Memoirs of a Tech Junkie: Some thoughts on the role of CALL-IS and how it sustains the development of technology for ESL/EFL

Presented at the CALL IS Leadership Panel: History of the EV in Retrospective: Over Three Decades of Professional Development in CALL. TESOL Baltimore, 8 April 2016.

Dr Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

Professor emeritus, CSU, Sacramento

ehansonsmi@yahoo.com

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