Douglas Canfield

Coordinator III, Language Resource Center, University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Research field: Humanities - Languages and Literature
Multi-User Virtual Environments, Mixed-Reality Environments, Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games, Technology-Enhanced Language Learning, Mobile-Assisted Learning, Disruptive Technologies. Social Networking Tools, Computer-Mediated Communicatio

Publications

Journal Article (2)
- Douglas W. Canfield (1995) Apprenti Feministe / Apprenti Du Statu Quo: Les traces d"Irigaray dans les ruines du Cid, et les ruines de la femme des les traces d'Horace, 326-330. In Utah Foreign Language Review 4 (1).
  http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/docu...
- Douglas W. Canfield (1994) Purple Patches, Art and Decorum, Hole and Overflow: Ekphrasis in Horace's Ars Poetica., 164-167. In Utah Foreign Language Review 3 (1).
  http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/docu...
Book Section (2)
- Paul Sweeney, Cristina Palomeque, Dafne González et al. (2011) Task Design for Language Learning in an Embodied Environment, 259-282. In Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom.
- Douglas W. Canfield (2009) The Best Class You've Never Been To: (Second) Life (Role) Play., 227-235. In Task-Based III: Expanding the Range of Tasks through the Web.
Conference Proceedings (1)
- Sebastien Dubreil, Dolly J. Young, Douglas W. Canfield (2011) The "Plinko" principle and language programs: Designing non-linear hybrid learning environments and desiderata for implementations.. In The role of CALL in hybrid and online language courses..
  http://www.public.iastate.edu/~apling...

Awards and Grants

May 2010

SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship View website

Biographical Information

Douglas W. Canfield is the Coordinator of the Language Resource Center at The University of Tennessee . His background is in French instruction via hybrid courses with significant online modules . His research explores music and videoclips as catalysts for the Chomskyan Language Acquisition Device, the creation of discourse and gaming communities for language instruction and research, and the leveraging of open-source and low-affect technologies in language resource centers.

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Professional Experience

2006 - Present

Coordinator III, Language Resource Center at University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Aug 2002 - May 2006

Director, International Media Center at Purdue University - Calumet
Hammond, Indiana, United States
Classes taught:
FRENCH 101, 102
FRENCH 490: Love Books of the Middle Ages
English for Academic Purposes

Aug 2001 - Jul 2002

Visiting Lecturer of French at Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky, United States
Classes taught:
FRENCH 101, 201, 202
FRENCH 323: French Prose Fiction

Aug 2000 - Jul 2001

Visiting Lecturer of French at Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah, United States
Classes taught:
FRENCH 202
FRENCH 340: Critical Approaches to French Literature

Aug 1998 - Jul 1999

Lecteur d'anglais at Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Classes taught:
IUP/GEA 1&2: Conversational English and American Culture for over 200 students pursuing economics and business degrees at the university level.

Education

2007 - Present

Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, College of Education, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Doctoral Student

Consulting Services

Language Technology Integration, Virtual Worlds, Language Center Design and Management.