CALICO, full name The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium, is a non-profit, self-governing, international organization devoted to the dissemination of information concerning language learning technology.

It was founded in 1983 at Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 to promote the production of serious contributions to Computer Assisted Language Learning(CALL

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) systems and their use. In doing so it organises annual conferences and workshops on language learning, teacher education, publishes books on learning and distance learning, reviews and evaluations of CALL courseware and software. It publishes a journal three times yearly and also awards annual prizes for certain fields of language learning technology.

CALICO is governed by a board of seven members, one Executive Director appointed by the board and six elected by the membership for three-year terms, currently drawn (2009–2010) from the faculties of
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh

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, University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

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, Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

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, Penn State University, Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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, Ohio University

Ohio University

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, and Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University

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Each year, CALICO confers awards for:

• an Outstanding CALICO Journal article from the articles published in the preceding year's volume. The award is based on the importance of the topic addressed in the article, quality of research, and contribution to the field of computer-assisted language learning.

• a non commercial (cost-free) website of language-learning resources, created and/or maintained by CALICO members.

• an Outstanding Graduate Student, conferred by the CALICO Executive Board.