Virtual exchange collaborative practices using project and research-based learning : embracing the complexities and challenges to maximize students' global intercultural competencies

Dorothea Maria Bowyer, Constantina Rokos, Freeda Bukhari Khan, Khalida Malik

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Abstract

This chapter makes a case for the importance of virtual exchange (VE) and collaborative, online, international learning (COIL) to develop intercultural and global competencies. The auto-ethnographic reflections and participant observations illustrate a COIL-RBL and VE-PBL study conducted in Australia and Germany. The authors offer lessons learned and provide insights into pandemic teaching that appropriate pedagogical concepts underpinning future competence building. Learning how to foster a sense of community through technological use is vital for transforming the pandemic push into the post-pandemic new norm. Accepting that online collaboration in intercultural settings is demanding creates a sense of urgency to adapt the future design of teaching and learning strategies that embed institutional, professional, and student capacities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook of Research on Facilitating Collaborative Learning Through Digital Content and Learning Technologies
EditorsJared Keengwe
Place of PublicationU.S.
PublisherIGI Global
Pages1-19
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781668457108
ISBN (Print)9781668457092
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Dec 2022

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