Julie Sykes

Biography

Julie M. Sykes is an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. She has presented and published various articles on computer assisted language learning (CALL), which include topics such as synchronous computer-mediated communication and pragmatic development, gaming and CALL, and lexical acquisition in digitally mediated environments. Sykes’ current projects include the design, implementation, and evaluation of Croquelandia (a synthetic immersive environment for learning pragmatics) as well as the use of mobile technologies to engage language learners in a variety of non-institutional contexts.

Sessions

• It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Developing Place-Based, Augmented Reality Games for Language Learning
  Thursday, June 11

  2:00–3:00

  Old Madison (3rd floor, East/Southeast)