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McGann, Marek; Ryan, Marie; McMahon, Jennifer; Hall, Tony – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
This paper introduces the Teachers' Research Exchange (T-REX), an online community of practice that is currently being deployed on a pilot basis nationwide in Ireland as a response to the "research-practice gap". The system includes collaborative, educational, and technical components. The technical aspect is the social networking and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Educational Research, Research and Development
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Dey-Plissonneau, Aparajita; Lee, Hyowon; Scriney, Michael; Smeaton, Alan F.; Pradier, Vincent; Riaz, Hamza – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This pilot study focuses on a tool called L2L that allows second language (L2) learners to visualise and analyse their Zoom interactions with native speakers. L2L uses the Zoom transcript to automatically generate conversation metrics and its playback feature with timestamps allows students to replay any chosen portion of the conversation for…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Videoconferencing, Native Speakers
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Clarke, Lane W. – Reading Teacher, 2020
Walk a Day in My Shoes is a curricular project designed to provide a starting point for teachers to cultivate cross-cultural understanding among elementary-age students. In this curricular project, students created their own digital stories about a day spent in their shoes. Through photography, writing, and digital storytelling, each student…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Story Telling
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Vinagre, Margarita; Wigham, Ciara R.; Giralt, Marta – Research-publishing.net, 2020
E+VE-SFI (Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange -- Spain, France, Ireland) is a higher-education VE between students from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA), and the University of Limerick (UL). Its primary aim is to develop the speaking skills of undergraduates enrolled in foreign language programmes. Running over a…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, Second Language Learning
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Frederiksen, Karen-Margrete, Ed.; Larsen, Sanne, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the EUROCALL society succeeded in holding the 28th EUROCALL conference, EUROCALL2020, on 20-21 August as an online, two-day gathering. The transition process required to make this happen was demanding and insightful for everyone involved, and, in many ways, a logical consequence of the core content and purpose of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Videoconferencing
Griffin, Rosarii, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2012
In the drive to achieve universal primary education as one of the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing recognition of the urgency of focusing on teacher education to both meet the demand for more than one million qualified teachers required to achieve this goal within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to combat the sometimes poor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Capacity Building, Educational Research