Greg Kessler E-Mail:kessler@ohio.edu Phone: 740-593-2748 Department: 740-593-4564 Fax: 740-593-2967 Office: Room 017D Gordy Hall Mailing Address: Linguistics 383 Gordy Hall Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 USA

CouRses

LING 415/515 DISTRIBUTED COURSEWARE I

LING 416/516 DISTRIBUTED COURSEWARE II

LING 451/551 COMPUTERS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING I

LING 452/552 COMPUTERS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING II

LING 453/553 COMPUTERS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING III

LING 661 PEDAGOGICAL PHONOLOGY

Research Interests

• Teacher and student performance and behavior in constructivist & autonomous CALL environments
• CALL teacher preparation
• The use of technology in specific language teaching contexts
• The influence of technology upon change in the English language

Education

Ph.D. in Instructional Technology, Ohio University. MA in TESOL from California State University-Sacramento. BA in English with a focus on Poetry/Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Background

I am Assistant Professor of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and director of the Language Resource Center (LRC) at Ohio University. I am active in developing instructional materials for use with new technologies and preparing teachers and students to use these materials in ways appropriate to their teaching contexts. I have taught CALL teacher preparation courses and programs across the US as well as in China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, Montenegro, Serbia & Turkey.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (in press). Developing collaborative autonomous language learning abilities in computer mediated language learning: Attention to meaning among students in wiki space. Computer Assisted Language Learning.

Kessler, G. (2010). When they talk about CALL: Discourse in a required CALL class. CALICO Journal, 27(2), 1-17.

Kessler, G. (2010). Virtual business: An Enron email corpus study. Journal of Pragmatics. 42(1), 262-270.

Healey, D., Hegelheimer, V., Hubbard, P., Iannou-Georgiou, S., Kessler, G., & Ware, P. (2009). TESOL Technology Standards Framework. TESOL Publications: Alexandria, VA.

Kessler, G. (2009). Student initiated attention to form in autonomous wiki based collaborative writing. Language Learning & Technology, 13(1),79-94.

Kessler, G. (2009). Technology standards in foreign language education. In K. Cennamo, J. Ross, P. Ertmer, & K. Potter (Eds.), Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach . Wadsworth Publishing.

Kessler, G. (2009). Instructional technology for international students. In M. Andrade & N. Evans (Eds), International Students: Strengthening a Critical Resource. American Council on Education: Washington, DC.

Kessler, G., & Plakans, L. (2008). Does teachers' confidence with CALL equal innovative and integrated use? Computer Assisted Language Learning, 21(3), 269-282.

Kessler, G. (2007). Formal and informal CALL preparation and teacher attitude toward technology. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 20(2), 173-188.

Kessler, G. (2007). Moodle: Getting together online gets even better. ESL Magazine, 56, 12-16

Kessler, G. (2006). Assessing CALL teacher training: What are we doing and what could we do better? In P. Hubbard, & M. Levy (eds.,) Teacher education in CALL. John Benjamins: Amsterdam.

Kessler, G. (2006). A Multimedia Lab on Your Desktop. Essential Teacher, 3(3)

Kessler, G. (2005). Interactive Exercise Generators. Essential Teacher, 3(2)

Kessler, G. (2003). Preparing for the Future of CALL. Essential Teacher, 1(1), 32-36

Kessler, G. (2003). The Virtual Computer Lab. OhioTESOL Newsletter, 12(2) Online support information.

Bikowski, D., & Kessler, G. (2002). Making the most of discussion boards in the ESL classroom. TESOL Journal, 11(3), 27-30.

Kessler, G. & Plakans, L. (2001). Incorporating ESOL learners' feedback and usability testing into instructor-developed materials, TESOL Journal, 10(2), 15-20. Support material can be found here.

Kessler, G. (2002). So You Want to Build a CALL Lab? OhioTESOL Newsletter, May 2002. Republished in ESL Mini Conference, June 2002.

ESL Magazine Column, Greg Kessler's Technology:

Publications Under Review & in progress

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (under review). Politeness and communicative competence in online cultural exchanges. Language Learning & Technology, 15(1).

Kessler, G. (under review). Fluency in Self Access Speaking Tasks: The Influence of Environment.

Kessler, G. (in progress). (dis) agreement in CMS discussion fora.

Kessler, G. (in progress). Anxiety in computer based oral proficiency testing.

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (in progress). Communities of collaboration: Web based word processing in academic preparation.

Kessler, G., Bikowski, D., & Stewart, R. (in progress). Web and desktop based word processing in academic preparation.

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (in progress). New paradigms in collaborative writing: Extra-collaborative constructivist spaces.

Kessler, G. (in progress). CALL Teacher preparation: a pedagogical framework.

Kessler, G. (in progress). CALL Teacher preparation through independent study.

Kessler, G. (in progress). CALL Teacher preparation through internships.

Invited Presentations

Kessler, G. (2009). Collaborative writing using many-to-many technologies. Symposium on Second Language Writing, Tempe, AZ.

Kessler, G. (2009). State of the profession: Collaborative writing using many-to-many technologies, OhioTESOL, Columbus, OH.

Kessler, G. (2009). Writing and Web 2.0: New paradigms of collaboration. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). The trouble with everything: Data collection in CMC. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). Teacher Prepartion in CALL. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). Creating collaborative spaces for language teaching. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). Moodle for language teaching. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). CALL confidence and technology innovation and integration. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). Writing and Web 2.0: New paradigms of collaboration. Erciyes University; Kayseri, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2009). Teacher Prepartion in CALL. Uludag University; Bursa, Turkey

Kessler, G. (2007). Trends in Developments in Educational Technology. American Corners, Prague, Czech Republic.

Kessler, G. (2007). Educational technology for language teaching. American Corners, Belgrade, Serbia.

Kessler, G. (2007). Innovations in CALL. Pecs, Hungary

Kessler, G. (2007). Using Moodle for language learning. American Corners, Osijek, Croatia.

Kessler, G. (2007). The Online Audio Lab. ITA Academic Session, TESOL, Seattle, WA

Kessler, G. (2006). Audio Labs on the Go: CALL IS Academic Session, TESOL 2006, Tampa, FL, March.

Kessler, G. (2006). The online audio lab. The Ohio State University. ICALL Group. October, 2006.

Kessler, G. (2005). The Current State of CALL. Instructional Technology Association, Ohio University.

Kessler, G. (2005). State of the Profession: What is the Current State of Computer Assisted Language Learning in Teacher Preparation Programs? OhioTESOL Conference, Columbus, Ohio, November.

Kessler, G. (2005). Where are we now? Kansas TESOL keynote presentation. Emporia, KS, February.

Kessler, G. (2005). What Could We Do Better In Preparing Teachers to Use Technology? Kansas TESOL. Emporia, KS, February.

Kessler, G. (2003). Constructing Meaning with Computers. CALL IS Academic Session. TESOL, Baltimore, MD, March.

Kessler, G. (2002). What is the current state of CALL?. Saginaw Valley State University. Saginaw, Michigan, February.

Recent Presentations

Kessler, G. (2009). Technology Fair, OhioTESOL, Columbus, OH.

Kessler, G. (2009). How to Moodle, OhioTESOL, Columbus, OH.

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (2009). Collaborative writing and web 2.0: Realities, challenges & opportunities. CALICO, Tempe, AZ.

Kessler, G., & Bikowski, D. (2009). Constructing community with web based collaboration. CALICO, Tempe, AZ.

Burston, J., Goertler, S., & Kessler, G. (2009). National Foreign Language Instructional Technology Survey. CALICO, Tempe, AZ.

Kessler, G., & Ware, P. (2008). TESOL's Technology Standards. Ohio TESOL, Columbus, OH.

Kessler, G., Bikowski, D., Aljoris, S., Bauerle, S., Buechele, S., Dombroski, M., Ford, A., Hill, C., Panell, J., Soto, J.,& Spicher, A. (2008). Ohio TESOL technology fair. Columbus, OH.

Coleman, D., & Kessler, G. (2008). Creating Professional Quality Illustrations for Teaching ESL. Ohio TESOL, Columbus, OH.

Hubbard, P., & Kessler, G. (2008). Help shape TESOL's technology standards. WorldCALL, Fukuoka, Japan.

Healey, D., Hubbard, P., Kessler, G., & Ware, P. (2008). Help shape TESOL's technology standards. New York, NY.

Kessler, G., Bikowski, D., & Davis, R. (2008). Hardware fair. New York, NY.

Waltje, J., & Kessler, G. (2008). Language Learning Tools for the 21st Century. CALICO, San Francisco, CA.

Kessler, G. (2008). When they talk about CALL. CALICO, San Francisco, CA.

Kessler, G. (2007). Ohio TESOL technology fair. Columbus, OH

Kessler, G. (2007). Rethinking the CMS: The online audio lab. CALICO, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Kessler, G. & Plakans, L. (2007). Instructional use and teacher perspective regarding digital audio and video. CALICO, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

Kessler, G. (2007). Is CALL Important in TESOL teacher preparation? TESOL, Seattle, WA

Kessler, G., Laurence, D., Bauer, E., Calle, A., Dombroski, M., Xu, H., Lee, I. & Ongito, O. (2006). The Best of Technology Fair. OhioTESOL, Columbus, OH, November.

Kessler, G. (2006). Technology and the future of Instruction and Ohio TESOL. OhioTESOL, Columbus, OH, November.

Waltje, J, Kessler, G. & Heller, M. (2006). Audio and Video for the 21 st Century. CALICO, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.

Krzic, G., Kessler, G., Ghazel, E., Chiha, B., Tamrabet, L., & Shorman, J. (2006). ESL and Civic Education Online Community for Middle East and North African teachers. TESOL Electronic Village Internet Fair, Tampa, FL.

Kessler, G. (2005). How valuable is CALL teacher preparation? Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), Phoenix, AZ.

Kessler, G. (2004). How Do We Train Better CALL Practitioners? Presented at TESOL 2004, Long Beach, CA., March.

Coleman, D. & Kessler, G. (2004). What is Langland? Developer's Showcase, Long Beach, CA, March.

Hubbard, P., Kessler, G. & Madden, J. (2004).Technology, Techniques, and Materials for Web Listening Internet Fair Classics, TESOL, Long Beach, March.

Long, R. & Kessler, G. (2004). Video Chat Technologies for Language Teaching. Internet Fair, TESOL, Long Beach, March.

Kessler, G. (2004). How are Teacher Training Programs Meeting the Technology Needs of Language Teachers? CALICO, Pittsburgh, June.

Mills, D. & Kessler, G. (2002). Making QuickTime Interactive for Enriched Language Learning. TESOL, Salt Lake City, Utah, April.

Coleman, D. & Kessler, G. (2002). Creating Virtual Realities to Contextualize Learning. TESOL, Salt Lake City, Utah, April.

Mills, D., Kessler, G. & Bradin, C. (2002). Using QuickTime in CALL multimedia materials development. TESOL,Salt Lake City, Utah, April.

Coleman, D. & Kessler, G. (2002). Contextualizing Language Learning with Virtual Reality. TESOL, Salt Lake City, Utah, April.

Kessler, G. (2001). Online Course Management (Part 2), OhioTESOL Newsletter

Kessler, G. (2001). Teaching Academic Oral Communication Skills Online. OhioTESOL Conference, Athens, OH, April 21

Kessler, G. & Plakans, L. (2001).Considering Student Feedback in Developing Distance Learning Materials, Research presented at Syllabus Conference, Cincinnati, OH, April 5, 2001

Kessler, G. & Bradin, C. (2001). Webmasters' Workshop. TESOL, April, 2001, St. Louis, MO.

Recent Consulting

U.S. State Department English Language Specialist, Bursa & Kayseri, Turkey, January 2009.

Chubu University, OPELT Program. Moodle setup and faculty orientation. Kasugai, Japan August 2008.

U.S. State Department English Language Specialist, Language 4 Law Project (Prague, Czech Republic; Belgrade & Nis, Serbia; Miskolc & Pecs, Hungary & Osijek, Croatia) Spring 2007

University of Arizona TEFL Certificate Program (Beijing, China), 2006 /2005

University of Arizona CESL Teacher Training (Tucson, Arizona & Nogales, Mexico) Spring 2006

USIA-CELTT Educational Technology for Middle Eastern teachers Phase II, (Athens, Greece), Summer 2005       

TESOL Principles and Practices of Online Teaching Certificate Program: Core Class, Creating and Using Multimedia for Online Instruction and Cyberculture and Cross Cultural Issues, Spring 2004- Fall 2006

USIA-CELTT Educational Technology for Middle Eastern teachers, Summer 2004    

U.S. State Department English Language Specialist, Almaty and Kokshetau, Kazakhstan, Fall 2004       

Saginaw Valley State University, College Town, Michigan, Spring 2002

U.S. State Department English Language Specialist, IELP II, Alexandria, Egypt , Summer 2001       

KETC Language Center, Komaki, Japan, Autumn 2000        

CAEP Program, Program curriculum development & Creation of Multimedia Center, Hong Kong Baptist University , Autumn 1999  & Spring 2000       

Educational Technology for South African Teachers’ Summer Institute Summer 2001-2003         

USIA-CELTT Educational Technology for Palestinian and Israeli teachers, Summer 1999    

SERVICE

CALICO Executive Board (2009-2011)

OhioTESOL President (2006 Second VP, 2007 VP, 2008 President)

TESOL Technology Standards Writing Group (2006-2008)

TESOL CALL Interest Section Chair (2002 Chair Elect, 2003 Chair, 2004 Past-Chair)

TESOL Web Advisory Board (2003-2005)

TESOL Technology Advisory Committee (2002-2007)

TESOL CALL Interest Section steering Committee member (2000-2003)

TESOL CALL Interest Section Convention Proposal evaluation (1999-Present)

TESOL Electronic Village Coordinator (2000-2002)

TESOL Electronic Village Volunteer (1998 -2008)

Coordinating Technology Room for OhioTESOL conferences (1996-Present) 

Ohio TESOL Webmaster:  Creation and maintenance of Ohio TESOL web site(1996-2001)

Memberships

CALICO

TESOL

Ohio TESOL