Courses

The UW Collaborative Language Program (CLP) currently offers courses in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. A minimum of four semesters of each of these languages is offered. Some campuses offer five semesters of language with sufficient enrollment.

CLP courses are blended courses with the primary mode being large classroom videoconferencing. In addition to class sessions students are expected to use a variety of technologies outside of class for communicative activities connecting them to their peers at other institutions.

If there is a course currently offered on your campus, contact your language department for details on how to register or check your timetable. If you are a university interested in participating in our program, please feel free to contact Lauren Rosen, CLP Director.

 

Instructional Model

Courses are taught in a traditional classroom setting that has been modified for interactive two-way videoconferencing (ITV). Through the use of this technology, UW Faculty work closely with students locally and on receiving campuses. Native speaking facilitators aid students at receive sites. In addition to attending class sessions, facilitators hold regular office hours. The use of facilitators helps ensure the success of our program on receiving campuses.

There are a variety of ITV technologies available, which vary greatly in quality, reliability and cost. For CLP courses, Internet Protocol (IP) video is used in a classroom setting. Our hybrid (blended) learning environment incorporates a variety of other Internet-based technologies as well. We use a web-based course management system to provide structure and tools such as Wimba Voice, Wikis, and webcams for further developing language proficiency.

Data since our program's inception maintain the following: