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Dr. FUCHS Carolin

Ph.D. (Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen/Germany)
M.A. (The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA)

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office: M8092 CMC
Phone: 34428209
Fax: 34420288
Email: cfuchs@cityu.edu.hk
Carolin Fuchs’ primary research interests focus on telecollaborative and technology-mediated language learning and teacher education. She has conducted online projects since 1999, and her collaborations have included institutions in China, Cyprus, England, Germany, Japan, Poland, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, South Africa, and the United States. Her work focuses on computer-mediated communication and negotiation, multiliteracies, language play, intercultural learning, social media, networked technologies, and online teaching and instructional design. Currently, Carolin has explored massive open online courses (MOOCs), with a special focus on language MOOCs (LMOOCs). She was invited to join a team from the German Department at the University of Pennsylvania to collaborate on their LMOOC Auf Deutsch. Her most recent work analyzes how student language teachers perceive their progress in beginning LMOOCs against the backdrop of Pegrum’s (2009) multiliteracies and Egbert, Hanson-Smith and Chao’s (2007) optimal conditions for language learning. Prior to joining City U in fall 2015, Carolin was Lecturer in the TESOL/Applied Linguistics Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York City. She also worked at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the Pennsylvania State University, University of California at Berkeley, and at the Zentrum für Medien und Interaktivität (Center for Media and Interactivity) at the Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen/Germany.


Award and Achievement

  • 2012 “Recipient of the Award for Dedicated Services” Teachers College, Columbia University. .
  • 2004 “Conference Travel Award” National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) .
  • 2003 “Ph.D. Scholarship” Hans Böckler Foundation.


Previous Experience

  • 2007 - 2015, Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • 2007, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of German, University of California at Berkeley, CA.
  • 2004, Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, .
  • 2001 - 2003, Research Assistant, Center for Media and Interactivity (ZMI) Giessen, Germany.
  • 2000 - 2001, Acting Head of German Studies Department, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA.
  • 1999 - 2000, Visiting Professor, German Studies Department, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA.


Publication Show All Publications Show Prominent Publications


Journal

  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2015). Use of the wiki for cross-institutional collaborations. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design. 5(1). 1 - 19.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. & Akbar, Farah. (2013). Use of Technology in an Adult Intensive English Program - Benefits and Challenges. TESOL Quarterly 47(1). 47(1). 156 - 167.
  • Vandergriff, Ilona. & Fuchs, Carolin. (2012). Humor Support in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Classroom Discussions. International Journal of Humor Research. 25(4). 437 - 458.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. , Hauck, Mirjam. & Müller-Hartmann, Andreas. (2012). Promoting learner autonomy through multiliteracy skills development in cross-institutional exchanges. Language Learning & Technology. 16(3). 82 - 102.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2011). Constraints and affordances of a collaborative online tool in language teacher education. International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning (IJTTL). 7(2). 152 - 173.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2011). Successful task negotiation via Moodle - A cross-institutional case study in teacher education. Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching. 2(1).
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2010). Cross-Institutional Blended Learning in Teacher Education – A Case Study. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning. 2(2). 30 - 49.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2009). Computer-mediated task design: Language student teachers' expectations and realizations. Letras & Letras, Uberlândia. 25(2). 37 - 64.
  • Vandergriff, Ilona. & Fuchs, Carolin. (2009). Does CMC promote language play? Exploring humor in two modalities. CALICO Journal. 27(1). 26 - 47.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2007). Student Language Teachers as Intercultural Learners in CMC-Based Project Work. . Journal of Intercultural Communication,. 13.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2006). Exploring German pre-service teachers’ electronic and professional literacies. ReCALL. 18(2). 174 - 192.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2005). Strategies for overcoming challenges in computer-mediated communication (CMC) courses: A German-American teacher education project using FirstClass®. Neusprachliche Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. [News from modern language research and classroom teaching.]. 58. 47 - 56.

Conference Paper

  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2005). CMC-based model learning in language teacher education: A German-American telecollaboration. 2004 NFLRC symposium: Distance Education, Distributed Learning and Language Instruction. (pp. 141 - 156). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i. National Foreign Language Resource Center.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2001). Munich - Monterey online: Integrating email and chat to foster reading and writing skills in a distance learning course. Digital Stream 2000: Emerging technologies in teaching languages and cultures. (pp. 147 - 165). San Diego State University, CA. The Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC).

Book

  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2006). Computer-mediated negotiation across borders: German-American collaboration in language teacher education. Frankfurt:  Peter Lang.

Book Chapter

  • Dixon, Edward. & Fuchs, Carolin. (2015). Face to Face, online, or MOOC--How the Format Impacts Content, Objectives, Assignments, and Assessments. Researching language learner interactions online: From social media to MOOCs. San Marcos, TX. CALICO Monograph Series.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. & Snyder, William. (2013). It's not just the tool: Instructional design for exploiting the potential of social networking. Social networking for language education. London, UK. Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2009). Digital natives and their self-rated electronic literacy skills: Empirical findings from a survey study in German secondary schools. Second language teaching and learning in the net generation. Honolulu, HI. University of Hawai’i, National Foreign Language Resource Center.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2009). Converting text activities into meaningful tasks: Results from an Internet-mediated student teacher project. Task-based III: Expanding the range of tasks through the web. International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT).
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2005). The potential of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in task-based language teacher education. Aufgabenorientierung im Fremdsprachenunterricht - Task-based language learning and teaching. Tübingen/Germany. Narr.
  • Fuchs, Carolin. (2003). Negotiating over a distance: The challenges of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in foreign language teacher education. Fremdsprachenlernen mit digitalen Medien. Beiträge des Giessener Forschungskolloquiums. [Foreign language learning with computer technologies. Articles by the Giessen research colloquium.]. Tübingen/Germany. Narr.


External Services


Professional Activity

  • 2015 - Now, Technology Strand Coordinator for AAAL 2016 Conference.
  • 2013 - Now, Editorial Board, New York State TESOL Journal .
  • 2013 - 2015, Moodle Advisory Committee, Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • 2013 - Now, Program Committee (PC) Member of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), .
  • 2010 - 2012, Chair, AAAL Graduate Student Award (GSA) .
  • 2010, Conference Organizer, XVIIth Annual Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning Research Working Group meeting, Columbia University: .
  • 2010 - Now, External Editorial Board, Bellaterra Journal of Teaching and Learning Language and Literature, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona .
  • 2009, Virtual Guest Speaker, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
  • 2008 - 2009, Reviewer Committee, Graduate Student Award for AAAL .
  • 2008 - 2009, Technology Strand Coordinator for AAAL 2009 Conference..
  • 2007 - 2008, AAAL Colloquium Organizer, Electronic Literacy and Educational Practices: A Global Perspective, Washington DC, March 29-April 1, 2008 .
  • 2007, Alumni panelist, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Nob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2007, Presenter, International Education Week, Teachers College, Columbia University.
  • 2006 - Now, Editorial Board, The Linguistics Journal.
  • 2002 - 2003, Conference Organizer, Center for Media and Interactivity (ZMI), Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen, “The Limits of Interactivity.".


Invited Conference Presentations

  • Multiliteracy skills and multimodal competence through task sequencing in language education - Two case studies. Distance Learning Symposium, Yale University, Center for Language Study, May 12, 2014.

    Exploring the role of cross-cultural mediators in supporting collegial development and professional capital in telecollaboration. Universidad de León, Spain, February 12-14, 2014.

    Keynote, EFL Teaching Webinar. YES iEARN USA, http://www.us.iearn.org, November 21, 2013 (with Hallie Bodie and Amanda Loy; I was unable to attend in person due to a family emergency).

    Cross-Cultural Mediation in Language Teacher Telecollaboration. “Use of Technology to Mediate Teaching and Learning of Languages” Panel, Language PACT Conference, SUNY, New York, April 5, 2013. SUNY Language PACT (Pipeline-Access-Culture-Technology) in conjunction with SUNY’s COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) Center. SUNY Global Center, April 5, 2013.

    Flipping the Classroom in Language Teaching: A MOOC point? TESOL/AL Research Forum, March 8, 2013 (with Yu Jung Han and Bruce Tung). Teachers College, Columbia University.

    Millenium generation and multi-media literacies. Invited discussion at the Second Hostos English Language Learning Forum (Ways of knowing: Balancing language and identities), Hostos Community College, New York, April 20, 2012.

    Using Technology to Connect Students, Teachers, and Researchers. TESOL/AL Research Forum, October 9, 2008. Teachers College, Columbia University.


Conference Presentations

  • A MOOC: Auf Deutsch: Communicating across Cultures. Paper to be presented at the Foreign Language Education and Technology Conference (FLEAT VI) organized by the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) and the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology (J-LET), Harvard University, August 11-15, 2015 (with Ed Dixon, Susanne Shields, David James).

    “Can you access your Gmail account and our Weebly site?” Telecollaboration during Times of Political Disruption. Paper presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), Boulder, CO, May 28, 2015.

    Teaching Moments in Telecollaboration 2.0 - More Questions than Answers. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on Language Teacher Education organized by CARLA, May 15, Minneapolis, MN.

    Preparing for the unexpected: Exploiting teaching moments in telecollaboration. Paper presented at the 7th Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Conference (the Expanding Landscape of COIL Practitioners, Networks, and Hubs: What’s Next?) organized by the SUNY Global Center, March 19-20, New York, NY.

    Communicating and Learning Language Across Cultures on Coursera (a MOOC) (with Ed Dixon, Susanne Shields). Paper presented at ACTFL, San Antonio, TX, November 21, 2014.

    Mediated task design to support collegial development and professional capital in language teacher telecollaboration 2.0. Individual Roundtable Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2014 Conference, Portland, OR, March 22-25, 2014 (with Bill Snyder, Bruce Tung, Yu Jung Han).

    Social networking as genre: Instructional design to support collaboration. 12th Annual PanSIG Conference, From Many, One: Collaboration, Cooperation, and Community, Nagoya/Japan at Nanzan University (Nagoya campus), May 18-19 2013 (with Bill Snyder).

    It's Not Just the Tool: Instructional Design for Exploiting the Potential of Social Networking. Individual Roundtable Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2013 Conference, Dallas, TX, March 16-19, 2013 (with Bill Snyder).

    Intercultural academic discussions via Web 2.0 communication mediums. XVth International CALL Research Conference at Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, May 25-27, 2012 (with Gina Chen, Emmajoy Shulman-Kumin & Chia-Yu Chang).

    Cross-cultural mediators in international online collaborations - curricular implications. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2012 Conference, Boston, MA, March 24-27, 2012 (with Bill Snyder, Shannon Bishop, Pantelis Charalambous).

    Telecollaboration 2.0 in Language Teacher Education – The Role of the Cross-Cultural Mediator. Paper presented at HASTAC, Ann Arbor, MI, December 1-3, 2011 (with Bill Snyder, Shannon Bishop, Pantelis Charalambous, Bruce Tung).

    Riding the (Google) Wave – Cross-Institutional Blended Learning in Language Teacher Education. Paper presented at Mobility Shifts Conference, New School, New York, October 16, 2011.

    Analyzing the potential of Google, Wave, Ning and other Web 2.0 tools for language teaching, intercultural learning and online communication (accepted, but had to withdraw due to a family emergency). The 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2011), Beijing, China, August 23-28, 2011 (with Gina Chen & Emmajoy Shulman-Kumin).

    Technology Use in an Adult Intensive English Program – Benefits and Challenges. Paper presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 17-21, 2011 (with Farah Akbar and Marie-Noelle Lamy).

    Methodological Implications of Using Google Applications (Google Sites and Google Wave) for Cross-Institutional Collaboration in Language Teacher Education (accepted). American Association for Applied Linguistics 2011 Conference, Chicago, March 26-29, 2011.

    Web 2.0 tools and their potential to expand and enhance the design of language tasks: An empirical study in language teacher education (accepted, but had to withdraw). JALTCALL 2010, Kyoto, Japan, May 29-30, 2010.

    Wikis and blogs for cross-institutional task design – An empirical study in language teacher education. Paper presented at the EuroCALL Teacher Education SIG Workshop, Lyon, France, May 26-28, 2010.

    Wikis, podcasts, blogs – How do student teachers in the U.S. and in Luxembourg fare with ESL/EFL task design? Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2010 Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 6-9, 2010.

    Intercultural learning: Lessons from a German-American internet-mediated project. Paper presented at ACTFL, San Diego, CA, November 20, 2009.
    Computer-mediated task design and negotiation in an international pre-service teacher education project. Paper presented at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2009 Conference, Denver, CO, March 21-24, 2009.

    Students’ and teachers’ electronic literacy skills: The gap between theory and praxis. Paper presented at the colloquium Electronic Literacy and Educational Practices: A Global Perspective at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2008 Conference, Washington DC, March 29-April 1, 2008.

    Humor-support in computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) with IALLT 2008 Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 18-22, 2008 (with Ilona Vandergriff).

    International task-based language teaching. Paper presented at the Technology Education Week, Teachers College, Columbia University, November 14, 2007 (with Ching-Hisuan Chiu, Jill Laing, Julianne Reynolds).

    The importance of technology and teachers’ electronic literacy skills: Theory and practice in German secondary schools. Paper presented at the colloquium The role of the teacher in on-line foreign language education. EUROCALL, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, September 5-8, 2007.

    Foreign language play and CMC. Paper presented at the colloquium Research on language play: Recent developments, future directions at the American Association for Applied Linguistics 2007 Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, April 21-24, 2007 (with Ilona Vandergriff).

    Social talk in computer-mediated second-language (L2) discussions. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) and the Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée/Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (ACLA/CAAL). Montréal, Canada, June 17 - 20, 2006 (with Ilona Vandergriff).

    CMC-based model learning in language teacher education: A German-American telecollaboration. Paper presented at the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) Distance Education, Distributed Learning & Language Instruction Symposium, University of Hawai’i at Manoa campus in Honolulu, HI, July 27-30, 2004.

    A call for technology-based model learning: German-American telecollaboration in language teacher education. Paper presented at the 15th International SITE 2004 Conference (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference), Atlanta, March 1-6, 2004. http://www.aace.org/conf/SITE/

    Developing a typology for computer-mediated communication (CMC) – Related challenges in language teacher education and strategies for overcoming them. Preliminary thesis findings presented at 7 th Federal Workshop for Qualitative Educational and Social Research in Education Section: Educational Research, (New) Media and Internet, Migration/Cross-Cultural Issues, Documentary Method, Pedagogical Research, Biographic Research, Marotzki, Winfried & Nohl, Arndt-Michael, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Center for Qualitative Research in Education, Counseling, and Society (ZBBS), Hans Böckler Foundation, Magdeburg/Germany, January 16-17, 2004.

    Virtual meetings in teacher education: Developing strategies to provide for a cooperative learning environment. Paper presented at the 20th Conference for Foreign Language Didactics by the German Association for Foreign Language Research (DGFF), Frankfurt/Germany, October 1-4, 2003. http://www.dgff.de

    Using the FirstClass® conferencing software for computer-mediated communication (CMC) projects in teacher education. Paper presented at the 8th European Conference on Media in Higher Education (GMW), Universität Duisburg-Essen/Germany, September 16-19, 2003. http://www.gmw03.de/

    Strategies for overcoming challenges in computer-mediated communication courses. Paper presented in Section 4: Language Teaching and Information Technology at the Federal Conference by the German Association for Modern Languages (FMF), Bremen/Germany, June 19-21, 2003. http://fmfdeutschland.de/

    Integrating email for distance learning in a reading and writing class. Paper presented at Digital Stream 2000: Emerging Technologies in Teaching Languages and Cultures, 2nd Annual Conference at California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB), Monterey, CA, March 23-25, 2000. http://wlc.csumb.edu/digitalstream/digitalstream2000/


Last update date : 29 Aug 2015