Possibilities of virtual exchange for Internationalisation at Home: Insights from the Global South The paper discusses the potential of virtual exchange (VE) to promote the development of Internationalisation at Home (IaH) approaches. The researchers undertook the project during the pandemic. The two universities involved are in the Global South: Brazil Read More …
Author: Lorenza Bacino
“Under the Magnifying Glass” – lessons in Virtual Exchange
Ivonne Dekker is a senior lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She’s been here for 12 years now and teaches Media and Communication courses with a special interest in Media Psychology, news framing, and media and culture, which she loves. She’s involved in graduate assignments, Read More …
NEW SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS LAUNCHED
Would you like to get more involved in the world of Virtual Exchange? If so, we have some brand new exciting Special Interest Groups you might like to join. Read on if you’d like to know more about our SIGs and what they offer. WHAT IS A SIG? UNICollaboration’s special Read More …
A Spiritual and Virtual Exchange
Dr Abdoulaye Ndiaye is Assistant Professor in American studies at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Senegal, and Chair of the Senegalese American Studies Association. Professor Nicole Coffey Kellet is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maine, Farmington in the US. She teaches courses on gender, medical anthropology, health, Read More …
A Virtual Exchange Book Club
How Polish and US students came together to discuss issues of racism and disability in a Virtual Exchange Collaboration Dr Sabina Nowak is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, Poland. She holds a Ph.D. in English (from the Jagiellonian University, Poland) and Read More …
SIGN up to UNICollaboration’s Free upcoming webinar series on coloniality in Virtual Exchange
This upcoming series will focus on ‘Identifying and interrogating Coloniality in Virtual Exchange’ The first event is free for members and non-members. Registration is compulsory. The link may not be shared. Event 2 and 3 are for members only. If you are not a member, please join us by completing Read More …
How Virtual Exchange exceeded all expectations
Dr Claire O’Reilly teaches German at the University of Cork in Ireland. She’s been in the German Department since 2005 and teaches a range of subjects. They include: intercultural communication, German/Irish history and relations and of course, virtual exchange. She’s also involved in a bachelor of International Business and German Read More …
A virtual exchange for thousands of students around the globe
Eric Hagley is currently undertaking research in virtual exchange for a PhD at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. He lived and worked for nearly 30 years in Japan, which is when he began developing projects internationally. He undertook his first undergraduate degree there at the age of 18. Eric writes Read More …
An interdisciplinary approach to Virtual Exchange
Dr Linda Beck is currently Associate Dean of Experiential and Global Education. She’s also a political scientist. Promoting Virtual Exchange is one of her responsibilities at the University of Maine, Farmington, USA. Linda and some of her colleagues undertook UNICollaboration training some years back. Over the years, they have formed Read More …
Virtual Exchange is moving beyond academia
Virtual Exchange enthusiast, Professor Anna Turula is a Polish teacher-trainer based in Krakow at the UKEN University. She is Chair of the Technology Enhanced Language Education Department (TELE). Anna has extensive experience of TEFL and has been training other teachers for the past few decades. She considers herself as a Read More …