Virtual Innovation and Support Networks (Paperback)

Robert O'Dowd

ISBN 10: 3034347529 / ISBN 13: 9783034347525

Editore: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Pieterlen, 2024

Paperback. Virtual Exchange refers to the numerous initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in sustained online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programs and under the guidance of teachers or trained facilitators. This book reports on a large-scale European project, VALIANT (Virtual Innovation and Support Networks for Teachers), which explored how Virtual Exchange can be applied to bring togethaer students of Initial Teacher Education with in-service teachers. The book also examines how participation in these Virtual Exchange initiatives impacted on aspects of teachers and student teachers professional development, their motivation levels, sense of professional isolation as well as on their intercultural, digital and other soft skills. Virtual Exchange refers to the numerous initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in sustained online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programs and under the guidance of teachers or trained facilitators. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9783034347525

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Virtual Exchange refers to the numerous initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in sustained online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programs and under the guidance of teachers or trained facilitators.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Robert O'Dowd is full professor for English Studies at the Universidad de León, Spain. He has taught at universities in Ireland, Germany and Spain and has published extensively on the application of Virtual Exchange in higher education. He was recently listed in Stanford University’s ‘Ranking of the World Scientists: World´s Top 2% Scientists’.

Margarita Vinagre is full professor of Applied Linguistics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She has taught at universities in Ireland, United States and Spain and has published widely on the integration of Virtual Exchange in higher education. She coordinates the TELNETCOM research group on Virtual Exchange with 22 researchers from 7 countries.

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Titolo: Virtual Innovation and Support Networks (...
Casa editrice: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Pieterlen
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Paperback
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