Events

Sunday 19 March, 2023
Advisor Education Program 3rd Graduation Symposium
An online symposium will be held on Sunday March 19th 2023 from 3-5pm to celebrate the completion of the advising certificate by our third cohort of graduates of the Learning Advisor Education Certificate Course. Featured speakers: Marina Mozzon-McPherson (UK), Hatice Karaaslan, Pinar Üstündağ Algın (Turkey), Tim Murphey (Japan), and Julia Galichanina (Hungary) Details

Sunday 13 March, 2022
Advisor Education Program 2nd Graduation Symposium
An online symposium will be held on Sunday March 13th 2022 from 3-5pm to celebrate the completion of the advising certificate by our second cohort of graduates of the Learning Advisor Education Certificate Course. Featured speakers: Micòl Beseghi (Italy), Fergal Bradley (Finland), Walkyria Magno e Silva (Brazil)  Details

Friday December 3 2021
7th Online LAb session (webinar)
Agency and learner autonomy. Featured speakers: Xuesong Andy Gao (Australia), Mayumi Kashiwa (Japan), Johnmarshall Reeve (Australia)
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Friday June 25 2021
6th Online LAb session (webinar)
Landmarks in SALC Contexts. Thinking Back, Moving Forward. Featured guests: Phil Benson (Australia), Katherine Thornton (Japan), David Gardner and Lindsay Miller (Hong Kong) 
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Sunday 14 March, 2021
Online Graduation Symposium. Featured speakers: Kerstin Dofs (New Zealand), Leena Karlsson (Finland), Garold Murray (Japan), Adelia Peña Clavel (Mexico), Maria Giovanna Tassinari (Germany), Hisako Yamashita (Japan)
Details | Graduating class | Speakers and recordings

Thursday 15 and Friday 16 October, 2020
Online Symposium: Harnessing the Potentials of Technology to Support Self-Directed Language Learning in Online Learning Settings. Guest speakers: Regine Hampel (UK), Carrie Demmans Epp (Canada)
Details | Schedule | Keynote presentations | Register (free) | Proceedings

Thursday November 28 2019
5th Online LAb session (webinar)
Research and learner autonomy. Featured speakers: Anne Burnes (Australia), David Palfreyman (UAE) 
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Saturday November 2, 2019
Understanding learner autonomy through research
Forum at the JALT2019 conference in Nagoya

Wednesday June 12, 2019
RILAE Research Forum
Self determination theory: A framework for understanding teaching and learning environments

Thursday June 13 2019
Tokyo International Falling Walls Lab
Dr. Ward Peeters, research fellow at RILAE, has been selected to participate in the Falling Walls Lab, an international forum for the next generation of outstanding innovators. Sign up online to attend the event and support him! More details.

Friday June 28 2019
4th Online LAb session (webinar)
Teacher/Advisor education for learner autonomy. Participants included Katja Heim (Germany), Sarah Mercer (Austria), and Giovanna Tassinari (Germany)
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June 2019
RILAE researchers have won a STINT research grant with our partners from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden. We are continuing our joint research into self-regulation and technology enhanced learning. Three researchers from KTH will be visiting KUIS in June. A published paper introducing the project is here [LINK].

Thursday July 11 2019
Forum
Mini presentations on ongoing research The events are aimed at KUIS staff and students.