Areas of Specialization

-Computer-assisted language learning (CALL), computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

 

-Multimedia courseware development for desktop and Web-based applications

 

-Hypertext

 

-Internet, World Wide Web, On-line Learning

 

-German Language, (LSP) Language for Specific Purposes

B.A. (Modern Languages) , University of Maine, 1977

 

M.Ed., University of Maine, 1985

 

Ph.D. (Computer-assisted Language Learning) , Universität Salzburg, 1989. Major Advisor: Dr. Josef Thonhauser

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Publications

Thibeault, T. Einfach toll!. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.

 

Thibeault, T. Converting your PAL. IALL Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, Spring 1992.

 

Thibeault, T. Courseware Development in the Language Laboratory. The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Foreign Language Education and Technology. August 4-7, 1992. pp. 227-236.

 

Thibeault, T. A Dynamic Protocol for Cooperative Courseware Development. IALL Journal Vol. 26, No. 1, Winter 1993.

 

Thibeault, T. Using Hypertext to Teach Business German. In: Handbook of German in Business and Technology, Bettina Cothran (ed.), AATG, 1994.

 

Hughes Wilhelm, K. and Thibeault, T. Newspapers International. In: New Ways of Using Computers in Language Teaching, T. Boswood (ed.), TESOL, 1997. Alexandria, VA.

Creating Your Own Talking Courseware, (New England Regional Language Laboratories Association Rutgers University, October 1990).

Repurposing Audio Materials for CALL, (CALICO Atlanta, April 1991).

Managing In-House Courseware Development, (IALL, UCLA, June 1991).

 

Innovative Applications in Computer-Assisted Language Learning, (IALL, UCLA, June 1991).

 

A Hypertext Reader for Business German, (CALICO, Monterey, February 1992).

 

Courseware Development in the Language Laboratory, (FLEAT II Chubu University, Japan, August 1992).

 

Assessing Hypertext for LSP (Language for Specific Purposes), (CALICO, College of William and Mary, March 1993).

 

Using Hypertext to Bridge the Proficiency Gap in Business German: An Empirical Study, (Conference on Languages and Communication for World Business and the Professions Eastern Michigan University, April 1993).

 

Lost in HyperSpace: Solutions to Navigation Problems with Hypertext, (CALICO Northern Arizona University, March 1994).

 

Eine Reklamation: Interactive Video for Business German, (Conference on Languages and Communications for World Business and the Professions Eastern Michigan University, April 1994).

 

Collaborative CALL Courseware Development: Strategies for Avoiding the Pitfalls, (CALICO, Middlebury College, June 1995).

 

21 dumme Witze: Using the WWW and Hypertext for Teaching German, (New Media Center Conference, University of Michigan, May 1996).

 

Creating Hypertext Materials with SmarTText and the World Wide Web, (HyperMedia '96, University of Indiana Purdue University Indianapolis, October 1996)

 

Multimedia Copyright, (Library Affairs Copyright Symposium, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, April 1998)

 

The Future of On-line Learning, (Symposium on the Future of Communication and Design, Fachhochschule Vorarlberg, Austria, September 1999)

 

The Witzbold Project: Using Web-based Multimedia Hypertext to Teach Languages, (International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language/ESADE, Barcelona, July 2000)

Creating Web-based Hypermedia Learning Units for Foreign Language Instruction, (CALICO, Orlando, Florida, March 2001)

Sputnik Boy: The Roll of the National Defense Education Act in Promoting Grade School Foreign Language Programs, (Workshop sponsored by the Illinois International High School Initiative, Carbondale, April 2004)

The Witzbold Project: A Call for Collaboration, (EuroCALL, Odense, Denmark, October 2004)

Digital Deutsch: Implementing Hybrid Language Courses, (FLEAT 5 , BYU, Provo, Utah, August 2005)

Creating Hypermedia Programs for Language Learning, (CALICO, University of San Francisco, March 2008)

Real Immersion Language Experiences in a Virtual World: Using Second Life as an Environment for Language Learning, (Instructional Technology Conference, Middle Tennessee State University. April 2008)

Creating Hypermedia Readers for Language Learners, (Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, April 2008)

Hypermedia Readers for Language Learning, (Foreign Language and Technology Conference, University of Missouri-St. Louis, June 2008)

CALL in Second Life: Instructional Strategies and Activities for Language Learning in a Virtual World, (CALICO, Arizona State University, March 2009)

From Media to Hypermedia: Increasing the Pedagogical Value of Foreign Language Audio and Video Materials through Hypermedia Conversion, (CALICO, Arizona State University, March 2009)

CALL Learning Activities in Second Life, (Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, University of Kentucky, April 2009)

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Workshops, Seminars and Consultant Jobs

Topics: Computer-assisted Language Learning, Computer-assisted Instruction, Language for Specific Purposes, Multimedia Courseware Development, Language Laboratory Design, Hypertext, Web-based Instruction, Distance Learning.

American Association of Teachers of German
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Center for International Business Education and Research
Madison County Schools (Illinois)
Westminster College
William Woods University
University of Maine
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Fachhochschule Vorarlberg (Dornbirn, Austria)
Brigham Young University
Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages