Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school
This practice report describes the design and implementation of a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school for postgraduate students in the context of European Higher Education. The two-week virtual summer school on multilingualism and intercultural learning brought together...
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| author | Sara Ganassin Müge Satar Thinh Ngoc Pham Ashleigh Regan |
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| description | This practice report describes the design and implementation of a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school for postgraduate students in the context of European Higher Education. The two-week virtual summer school on multilingualism and intercultural learning brought together 40 students who collaborated to produce ten video-case studies based on their experiences as educators in a number of contexts. We share our experiences as organisers and participants and offer insights from the process of planning for, engaging with and evaluating the summer school. Our paper draws on quantitative and qualitative data, i.e., a pre and post summer school survey, a qualitative evaluation questionnaire and a student-participant account to evidence how the experience benefitted participants. Our findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the model presented here: participants’ understanding of key concepts of interculturality and multilingualism increased, there was a statistically significant difference in perceived development of digital competences and presentation skills, and more than 90% of the participants were very satisfied with their training and international collaboration opportunities. In conclusion, we propose a set of learning points that may support others to design and deliver a collaborative model of summer school and the use of ‘skills passports’ in alternative to accreditation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d8c889946894497ac6fc5b0fbe5bd232023-11-15T15:15:37ZdeuUniversity of Groningen PressJournal of Virtual Exchange2647-48322023-10-016 SI-IVEC202211410.21827/jve.6.3981229470Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer schoolSara Ganassin0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0373-542XMüge Satar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2382-6740Thinh Ngoc Phamhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-5087Ashleigh Reganhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7404-0572Newcastle University, UKNewcastle University This practice report describes the design and implementation of a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school for postgraduate students in the context of European Higher Education. The two-week virtual summer school on multilingualism and intercultural learning brought together 40 students who collaborated to produce ten video-case studies based on their experiences as educators in a number of contexts. We share our experiences as organisers and participants and offer insights from the process of planning for, engaging with and evaluating the summer school. Our paper draws on quantitative and qualitative data, i.e., a pre and post summer school survey, a qualitative evaluation questionnaire and a student-participant account to evidence how the experience benefitted participants. Our findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the model presented here: participants’ understanding of key concepts of interculturality and multilingualism increased, there was a statistically significant difference in perceived development of digital competences and presentation skills, and more than 90% of the participants were very satisfied with their training and international collaboration opportunities. In conclusion, we propose a set of learning points that may support others to design and deliver a collaborative model of summer school and the use of ‘skills passports’ in alternative to accreditation.https://journal.unicollaboration.org/article/view/39812intercultural communicationvirtual summer schoolinternational partnershipcollaborative model |
| spellingShingle | Sara Ganassin Müge Satar Thinh Ngoc Pham Ashleigh Regan Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school Journal of Virtual Exchange intercultural communication virtual summer school international partnership collaborative model |
| title | Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school |
| title_full | Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school |
| title_fullStr | Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school |
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| title_short | Designing a collaborative and virtual exchange-embedded virtual summer school |
| title_sort | designing a collaborative and virtual exchange embedded virtual summer school |
| topic | intercultural communication virtual summer school international partnership collaborative model |
| url | https://journal.unicollaboration.org/article/view/39812 |
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