1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Welcome back to The TEFLology Podcast - A podcast all about teaching English as a foreign language, and related matters. Today, we bring you our first podcast of 2019, and our first of four episodes recorded as part of our Diversity through Interaction forum at the 2018 JALT conference. In this episode, Matthew interviews invited conference speaker Mehrasa Alizadeh. Mehrasa is a soon-to-be PhD graduate from the School of Information Science and Technology, at Osaka University. Her research interests include online course design, development and quality assessment, as well as AR and VR applications in language teaching, which is the main topic of today’s interview. More information about Mehrasa and her work can be found here.&amp;nbsp; Enjoy the interview! --- Podcasting and Professional Development: A Guide for English Language Teachers can be purchased&amp;nbsp;here. For other great titles, visit&amp;nbsp;The Round. Email:&amp;nbsp;Ask us questions, give us feedback, tell us what you think of the show. Website:&amp;nbsp;Listen to previous episodes, find out more information about us and the podcast. YouTube: Stream all of our episodes. Facebook: Like and share our page with your colleagues or friends. Twitter: Follow us and retweet us. iTunes: Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast. Also available on&amp;nbsp;Acast&amp;nbsp;/&amp;nbsp;Stitcher Radio&amp;nbsp;/&amp;nbsp;SoundCloud&amp;nbsp;/&amp;nbsp;TuneIn&amp;nbsp;/&amp;nbsp;iheart Radio&amp;nbsp;and more!&amp;nbsp; The TEFLology Podcast http://teflology-podcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/8118596/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/30600590