Łukasz OLESIAK, MA

Position:

• Teaching Assistant

Positions held in the Institute and the University:

• Tutor of the second year of 5-year MA studies,
• Coordinator of Practical English Language Course (second year, 5-year MA studies)
• Member of the Institute of English Studies Council
• Recruiter for BA extramural studies
• Supervisor of the UP2U Alumni Association for Teacher Education Graduates

Degrees:

• MA in English Language Teaching, 2004
  Jagiellonian University, the Institute of English Studies
  Thesis: “A description and evaluation of an ICT/CALL course for teachers of English.”;
  Supervisor: dr hab. Anna Niżegorodcew, Jagiellonian University.

Main field of research:

• Glottodidactics

Department:

• Department of English Language Education

Research Interests:

• Modern Technologies in Language Education,
• Project-Based Learning,
• Lifelong Learning

Teaching:

• Practical English Language Course,
• New Technologies in English Language Teaching,
• Preparing for Studying in the Web 3.0 Era,
• Digital and Media Literacy 1 (Introduction to Artificial Intelligence) and 2 (Digital Competencies),
• Practical ICT Skills,
• Project-Based Education Online,
• Language Course Planning and Evaluation in Physical and Virtual Learning Environments.

Membership in Academic Societies:

• N/A.

Membership of Boards of Scholarly Journals:

• N/A.

Selected visiting lectures:

• 2019 – Keynote lecture: Automata goto AIEd – Future Directions in Language Didactics at the PLCALL – CALL for Background Conference, Pedagogical University of Kraków,
• 2018 – Maximizing Return on Investment in ESP/BE through Task & Content-Based Instruction at The 5th International ESP SIG & BESIG IATEFL Poland Conference, Lublin,
• 2018 – Ensuring Quality in Academic Teaching at Quality Day, Pedagogical University of Kraków,
• 2018 – From Technology-Rich to Technology-Wise at the Engage Level Master – High Impact Engagement: The Why, What, and How Conference for English Language Teachers, Warsaw,
• 2017 – Presentations: Teaching Beyond Language Skills and Tailored ESP/EPP Courses for Your Group of Learners – At Last! at the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Poland Conference, Bielsko-Biała,
• 2017 – Teaching Beyond Language Skills with English for Academic Purposes at Languages for Specific Purposes – Definition, Didactics, Dilemmas, University of Silesia, Katowice,
• 2016 – Affordance of Synchronous Multi-Group Videoconferencing-Based Language Education at PLCALL 2016 – CALL for Mobility,
• 2015 – Net-Generation in a Synchronous Multi-Group Videoconference-Based Language Education Model: A Case Study (co-presented with dr hab. Małgorzata Pamuła-Behrens) at Educating the Net-Generation, Beit Berl College, Israel 

Main Publications:

• Pamuła-Behrens, M., Olesiak, Ł. (2017). Małopolska Clouds Education: New Pathways and Practices in Language Learning. In: Le proche et le lointain = The Near and the Far: Teaching, Learning and Sharing of Foreign Cultures, edited by Évelyne Argaud, Malek Al-Zaum, and Elena Da Silva Akborisova; preface by Thomas Szende. Paris: Éditions des Archives Contemporaines.
• Olesiak, Ł. Content and Language Integrated Learning and Action-Oriented Teaching in Vocational English Education within the Małopolska Educational Cloud. In: Pamuła-Behrens, M. (Ed.) Modernisation of Vocational Education in Małopolska. Systemic Project of the Małopolskie Voivodeship. Vol. II – Małopolska Educational Cloud: New Trends and Best Teaching Practices. Marshal’s Office of the Małopolskie Voivodeship, Kraków, 2015.