Innovation in Language Learning

Christel Schneider is currently working as a senior research assistant and project coordinator for the EU funded GUINEVERE Project (www.guinevereproject.eu) for the University of Central Lancashire, UK. As part of her project work, Christel has been involved in teaching and learning in virtual worlds and developed her skills in machinimatography. She has over fifteen years’ experience in online teacher training and completed an MA in Virtual Education at the University of the West of England (UK). Christel also designed, set up and delivered online teacher training for Cornelsen Publishing and various other institutions. From 2006 until 2012 she was EU project manager and director of the international language association ICC. Before this, she worked as head of the language department for the German adult education association in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, and taught didactics and methodology at Hamburg University, Dept. of Education, Germany. In 2013 Christel founded CSITrain, where she still works as managing director (https://www.csitrain.net/).