Handbook of Call Teacher Education and Professional Development: Voices from Under-Represented Contexts

Dara Tafazoli (Ph.D.) is Research Officer at the VR School Study, Australia. He is currently working on developing and implementing the CALL literacy framework for language teachers at the School of Education, the University of Newcastle, Australia. Dara received his Ph.D. in Languages and Cultures from the University of Cordoba, Spain, in 2019. His research interests are computer-assisted language learning (CALL), CALL teacher education and professional development. His works have been published by Palgrave Macmillan, Springer, Emerald, etc. He has also contributed widely to international and local journals.

Michelle Picard (PhD), Professor at Flinders University, Australia, has been working in the fields of Education/Applied Linguistics since 1989. She has taught at every level from Primary and Adult Basic Education and Training to Researcher Education programs to PhD and post-doctoral fellows. Her university work has spanned enabling/Foundation programs, ELICOS, academic language and learning and lecturing within the School of Education. Michelle has lived and worked in Australia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and The Sultanate of Oman and regularly taught programs in Singapore. Her fields of expertise include all levels of academic literacy development including academic integrity, TESOL, higher education, online learning and English for Academic Purposes. Michelle has held a number of leadership positions including Associate Dean of the Faculty of the Professions and Director, Researcher Education at the University of Adelaide, Director of Studies at two ELICOS centres and numerous coordinator positions. She served as Deputy Director within the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre at the University of Newcastle from July 2016 to July 2019 and was the Dean of Teaching and Learning in the College/Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Social Sciences at Murdoch University until September 2022. Currently, Michelle serves as Pro Vice-Chancellor Learning and Teaching Innovation at Flinders University in South Australia.

Dara Tafazoli（博士）是澳大利亞VR School Study的研究員。他目前正在澳大利亞紐卡斯爾大學教育學院開發和實施CALL（電腦輔助語言學習）識字框架，專為語言教師設計。Dara於2019年在西班牙科爾多瓦大學獲得語言與文化博士學位。他的研究興趣包括電腦輔助語言學習（CALL）、CALL教師教育和專業發展。他的作品已在Palgrave Macmillan、Springer、Emerald等出版社發表，並廣泛貢獻於國際和本地期刊。

Michelle Picard（博士）是澳大利亞弗林德斯大學的教授，自1989年以來一直從事教育/應用語言學領域的工作。她曾在各個層次教授，從小學和成人基礎教育和培訓到研究生教育計劃、博士和博士後研究員。她的大學工作涵蓋啟用/基礎課程、ELICOS、學術語言和學習，以及在教育學院講授課程。Michelle曾在澳大利亞、南非、阿拉伯聯合酋長國和阿曼蘇丹居住和工作，並經常在新加坡教授課程。她的專業領域包括各個學術識字發展階段，包括學術誠信、TESOL、高等教育、在線學習和學術英語。Michelle曾擔任過多個領導職位，包括澳洲阿德萊德大學教授學院副院長和研究生教育主任，兩個ELICOS中心的教學主任以及多個協調職位。她曾在2016年7月至2019年7月期間擔任紐卡斯爾大學英語語言和基礎課程中心副主任，並在墨爾本大學藝術、商業、法律和社會科學學院/學系擔任教學和學習院長，直到2022年9月。目前，Michelle擔任南澳弗林德斯大學副校長學習和教學創新職位。