ERIC Number: ED612229
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Publication Date: 2020-Dec-21
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The Practical Realities of Virtual Exchange
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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 a university in Kyoto, Japan, and institutions in Asia, Africa, and Europe. The first collaboration follows a new hybrid model created at the Japanese university described here. In the Teaching Online Together (TOT) model, teachers in the Philippines interact with students in a tutorial style system to improve the students' English presentation skills via video conferencing. The second project, with a university in Kenya, is modelled on the intercultural telecollaboration or Cultura-type exchange approach (O'Dowd, 2018). Students from the respective institutions work together asynchronously to complete tasks related to the development of intercultural understanding and sensitivity. The third collaboration, with a university in Belgium, follows a shared syllabus approach (O'Dowd, 2018) in which teachers create course materials for students who then work together both synchronously and asynchronously to achieve their goals. [For the complete volume, "Virtual Exchange in the Asia Pacific: Research and Practice," see ED610332.]
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Exchange Programs, Language Usage, Cultural Differences, Time Management, Teacher Collaboration, Information Technology, International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Intercultural Communication, Course Descriptions, Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, College Students, College Faculty, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium; Philippines; Japan; Kenya
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