, Senior Educational Content Developer of Duolingo share an updated version of their 2017 Hope College keynote about a curricular redesign that, while initiated out of a crisis, reinvigorated their programs. In this workshop, the presenters discuss their continued work and how it challenged their language learning assumptions. They explain how these realizations impacted their curriculum and discuss the central driver of their ongoing work.

Presenters:
Dr. Patricia Calkins, Professor Emeritus, Simpson College
Dr. Tracy Dinesen, Assocate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Spanish, Simpson College
Dr. Sharon Wilkinson, Senior Educational Content Developer, Duolingo

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