Faculty Instructional Services

The Language and Culture Learning Center is dedicated to facilitating the integration of technology into the pedagogical practices of faculty in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures.

As a site of coordination, the Center links services between ITS, (LC)² and faculty. As a center of collaboration, the Center has a consulting function to work collaboratively with faculty in the use of educational technologies and the development of projects, activities, and materials using those technologies.

Faculty are particularly encouraged to consult the IT Instructional Tools and Resources page for an overview of what technologies are currently available at SSU and for training in using them.

The Faculty Resource Space

Located in Stevenson 1032, the Faculty Resource Space is also available for use by faculty in the Department of Modern Languages & Literatures. If you have a particular project in mind, please submit the online Faculty Project form. As a place of information and inspiration for teaching and learning, the Center has a resource function that provides faculty with recent research in language pedagogy, applied linguistics, second-language acquisition (SLA), and educational technology. Copies of selected articles and reports in these areas are available in the Faculty Resource Space upon request. Materials can be checked out for one week or can be duplicated (please allow three days). Please contact Robert.Train@sonoma.edu regarding the use of these materials.

In keeping with its mission to foster appropriate and creative uses of technology, the Language and Culture Learning Center encourages Modern Language & Literatures faculty to consult with the Director (Robert.Train@sonoma.edu) and IT in expanding the uses of the Stevenson 1040 Multimedia/Computer Facility.

Audio Tape Duplication

We can duplicate non-copyrighted material (e.g. your own voice) or copyrighted material for which we have duplication privileges (e.g. cassettes that accompany texts that we use). The Stevenson 1028 lab has one high-speed duplicating machine.

Duplicating Textbook Cassette Programs

Please allow several weeks to make copies of entire textbook cassette programs. The lab will furnish the blank tapes.

Duplicating Other Cassette Tapes

Note

Allow three (3) days to make the copies. Please fill out a service request available through the Director or the lab staff.

The master tape that you provide must be on a 60 minute tape, clearly labeled, and recorded on only one side. If you have more than thirty minutes of audio, it needs to be on two separate tapes.

If you want to distribute tapes to your students for their own use as opposed to simply keeping copies in the lab, they must provide the blank tapes. The blank tapes must be new 60 minute tapes. These tapes are available in the SSU bookstore.

Video Viewing

Faculty are discouraged from using the Stevenson 1040 facility for video projection because the space is designed for multimedia/computer use. For video viewing, there are three group viewing rooms in the Multimedia Center located in the University Library.