UNIC Teacher Training: ‘How to integrate Virtual Exchange into your course?’

Via VE students work together online on tasks and develop several skills such as cooperation and intercultural communication, in addition to professional knowledge. ALL students will get the opportunity for an international learning experience, and they will not be hindered by any mobility challenges. Next, it could also offer students interesting and new perspectives to the content of the course or study program.

Learning objectives and competencies

After following this workshop, you are able to:

• Formulate actions to adapt your course design to integrate VE.
• Motivate the opportunities for integrating an international experience in your course.
• Select activities/tasks and tools for collaborative and international teamwork of students
• Discuss possible solutions for basic challenges of VE.

Organisation

Before you can attend the workshop, you start your learning journey by diving into our online learning environment (Canvas) and prepare and upload assignments. This preparation takes about 3 hours. In the preparation you will be introduced to the concept of Virtual Exchange. You think about your own educational design and the opportunities you see to integrate VE.

The workshop session takes 4 hours. In this session you get to work with your own educational design, there is room to exchange ideas with the other participants and to share experiences with other teachers.

7. dec. or 19. jan. or 12. apr. (choose one slot!): 13:00 - 17:00 CET

This workshop is hosted by trainers of the Community of Learning & Innovation from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam (NL).

Registration via e-mail to Sandra Lousberg: lousberg@risbo.eur.nl