Building on Success, Learning from Mistakes

Abstract

This article reports the findings from a longitudinal assessment following a faculty development project. The author describes a three-year project of interactive, multimedia courseware development for foreign language learning, including the project organization, faculty training and student involvement. The instruments designed for the assessment of the effectiveness of the project are presented and discussed. Successes and failures are summarized based on the evaluations of courseware authored by faculty conducted over a period of four academic semesters. The author discusses the impact of the empirical observations that emerged during the course of this longitudinal study on the management of CALL development projects for professional advancement of language faculty.