Sanako Lounge: Pilot Virtual Language Classroom to Retain LCTL Offerings in the CSU Yoshiko Saito-Abbott, Ph.D Gus Leonard California State University, Monterey Bay

In the beginning… There are 23 California State University campuses…

with more than 20 languages taught throughout the system including… Armenian Greek Latin Russian Hmong Sanskrit Japanese Filipino Cambodian Gaelic Arabic Hebrew French Portuguese Spanish Mandarin Korean Italian American Sign Language German

but minimal resources or cross-campus sharing of content resulting in: small classes for less commonly taught languages – great for pedagogy, not so good for public education financial models predictable demise of language programs with low enrollment or lack of instructional support duplication of content development effort little opportunity to transfer “best practices” instructor – learner disconnect (distance)

Foreign language Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools Fall 2000 Jamie B. Draper & June H. Hicks, ACTFL

Foreign language Enrollments in Public Secondary Schools Fall 2000 Jamie B. Draper & June H. Hicks, ACTFL

CSU Virtual Language Laboratory (VLL) Project Press Release The California State University and Teleste Educational, Ltd. [now Sanako], have named seven CSU campuses to begin providing a virtual interactive language laboratory for students to access on campus, at home, or at any location. Tandberg Educational Inc., Teleste's American distributor and sales partner, will direct the implementation of the hardware and software technological infrastructure at the campuses. - CSU Public Affairs Office, 12 Sep 2000

VLL Project The project started in CSU Campuses  Japanese: Chico, Long Beach, Monterey Bay, San Diego  French: Sacramento, LA, Dominguez Hills Business Partner  Sanako Corp.  Tandberg Educational

VLL Project: Outcomes To link CSU campuses through the VLL in order to offer language courses to campuses which individually can not support those courses Pool instructional resources Increase enrollment at local campuses Enhance course diversity Strengthen language programs Create curricula expansion opportunity for major and minor To simulate the function of a language classroom over distance using the Internet  Address the issue of developing oral competency Seek a self-sustaining model

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Critical factors for current project Technical support  Lab Staff  Business partner  IT support/Server Technical skills  Faculty  Students Access to Hardware/Support/Network  HP Mobility Grant

Dean’s meeting Develop an infrastructure for VLL courses among CSU campuses  How to offer courses collaboratively Enrollment FTE issue Expansion of program offerings--Campus ‘sign-on’ Means for making strategic decisions When and how to publish courses  Challenges Territorialism Encouragement from top--FTE pressures on faculty Support for IT staff at Enterprise and AT levels Mentor/Tutor/Facilitator support at local level Marketing  Target implementation Fall 2005