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Linda Smith Tabb

Linda Smith Tabb

Title:
Retired Educator
Primary Discipline:
Humanities  / World Languages  / Multilingual Resources
Member Type:
Faculty
Last Login:
August 27, 2013
Member Since:
March 30, 2008
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Contributions

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Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:
Parkland College (Education, Community/Technical College, IL, United States)
Secondary Affiliation:
University of Illinois System - Urbana-Champaign (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, IL, United States)

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Associations

  • American Association of the Teachers of French (A.A.T.F.)
    Member 01/2007 – Current
  • American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (A.C.T.F.L.)
    Member 01/2005 – Current
  • Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (I.C.T.F.L.)
    Member 01/2004 – Current

Education History

  • M.Ed. Educational Policy Studies (Global Studies in Education) (12/2006)
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • M.A. in French Linguistics (05/1987)
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.A. with Distinction in French Language and Literature (05/1978)
    University of Virginia

Publications

  • Tabb, L.S.. (2008). A chicken in every pot: one laptop per child: the trouble with global campaign promises in E-Learning. (Volume 5, Issue 3, pp.338-352).
  • Tabb, L.S.. (2008). Applying an open education ecosystem to foreign language teaching and learning in Open Education and Education for Openness. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Teaching Experience

  • Humanities 102 (Spring 2012)
    • Parkland College - Humanities – Humanities 102 - Cultural Values of the Western World II
  • Humanities 102 - Cultural Values of the Western World II (Spring 2011)
    • Parkland College – Humanities
  • Humanities 101 - Cultural Values of the Western World I (Fall 2010)
    • Parkland College – Humanities

Languages

  • Catalan
    • Speaking level: None
    • Reading level: Intermediate
  • English
    • Speaking level: Superior
    • Reading level: Superior
  • French
    • Speaking level: Superior
    • Reading level: Superior

Honors & Awards

  • Pi Delta Phi National French Honorary, Epsilon Chapter (01/1986)

Presentations

  • Cultural Hybridity in the European Union, 07/09/2008
    This presentation was given at the 2008 European Union Curriculum Development Workshop at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Global Studies in Education: A Pecha Kucha adaptation in 20 slides, 05/17/2008
    This presentation was given at the Sophia Symposium with Global Studies Consortium, a symposium on Global Studies Graduate Education in Tokyo, Japan
  • Global Studies in Education: Online Opportunities for Global Perspectives, 01/23/2008
    This presentation was given at ConnectEd: A Conference on Global Education in Monterey, California

Positions

  • Humanities and Foreign Language Instructor (08/1998 – 07/2013) Parkland College
  • Coordinator of Online Programs (EPS) (08/2007 – 05/2010) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Global Studies Instructor (08/2009 – 12/2009) University of Illinois