Perspectives on pedagogy, curriculum, and migration in language and literacy in an interconnected world
Where do we draw the line? Questions of Learning and Ethics in Writing with AI
Mary Ott
This talk shares teaching and assessment strategies alongside critical questions from my research exploring how language and literacy educators are changing their writing pedagogies in response to generative AI.
Mary Ott is an Assistant Professor in York University’s Faculty of Education. Her teaching and research in literacy education typically focuses on pedagogies of multiliteracies and assessment for learning, orientations which invite consideration of learner agency and social justice in making meaning. However, her work in this space is also informed by sociomaterial perspectives on agency, ethics, and the unintended consequences of technology.
K-12 Open Educational Resources to support collaboration within the French as a second language teaching community : initiative, obstacles, ways forward'
Muriel Péguret & Mirela Cherciov
Camerise K-12 Studio, currently funded by Ontario’s Ministry of Education, empowers FSL teachers with open, adaptable resources under a Creative Commons license. It fosters collaboration, supports equitable curriculum access, and reduces reliance on commercial marketplaces. This presentation shares insights into how K-12 educators collaborate (or not) in today’s digital landscape.
Muriel Péguret received her PhD in FSL Applied Linguistics from Dalhousie University in 2009. She is an Associate Professor at York University in French Studies (Glendon College) and the Faculty of Education.
Mirela Cherciov is an Associate Researcher developing an OER platform for FSL teachers. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto on first-language attrition and has taught FSL and linguistic.
Migrant Perspectives on Language Learning and Social Integration in Translingual and Transnational Contexts
John Ippolito
This presentation reports on an international research project examining migrants’ formal and informal language-learning opportunities; their social integration experiences related to language use; their complex struggles with agency in translanguaging; the role their linguistic repertoire plays in developing a post-migration identity; and their experiences of living a transnational life.
John Ippolito is an Associate Professor in York University’s Faculty of Education. His most recent research centers on the language learning and social integration experiences of adult migrants. Focusing on host country naturalization requirements, his interests include contemporary lived realities of everyday citizenship and their implications for language practices in linguistically and culturally hyperdiverse societies.
