What does it take to teach online?

Following an open invitation to suggest suitable topics, the authors’ suggestion and outline was selected. The upcoming Special Issue of this peer-reviewed journal will be the first in its field devoted solely to the Pedagogy of Online Language Teaching. This current and relevant theme has stimulated a number of high-quality, original contributions. Apart from inviting, selecting and editing the nine articles that form the core of the Special Issue, the editors also provide an introduction which reviews current literature in the area and offers a framework for online pedagogy in a range of contexts. The pedagogical framework is based on work by both authors, outlining the changes in learners’ and tutors’ roles in a fast developing multimodal environment and the resulting necessity for new skills and training. CALICO is a prestigious international journal, published in the USA, with a readership amongst all language practitioners interested in CALL