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What's Happening
  • Professional Activities
    • Kelm, Orlando R. “The Changing Role of Educators and Teachers: The Effects of Technology-Enhanced Language Instruction.” 2009 Conference of the South Central Association For Language Learning Technology (SOCALLT), Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, February 13-14, 2009.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. “Teaching the cultural aspects of doing business with Chinese-speaking professionals” 2008 International Conference on Translation Studies, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Chinese Pedagogy, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 24-25, 2008.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. "Course wikis: How our students of today can teach our students of tomorrow." 2008 CIBER Business Language Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida, April 9-11, 2008.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. “BrazilPod: Opportunities in Language Instruction via Podcasting.” 2007 ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo, San Antonio, Texas, November 16-18, 2007.
    • Kelm, Orlando R., Valdo Oliveira, Michelle Schreiner Lima. "Podcasts and language learning: Are they pedagogically sound? How are they used?" 2007 CALICO Conference, San Marcos, Texas, May 22-26, 2007.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. "Reaching Language Learners. How Podcasting Can Change the Model." 2007 CIBER Business Language Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March 28-30, 2007.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. "Podcasting: New Options in Foreign Language Instruction." 16th Colloquium on Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Romance Linguistics, Austin, Texas, March 23-24, 2007.
    • Kelm, Orlando R. "BrazilPod: Opportunities in Language Instruction via Podcasting." 2007 Conference of the South Central Association For Language Learning Technology (SOCALLT), Cy Fair, Texas, February 23-24, 2007.
  • Awards
    • "McCombs School of Business Elective Faculty Honor Roll," Outstanding MBA Class Instruction during Spring 2008, Granted October 7, 2008.
    • Tá Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation. Mobile Technologies for Construction Education Gold Award Winner at Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program (IITAP) 2008, May 2008; $3,000.
    • "Maria Isabel Abreu Award for the Best Research Article on the Teaching of Portuguese as a Second Language," American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, 2003.
    • "McCombs School of Business Elective Faculty Honor Roll," Outstanding Elective Class Instruction during Fall 2002, Granted February 11, 2003.
    • "Falando de Negocios: Building Language Competence in Business Portuguese," Second Place in Fifth Annual Innovative Instructional Technologies Award (IITAP-2001), The University of Texas, Austin, 2001.
  • Grants
    • Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) Grant: 2007-2008; $16,000; Tá Falado, Conversa Brasileira.
    • Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) Grant: 2006-2007; $4,500; Portuguese Communicative Tasks.
    • Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) Grant: 2005-2006; $4,500; Spanish Proficiency Exercises.
  • Media Coverage