Professional Biography
Dr. Kozlova is a Lecturer in Educational Practice and an Academic Advisor for PEDAL, the in-house ESL program.
Dr. Kozlova began her teaching career as a teacher of English as a foreign language and taught EFL to elementary through high school students for 12 years in Ukraine, Russia, and Mongolia. Before joining the Educational Linguistic Division, she taught courses in applied linguistics at graduate, undergraduate, and teacher-certification levels at Georgia State University, Old Dominion University, Carleton University, and Algonquin College.
Since 2004, Dr. Kozlova has been actively involved in promoting online teaching and learning. She participated in the development and delivery of online Russian language courses for Georgia Institute of Technology and Carleton University. At Carleton University, she was part of the team that received a shared online course fund from the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities to develop and deliver an introductory course in applied linguistics. At the University of Pennsylvania, she continues to contribute to online teacher education by training pre-service teachers and leading research projects on online teaching and learning.
Dr. Kozlova has received two teaching-related awards. In 2014, she was awarded a Teaching Achievement Award at Carleton University for her innovative approach to university teaching, including the incorporation of technology in the classroom. In 2013, she was part of the international team (including Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada and TED University, Ankara, Turkey) that received an honorable mention from the International e-Learning Association in the international e-learning category for the project “Language Teaching and Learning in a 3D Virtual Learning Environment.”
Research Areas and Current Projects
Dr. Kozlova’s research focuses on training online teachers, the use of second/foreign language spoken discourse in the classroom setting and in casual conversation, the application of technology for second/foreign language teaching and learning, and task-based learning. Dr. Kozlova is involved in several research project. One of her recent projects explores the use of augmented reality in online ESL classroom. Another two projects concentrate on the use of experiential learning for training post-service ESL teachers to use the virtual space in the 3D worlds and to apply the evidence-based engagement framework for teaching in the web-conferencing environment. Her new project explores the practices of novice online ESL teachers to engage learners who do not have access to much technology.