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Sprinting to the Finish Line: The Benefits and Challenges of Book Sprints in OER Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborations (2020)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. C. (2020). Sprinting to the Finish Line: The Benefits and Challenges of Book Sprints in OER Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborations. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i2.4607

This article investigates the results of a book sprint experience whose main objective was the development of instructional modules for an open textbook for the teaching of Spanish as a second language. Six graduate students at a public American univ... Read More about Sprinting to the Finish Line: The Benefits and Challenges of Book Sprints in OER Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborations.

The instructional benefits of identity texts and learning by design for learner motivation in required second language classes (2020)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. C., & Ribota, A. (2021). The instructional benefits of identity texts and learning by design for learner motivation in required second language classes. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 16(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554480X.2020.1738937

This article investigates the incorporation of identity texts grounded in the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design to second language (L2) instruction in required Spanish classes at a university in the Southern United States. In particular, i... Read More about The instructional benefits of identity texts and learning by design for learner motivation in required second language classes.