Virtual Exchange and internationalising the classroom
Telecollaboration, or ‘Virtual Exchange’ refers to the application of online communication tools to bring together classes of learners in geographically distant locations with the aim of developing their foreign language skills, digital competence and intercultural competence through online collabor...
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Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
2017-12-01
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| description | Telecollaboration, or ‘Virtual Exchange’ refers to the application of online communication tools to bring together classes of learners in geographically distant locations with the aim of developing their foreign language skills, digital competence and intercultural competence through online collaborative tasks and project work. In recent years approaches to Virtual Exchange have evolved in different contexts and different areas of university education and these approaches have had, at times, very diverse organisational structures and pedagogical objectives. This article provides an overview of the different models and approaches to Virtual Exchange which are currently being used in higher education contexts and outlines how the activity has contributed to internationalising university education to date. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38097129877f48ff875c50e8c16d85f12022-12-22T02:44:37ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)Training, Language and Culture2520-20732521-442X2017-12-011482410.29366/2017tlc.1.4.1Virtual Exchange and internationalising the classroomRobert O’Dowd0University of LeónTelecollaboration, or ‘Virtual Exchange’ refers to the application of online communication tools to bring together classes of learners in geographically distant locations with the aim of developing their foreign language skills, digital competence and intercultural competence through online collaborative tasks and project work. In recent years approaches to Virtual Exchange have evolved in different contexts and different areas of university education and these approaches have had, at times, very diverse organisational structures and pedagogical objectives. This article provides an overview of the different models and approaches to Virtual Exchange which are currently being used in higher education contexts and outlines how the activity has contributed to internationalising university education to date.https://rudn.tlcjournal.org/archive/1(4)/1(4)-01.pdftelecollaborationvirtual exchangeonline communicationdigital competenceintercultural competence |
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