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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: LectureSpeaker Information: Dr. Mark DressmanAlong 
 with affordable intercontinental jet travel\, the rise of digital communic
 ations such as satellite television\, smartphones\, and the Internet has m
 ade it easier than ever before in history for people to find authentic\, “
 comprehensible input” in other languages. This is nowhere more the case th
 an in Morocco\, a multilingual nation whose youth and leadership have chos
 en English over French as their link to the world outside the Middle East.
  This presentation focuses on the stories and statistics of 107 first-seme
 ster English students at three Moroccan universities and demonstrates how 
 widespread and powerful learning English from an “Invisible University” of
  digital and face-to-face resources can be. The findings of this study als
 o raise important questions about what and how people learn digitally and 
 what implications there might be for the development of curriculum in more
  formal settings.Cost: FreeContact: Ann Jonesacjones3@illinois.eduSponsor:
  College of Education
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LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Education Building Room 192
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SUMMARY:An Invisible University: Implications of Informal Learning in Moroc
 co
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p class="eventtype"><span class="event-headin
 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Lecture</p><p class="speakerinfo"><span cl
 ass="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Information:</span> Dr. Mark Dress
 man</p><p>Along with affordable intercontinental jet travel\, the rise of 
 digital communications such as satellite television\, smartphones\, and th
 e Internet has made it easier than ever before in history for people to fi
 nd authentic\, “comprehensible input” in other languages. This is nowhere 
 more the case than in Morocco\, a multilingual nation whose youth and lead
 ership have chosen English over French as their link to the world outside 
 the Middle East. This presentation focuses on the stories and statistics o
 f 107 first-semester English students at three Moroccan universities and d
 emonstrates how widespread and powerful learning English from an “Invisibl
 e University” of digital and face-to-face resources can be. The findings o
 f this study also raise important questions about what and how people lear
 n digitally and what implications there might be for the development of cu
 rriculum in more formal settings.</p><p class="cost"><span class="event-he
 ading cost">Cost:</span> Free</p><p class="contact"><span class="event-hea
 ding contact">Contact:</span> Ann Jones<br><a href="mailto:acjones3@illino
 is.edu">acjones3@illinois.edu</a></p><p class="sponsor"><span class="event
 -heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> College of Education</p>
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