Spaces

With more than twenty state-of-the-art rooms and labs, our facilities provide an expanded array of services for students, faculty, and researchers interested in world languages, cultures, and how technology brings us closer to each other.

Browse our various rooms and their attributes, and make reervations, below. If you have any questions about how to do what you need to do, a student worker is located in AMB 1D, ready to assist you. If not, you can find Shaun or Doug, who will be equally eager to answer your questions.

AMB 01 | AMB 01A | AMB 01B | AMB 01C | AMB 01E | The Makery | AMB 02A | AMB 03 | AMB 06 | AMB 07 | AMB 11 | AMB 13 | AMB 14

Virtual & Online Language Study (VOLS) Room

AMB 01 is equipped with a 65-inch voice-enabled TV which can access our entire Film collection via the LRC PLEX server, as well as our international music and Netflix subscriptions. It also has 27-inch iMac machines with access to specialized software used in classes as well as access to your VolMail and Office 365 accounts.

AMB 01 is open-access, no reservation required.

Media Group Viewing Room (MGVR)

Ever watch MacGyver? He was a resourceful agent able to solve complex problems with everyday materials he found at hand, along with his ever-present duct tape.

AMB 01A is equipped with a 46-inch Multi-System (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) Plasma TV which can display images from DVD, VHS, our PLEX server, Netflix subscription, and other sources to accommodate groups of up to four people. The room also offers a glassboard with CopyCam functionality for brainstorming and group discussion of media content. No duct tape necessary, but you will need a reservation.

Telecollaboration and Graduate Seminar Room

Videoconferencing is important to intercultural exchanges because it enables each participant to be able to see each other’s facial expressions and body language, which are as critical to learn as the target language itself.

AMB 01B supports graduate seminars and group ethnography sessions that professors have arranged with various sister courses around the world. Please click on the link below to reserve a time; reservations are scheduled in slots that are synchronous with valid class times:

Student Media Suite

AMB 01C, The Student Media Suite consists of a Mac Studio, a 65-inch monitor, an adjustable stand/sit table, and the necessary peripherals to allow you to actively edit, create and customize new-media files in line with the current curriculum in the language you are studying. It also serves as a private place to record audio or video for assignments. Please click on the link below to reserve a time, which can be done in 60-minute intervals.

Practice Presentation Room

The Practice Presentation Room, AMB 01E, provides a space for students and faculty to practice a presentation in a realistic environment. It can also be used for small meetings requiring the use of videoconferencing equipment.

AMB 02 | The Makery: A Volunteer Makerspace

The Language Resource Center has built a space in AMB 02 and 2B with a number of new tools to foster creativity and innovation of language-specific manufactured works in the WLC community.

Our space, built around the LRC Kitchen, has 3D pens, 3D printers, and mobile 3D scanners. It will also stock Arduino and Raspberry electronics, XR equipment, and programmable wearable boards to empower you to design, prototype, and create technology-enhanced language-learning products and immersive environments for the adjoining Holodeck and for our VR appliances.

The Holodeck

The Language Resource Center has built a space in AMB 02A with tools to foster creativity and innovation of language-specific extended reality (XR) works in the WLC community. This space, known as the Holodeck, has a 270-degree immersion space to allow teachers to orient students to 360-degree and extended reality projects and assignments. They can also join this space with the capabilities of the adjoining Makery to have students create their own 3D digital realia and other virtual and extended-reality language experiences.

Technology–Enhanced Language Learning (TELL) Classroom

The TELL Classroom seeks to improve foreign language instruction by exploring the potential of emerging technologies. This room is used to assess the impact of foreign language instructional technology (and its effective use by faculty) on student learning.

AMB 03 has a Cynap collaboration and wireless presentation system, Zoom capabilities, and a lecture capture system. The TELL Classroom can also be equipped with a VR cart with 25 Google Daydream wireless goggles for virtual reality lessons as well as an iPad cart for mobile exploration and presentation via the Cynap. Please click on the link below to reserve a time; reservations are scheduled in slots that are synchronous with valid class times.

Digitization Room

The Digitization Room, AMB 06, consists of a dual-monitor Mac Studio installation and every conceivable peripheral to convert analog media (paper, vinyl albums, cassette tapes, slides, filmstrips, videocassettes, DVDs, etc.) to digital files (MP3, MP4, PDF, PNG, etc.). With large, relaxing furniture, you can comfortably process your own media or have one of our student assistants do it for you! If you prefer to do your own work, please click on the link below to reserve a time, which can be done in 60-minute intervals.

Language Assessment Center (LAC)

The Language Assessment Center (LAC) in AMB G007 provides comprehensive digital assessment services for WLC courses with an emphasis on placement confirmations, exams for hybrid and hyflex courses, and other high-stakes language assessments. If you are a student needing to take a test in the LAC, please click on the link below to reserve a time, which can be done in 60-minute intervals.

If you need anything while in the LAC, locate the proctor in AMB 3A, who will be more than happy to assist you. If they are occupied or you are unable to locate them, you can find Shaun or Doug, to answer your questions.

IT Admin II Office (Shaun Washington)

Shaun stands ready to assist you with your hardware and software acquisition, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair. He can also setup and configure your LRC-based classroom or even support on-site or remote A/V needs.

LRC Coordinator III Office (Dr. Canfield)

Dr. Canfield directs the operations of the Center and stands ready to assist you with practically anything. He offers consultations on how the LRC can assist you, how to apply novel, creative, and effective teaching strategies using emerging technologies, and discovering resources that will help you to research language and language use. Schedule time with Dr. Canfield below.

Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVE) & Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG) Room

A sharp increase in the number of academic studies around the use of video games and new media for educational purposes has greatly expanded our understanding of their potential for enhancing learning.

At the same time, the field of foreign language pedagogy has been racing to keep pace with the numerous opportunities afforded by the internet and interactive media forms. Surprisingly, however, there has been little cross-over between the two bodies of academic literature.

The MUVE & MMORPG Room, in AMB 14, seeks to employ many of the latest theories in game studies and new media literacies alongside theories of language learning to enrich both research and praxis.

If you find that you need anything, or if you have any questions about how to do what you need to do, a student worker is located in AMB 1D, ready to assist you. If they are occupied or you are unable to locate them, you can find Shaun or Doug, to answer your questions.