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Direct linkGarcés, Pilar; O'Dowd, Robert – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2021
Virtual exchange (VE) is an educational practice that involves the engagement of groups of learners in extended periods of online intercultural interaction and collaboration with international peers as an integrated part of their educational programs and under the guidance of educators and/or facilitators. Despite more than 20 years of research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Study Abroad, Computer Mediated Communication
O'Dowd, Robert; Dooly, Melinda – ReCALL, 2022
Virtual exchange (VE) is an umbrella term used to refer to the engagement of groups of students in sustained online intercultural interaction and collaboration with international partners under the guidance of their teachers. In the computer-assisted language learning literature, telecollaboration and eTandem approaches to VE have been researched…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Computer Simulation, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning
Download full textO'Dowd, Robert – CALICO Journal, 2016
This article provides an overview of the most significant emerging trends and tendencies in telecollaborative practice. In order to achieve this, I review the recent literature in the area and I identify recurring themes from the Telecollaboration in Higher Education conference which took place in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland from 21 to 23…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Telecommunications, Cooperation, Higher Education
O'Dowd, Robert – Theory Into Practice, 2018
In content and language integrated learning (CLIL) contexts, online communication technologies have great potential for supporting the development of students' foreign language skills and intercultural competence, and for increasing understanding of subject matter. One effective way of engaging CLIL students in motivating and innovative online…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Course Content, Second Language Instruction
Helm, Francesca; Guth, Sarah; O'Dowd, Robert – Research-publishing.net, 2012
This paper presents the results of a European-wide survey regarding the practice of foreign language telecollaboration or Online Intercultural Exchange (OIE) in higher education. The survey was carried out as part of a European project, INTENT (Integrating Telecollaborative Networks into Foreign Language Higher Education) which was awarded funding…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Intercultural Programs, International Educational Exchange
O'Dowd, Robert; Ritter, Markus – CALICO Journal, 2006
It is by now well established that telecollaborative exchanges frequently end in "failed communication" and do not automatically bring about successful negotiation of meaning between the learners. Instead, the intended pedagogic and linguistic aims of online interaction are repeatedly missed, and projects may end in low levels of participation,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Intercultural Communication, Cooperation, Cross Cultural Training
