Virtual Innovation and Support Networks: Exploring the impact of Virtual Exchange in teacher education...

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Melinda Ann Dooly Robert O'Dowd

Virtual Innovation and Support Networks

Exploring the impact of Virtual Exchange in teacher education

Melinda Ann Dooly, Robert O'Dowd, Robert O'Dowd , Margarita Vinagre

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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
07 August 2024

Teacher training; Open learning, home learning, distance education; Teaching skills & techniques

Series: Telecollaborative learning and Virtual Exchange in Education

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.

Edited by: Robert O'Dowd, Margarita Vinagre
Series edited by: Melinda Ann Dooly, Robert O'Dowd
Imprint: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: New edition
Volume: 7
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 356g
ISBN: 9783034347525
ISBN 10: 3034347529
Series: Telecollaborative learning and Virtual Exchange in Education
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 07 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction to the VALIANT study and this volume - The VALIANT model of Virtual Exchange - The research methodology of the VALIANT study - Impact of Virtual Exchange on teachers’ and student teachers’ motivation levels - Impact of Virtual Exchange on teachers’ and student teachers’ sense of isolation - Impact of Virtual Exchange on teachers’ and student teachers’ digital collaboration skills - Impact of Virtual Exchange on teachers’ and student teachers’ intercultural competence - Impact of Virtual Exchange on teachers’ and student teachers’ professional development - Case Studies - Conclusions

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, Spain. She has published widely on the integration of Virtual Exchange for competence development in higher education.