2026 Technology in Teaching / Professional Development Workshops

Contribution List

13. Keynote: Establishing My Scholarly Voice Through Academic Publishing: Reflections on the Journey and the Road Ahead

Dr Gregory Paul Glasgow (Kanda University of International Studies)

11/09/2026, 09:30

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PD - Professional Development

Publishing journal articles, book chapters, and books was something I never imagined when I began my career in language education. Yet, over two and a half decades, what once seemed beyond my reach gradually became possible. Looking back, I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to discover and establish a scholarly voice I could scarcely have imagined at the outset. In this talk, I reflect on...

4. Beyond Copy-and-Paste AI: Teaching Students When and When Not to Translate

Crosby Adam (Kobe City College of Nursing)

11/09/2026, 10:40

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TnT - Technology and Teaching

Workshop

Artificial intelligence has transformed second language writing, yet classroom discussions often focus on either preventing AI use or ways to detect it. This presentation argues that the more important pedagogical question is not whether students should use AI, but when they should use it. It introduces a process-oriented framework in which students first generate, develop, and revise ideas...

8. Helping Students Say More: Designing Exchange-Oriented Self-Expression Tasks

Masaya Abe (Joetsu University of Education), Hiroki Yamazaki (Niigata Municipal Hakunan Junior High School)

11/09/2026, 10:40

PD - Professional Development

Workshop

This workshop introduces a junior high school EFL lesson sequence in which students prepared “My Treasure / My Hero” presentations for a Taiwan–Japan exchange project. Participants will learn how to help learners move beyond simple self-introductions by adding memories, reasons, feelings, and values, while also improving delivery through stressing, stretching, and pausing. The presenters will...

2. Bring an International Community to your Classroom Through Virtual Exchange

Eric Hagley (-Griffith University)

11/09/2026, 11:35

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TnT - Technology and Teaching

Workshop

Teachers of English as a Foreign Language can often struggle bringing an immediacy for use of English in their classrooms. The European Commission co-financed INTENT project defined Virtual Exchanges (VE) as technology-enabled, sustained, people to people education programs. VE entails the engagement of students in online intercultural exchange, interaction and collaboration with peers from...

3. From Textbook to Active Learning: Balancing Structure and Engagement in the English Classroom

Ralph Caton (SKY Nursery School (Anan, Tokushima))

11/09/2026, 12:45

PD - Professional Development

Workshop

Sustaining student engagement whilst meeting curriculum requirements is a challenge faced by many English language teachers. Although textbooks provide essential structure, reliance on them alone can reduce participation and enthusiasm. This workshop introduces a practical approach that combines focused textbook instruction with interactive activities designed to keep learners actively engaged...

7. From Pain Point to Playable: Vibe-Coding AI-Powered ELT Materials through Design Thinking

Payungsak Kaenchan (Mahidol University)

11/09/2026, 13:40

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TnT - Technology and Teaching

Workshop

What happens when twenty-two EFL teachers with merely no coding background are challenged to build their own AI-powered learning platforms? This session showcases AI and Design Thinking for Innovative ELT Materials Design, a seven-week online workshop co-organized by Thailand TESOL Association and RELO Thailand, in which Thai teachers transformed authentic classroom pain points into live,...

9. Keynote: When Teachers Become Toolmakers: AI Agents and Open-Source EdTech

Mr Adam Jenkins (Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology)

11/09/2026, 14:35

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TnT - Technology and Teaching

For educators developing their own software, open-source platforms like Moodle offer a practical advantage: when existing tools don't quite fit, a plugin is easier to build than a whole new system. This has long been true, with MoodleReader (later MReader) as one example, but with AI agents now able to read, modify, and extend open code, a pedagogical idea can become working software in hours...