Gangwon KOTESOL Mini-Conference
Date: Saturday, August 22nd
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Post-event dinner: 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Location: Chuncheon National University of Education, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do
Join us for a full day of presentations, discussion, and networking with EFL educators from across university, public school, and hagwon settings.
Special Guest Speaker
We're thrilled to welcome CedarBough T. Saeji (Pusan National University) as our special guest speaker. She'll be sharing how she designs assignments that get her students out of the classroom and into the world. A fancy title is forthcoming!
Confirmed Presentations and Provisional Schedule
10:00 – 11:00 Coffee and chat (registration)
11:00 – 11:30 Michael Free — Attendance, Participation, Engagement: Untangling What We Actually Grade
11:30 – 12:00 Maiah Hollander — Context and Autonomy in Media Literacy
12:00 – 1:00 Special Guest Presentation — CedarBough T. Saeji — University Assignments Beyond the Classroom in Korea
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch (gimbap pre-order or BYOL)
2:00 – 2:40 Daniel Corks — Informal Online Language Learning Is Free. Let's Make It Easy
2:40 – 2:50 Break
2:50 – 3:20 Roger Fusselman — Responding to Poor Course Evaluation Results
3:20 – 3:50 Chris Kobylinski — Are Presentations a Valid Assessment in the Generative AI Era?
3:50 – 4:30 Daniel Svoboda — Don't Jump Ship Yet: Smart Money Moves for Foreign Educators in Korea
4:30 – 5:00 Hyeonjoo Lee — Reconstructing EFL Teacher Identity in the AI Era: The NEO Reflection Framework
5:30 – 7:30 Dinner — dalkgalbi (RSVP required)
Networking
Time will be built into the day for networking and informal discussion with fellow educators.
Lunch
If you'd like gimbap for lunch, please let me know what and I'll order it so it's ready.
If you'd like to join us for dinner, please R.S.V.P.
Coffee and light snacks will be available.
