It is now possible to earn a master's degree in CALL at several universities. In addition, many job advertisements for language teachers now request experience with technology. There is now a wide variety of CALL authoring tools. Threads of commonality between SLA and CALL are appearing. TOP The Dark Side 1.
Computers are still very limited in terms of the role they can play in language learning.
Some CALL software isn't pedagogically sound. CALL-related work often isn't respected or recognized. We don't know very much about what language learners are actually doing with computers. The market for CALL software is very small. As a result, the software doesn't always keep up with changes in hardware and sometimes will not run on new hardware.