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Arrow, Mary-Jane Radford – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Undertaking a Virtual Exchange (VE) project for the first time is supported by introductory online training and mentoring offered through the European Commission's Erasmus+ programme, and can be a source of teacher Professional Development (PD). This study based on Exploratory Practice (EP) describes aspects of the planning and implementation of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Mentors, Exchange Programs, Program Descriptions
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Healy, Sandra; Kennedy, Olivia – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This chapter examines practical issues regarding Virtual Exchanges (VEs) for educational purposes in the university context and covers language use, cultural differences, time management, teacher collaboration, technology-related issues, assessment, and context specific factors. It charts the establishment of three academic collaborations between…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Exchange Programs, Language Usage, Cultural Differences
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Gastaldi, María del Valle; Grimaldi, Elsa – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The Languages for the Community Program (LCP), one of the units that make up the Language Center at Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Santa Fe, República Argentina, is an extension service provided to people 17 years of age and older that live in Santa Fe or in neighboring towns, and to UNL students wishing to take language courses other…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Second Language Instruction, School Closing
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Beaven, Ana; Davies, Gillian – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This presentation focuses on the Erasmus+ online introductory training course, which aims to introduce university educators and administrative/technical staff to Virtual Exchange (VE). The training, which requires no previous experience with VE, engages the participants in tasks that help them understand the requirements to successfully integrate…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Matsui, Hisae – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This chapter reports the challenges that both the students and the teachers experienced in a telecollaborative project between a Japanese university and an American university. In this semester-long project, the students in groups of three to five from both universities worked collectively mainly asynchronously and in occasional synchronous…
Descriptors: Barriers, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Intercultural Communication
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Absalom, Matthew – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Educators at all levels of education are increasingly required to adopt information technology (IT) and integrate it into their teaching practice. Some researchers have found that this goal is "neither value neutral or universally understood" (Jamieson-Proctor, Burnett, Finger, & Watson, 2006, p. 511). In this paper, I discuss an…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, College School Cooperation, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education