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Each year, the Computer-assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) hosts an annual conference where its members come together to share their research and current projects and to learn from one another.

"CALICO is an organization that really cares about its members, no matter where they are in their career," says CASLS Director Dr. Julie Sykes, long-time CALICO member, and member of the executive board. "It is highly supportive of those just starting out and meaningful for those who have been engaged with the field longer. Each year, the membership works together to make all feel welcome and, simultaneously, push each other to do higher quality work."

The 2014 conference was held May 6-10 at Ohio University. The conference theme was Open, Online, Massive: The Future of Language Learning? With over 130 sessions ranging from using web conference services in the classroom, incorporating mobile devices, and implementing game-based theory into the classroom.

Jeff Magoto, Director of the University of Oregon Yamada Language Center and long-time collaborator with CASLS, gave a presentation on ANVILL. ANVILL is a learning management system designed specifically for the language classroom and available to educators at no-cost. ANVILL can be used as a standalone application, as part of a school's existing learning management system, or as a cloud-based application.

Dr. Sykes served on a panel with Dr. Steve Thorne, Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition at Portland State University, and Dr. Chris Holden, Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico, on place-based augmented reality for language learning.