SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

Presentations at Regional, National and International Venues

"How to Assess Learning with Brain in Mind," Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference, Las Vegas, NV (co-presented with Ilknur Oded) (March 2019).
"From learning "about" to learning "from within" - Fostering active participation in the target culture," Monterey Bay Foreign Language Education Symposium, Monterey, CA (October 2017).
"Designing Training with the Whole Brain in Mind," Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Vancouver, British Columbia (October 2017)
"From e-Portfolios to Personal Learning Environments," Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA (April 2016).
"The Virtual Immersion Program (VIP): From Cultural Consumption to Cultural Production." Presented at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) Foreign Language Education Symposium (May, 2014)
"Applying Human Performance Technology at the DoD: Lessons Learned.” Presented at the international society for performance improvement (ISPI) Conference, Indianapolis, IN (April, 2014)
"Technology Integration at the Curriculum Level: A Working Model." Presented at the Computer-Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) Conference, University of Hawaii, Hawaii (May, 2013)
“Digital Learning Games for Digital Age Learners.” Presented at the Foreign Language Association of Northern California (FLANC) Conference, San Francisco, CA (October, 2012)
"From Informational to Transformational Learning and the Technologies in between." Presented at the Shoham District Annual ESL Seminar, Shoham, Israel (September, 2012)
“Electronic Portfolios - Theory, Technology and Practice in FLED.” Poster Session. Presented at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) Symposium, Monterey, CA (March, 2012)
“Theories, Technologies and Teaching Philosophies: Repurposing for the Net-Generation.” Presented at the American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Conference, Denver, CO (November, 2011)
“Streamlining administrative procedures at the Defense Language Institute: The Strategic Impact Model in Action.” Presented at the CSU Best Research Paper Conference, San Jose, CA (May, 2010)
“Mediums and Messages – Repurposing for the Net Generation.” Presented at the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) Conference, Madison, WI (April, 2010)

Presentations in the Context of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)

“From Instructional Design to Performance Enhancement,” Faculty Development Holiday Program (December 2018)
“Digital Tools for Reflective Teaching” (co-presented with Ilknur Oded), Faculty Development Holiday Program, (December 2018)
“New Paths to Transformative Learning,” Continuing Education Transformative Learning Seminar (May, 2018)
“Open Architecture in Action: Teaching without Textbooks in the Hebrew Department,” Curriculum Support Forum on Open Architecture (January, 18).
“Facilitating Learner Autonomy in the HE Dept.” UEL Veterans Day (November, 2017)
“Attaining Advance Courses Results in a Basic Course,” the DTRA-HE Exchange Conference (October, 2017)
“Fostering Active Participation in the Target Culture,” Language Learning and Teaching Conference (LLTC) (July, 2016).
“Enhancing the Development of Learning Strategies via Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle,” SLS Faculty Training Day (February, 2016).
“Student-directed Learning and Self-assigned Homework in the Open Architecture Framework,” Russian and Serbo-Croatian CD teams (November, 2015).
“Designing an Interactive (HE) Proficiency Exercises Website.” Presented at the Faculty Development Technology Summit (September, 2015)
“Autonomy via Modeling, Coaching, Scaffolding.” Presented at the Language Learning and Teaching (LLTC) Conference (July, 2015)
“Test Development Workshop for the Hebrew Dept. Test Development Team on Text Typology, Test Items, and Reliability and Validity in Test Development.” Presented at the Hebrew Dept. (April, 2015)
"Action Research on Error Corrections in the Hebrew Department." Presented at the Action Research Roundtable sponsored by the Academic Specialists Council (January, 2015)
“Researching L2/FL Vocabulary Thresholds: Construct, Piloting and Curricular Implications.” Co-Presented at the Faculty Development Holiday Program (December, 2014)
"Error Corrections in Speaking in the DLI Context." Presented at the Faculty Development - Holiday Program (December, 2014)
“Enhancing Vocabulary Retention through Games.” Presented at the Student Learning Center - Linguistic Issues on Learning DLIFLC Languages (February, 2014)
“Interlanguage: Meta-linguistic Knowledge for More Accurate Learners' Diagnostics.” Co-Presented at the Faculty Development - Holiday Program (December, 2013)
“Language Learning Apps in Less Commonly Taught Languages.” Presented at the Mobile Language Learning Summit (February, 2013)
“Fostering Cognitive Presence in Online Education.” Presented at the Faculty Development - Holiday Program (December, 2012)
“Moving to .edu: New tools – New Possibilities.” Presented at the Faculty Professional Development DAY (July, 2012)
“Enhancing Learners’ Control on Instructional content: Principles of Adult Education.” Workshop for Faculty Development Specialists at the Defense Language Institute (July, 2012)
“Information Processing and the Option of Processing Instruction.” Invited presentation for the Student Learning Center (May, 2012)
“Empowering Digital Age Learners: From Project-based Instruction to Student-led Curriculum.” Invited presentation for the entire DLI leadership, Commandant, Provost, Deans, Chairs and Team leaders (over 350 people) (March, 2011)
“Technology Integration at the Curriculum Level.” Invited presentation for the leadership of Language Science and Technology Directorate (February, 2011)
“The Concept and Implementation of Web 2.0 Tools in SLA.” Presented at the Faculty Development - Holiday Program (December, 2010)
“Theory, Technology and Practice in FLED: Facilitating Effective Learning Experiences in the Digital Age.” Invited presentation for Faculty Development Showcase (September, 2010)
“Technology Integration at the European and Latin American Language School: A Road Map.” Presented at UEL School Annual Tech Fair (September, 2010)
“Transmission, Transaction and Transformation for Facilitating Higher Levels of Proficiency.” Presented at the Student Learning Center September 6th Student Learning Forum (September 2010)
“Integrating Technology in a Pedagogically Sound Manner.” Presented at the Student Learning Center August 26th Student Learning Forum (August 2010)
“Communicative Creativity and Creative Communications: Task-based Instruction in FLED.” Invited presentation for the Student Learning Center (August, 2010)
“Meaningful Online Learning and Instruction.” Presented at the Faculty Development - Blackboard Showcase (February, 2010)

PUBLICATIONS

Oded, I. & Oded, Y. (2019). How to Assess Learning with Brain in Mind? In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1043-1047). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Oded, I. & Oded, Y. (2017). Designing Training with Whole Brain in Mind. In J. Dron & S. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 410-413). Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Oded, Y. and Su, B. (2010). “Streamlining administrative procedures at the Defense Language Institute: The strategic impact model in action.” Performance Improvement Quarterly, 23: 47–69.
Oded, Y. (2006). “Constructing a Working Model for the Study of Nationalism.” University of Madison Wisconsin (Manuscript).

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

ACTFL / CALICO / DLIFAC / ISPI / FLANC / NCOLCTL