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By taking advantage of the communications revolution that is currently reshaping the world, internationally aligned investigators can foster new knowledge, technology, and practices that develop improved teaching strategies and policies appropriate to our rapidly changing times. Beginning with a brief overview of the impact that technology has had on education and post-2000 nascent research areas related to DSCLT, this article goes on to examine whether or not the impact of research is geographically bound, and if so, how transnational alliances can be useful in bridging gaps in the continuum of knowledge-building. Finally, the potential gains that could stem from an enhanced collaboration between international research communities are examined, although admittedly such endeavors are not without challenges.  \nKeywords: Computer-Mediated Communication; educational research;  \nLanguage Learning; language teaching; Technology-Enhanced;  \nTelecollaboration  \nAffiliation  \nUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. [email: melindaann.dooly@uab.cat](email: melindaann.dooly@uab.cat)  \ncalico vol 32.1 2015 172–194 ©2015, equinox publishing  \ndoi : 10. 1558/calico.v32i1 .25664  \nMelinda Dooly 173  \nIntroduction  \nVery few people would argue against Markauskaite’s words concerning the current impact of technology on the average citizen’s everyday existence:  \nVarious technological and social developments have been reshaping almost all aspects of human life. Some of the knowledge, skills, abilities, competencies and personal characteristics that were necessary for life in previous centuries have now become irrelevant, while others have become critical. The majority of these changes are associated with the proliferation of new technologies, particularly information and communication technologies (ICT) . (Markauskaite, 2006: 2)  \nThese changes are being felt in academic spheres as well. The effect of technology in education, in particular language education and the use of social media (Demaizière and Zourou, 2012), is evident in current developments in both teaching practice and educational research. As Zourou (2012a, para. 1) remarks, ‘it is undeniable that social media have been generating enthusiasm, skepticism, expectations and even illusions’ amongst the Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) community.  \nThe growing impact and use of technology in language education is evidenced by the many different terms that have arisen, such as ComputerSupported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Computer-Mediated Collaboration and Language Learning (CMC and LL), Network-Based Language Teaching (NBLT), Technology-Enhanced Language Learning (TELL), and other, more recent denominations such as Telecollaborative Language Learning (TlcLL) and Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) . To add to this list of monikers, ‘Digitally-Supported Communicative Language Teaching’ (DSCLT) has been coined (by the author) for this article in order to combine language teaching through communication media that includes both Mobile and Internet applications. The term can be applied to CSCL, NBLT, CMC and LL, TELL, TlcLL and MALL inclusively.  \nIn face of the exponential growth in the use and advancement of technology (and terminology attached to its use in education), it is easy to lose sight of the fact that technology has long been a staple in teaching practice. For instance, as early as the 1870s ‘magic lanterns’ were used to project images printed on glass plates in darkened classrooms (Robin","cbCaikXPH3On89Ic","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikXPH3On89Ic","pdf",436555,23,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n## Introduction\n## Technology’s impact on education\n## Evolving terminology and DSCLT\n# Article body (continued)","[{\"question\":\"What is the article’s main argument about DSCLT research communities?\",\"answer\":\"The article argues for closer multilateral alliances among international educational researchers working in DSCLT-related areas, to foster shared knowledge, technologies, and improved teaching strategies and policies.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article connect technology with language education changes?\",\"answer\":\"It describes how technology’s growing impact is reflected in teaching practice and educational research, including the development of terms and paradigms linked to communicative language teaching and computer-mediated communication.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the article discuss whether research impact is geographically bound?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. It examines whether the impact of DSCLT-related research is geographically bound and explains how transnational alliances may help bridge gaps in knowledge-building continua.\"}]","It takes research to build a community - Ongoing challenges for scholars in digitally supported communicative language teaching | PDF",1792081586,58]