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May 10-14 marked the annual CALICO (Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium) convention - Evolving Interactions in Digital Language Learning. Held in East Lansing, MI, highlights of the conference included:

• an opening keynote address by Elliot Soloway about blended learning, specifically the BlendedLearningPlatform (BLP), a free, Google classroom friendly platform that supports teachers in creating lessons incorporating Open-Education Resources (OER).
• booth space and presentations by CLEAR, CeLTA, LARC, and COERLL, CASLS sister LRCs.
• insightful presentations and panels about new research and pedagogy, including Laura Villa's presentation on Latinos in the US: Promoting Interaction Among Heritage Language Learners Through Telecollaboration and Pia Sundquist's presntation on The Scale of Social Interaction in Digital Games Related to L2 English [picture below left].
• helpful workshops such as Meaningful Play: Gamers as Teachers conducted by Johnathon Beals, Philip Cameron, Brenda Imber and Val Waldron [picture below right].

We look forward to next year’s conference in Flagstaff, AZ!