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Garcés, Pilar; O'Dowd, Robert – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2021
Virtual exchange (VE) is an educational practice that involves the engagement of groups of learners in extended periods of online intercultural interaction and collaboration with international peers as an integrated part of their educational programs and under the guidance of educators and/or facilitators. Despite more than 20 years of research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange, Study Abroad, Computer Mediated Communication
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O'Dowd, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2015
The importance of teachers' capacity to integrate and exploit computer mediated communication (CMC) in the foreign language classroom has been recognised by many of the leading publications in foreign language teacher education, including the European Profile for Language Teacher Education (2004) and the European portfolio for student teachers of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction
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O'Dowd, Robert – Internet and Higher Education, 2013
Foreign language telecollaboration refers to virtual intercultural interaction and exchange projects between classes of learners in geographically distant locations. While research findings on telecollaboration have confirmed its valuable contribution to students' foreign language, intercultural and electronic competences, a preliminary research…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Second Languages