Marta Fondo is from the Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya – UOC). She recently defended her PhD thesis around the topic of anxiety in foreign language learning and communication. She used virtual exchanges for her research. This is something she says she has experienced herself both as
Stories from Poland Anna Turula teaches at the School of English at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and we are welcoming her back for her second interview for our Blog! She previously worked at the Pedagogical University in Krakow. Despite changing institutions, Anna remains a committed virtual exchange enthusiast.
Eveke de Louw and Jos Beelen are from The Hague University of Applied Sciences, THUAS. Eveke works at the Centre of Expertise, Global and Inclusive Learning, where she conducts research into internationalisation at home. More specifically – internationalisation according to academic disciplines. She also researches the role of educational developers.
Suzi Cavalari is a teacher of English as a foreign language at São Paulo State University (campus São José do Rio Preto), Brazil and Marco Cappellini is a professor of linguistics education at the University of Lyon 1 and ICAR laboratory in France. They’ve been effectively combining research from
Rawan Tahboub is a PhD student at the Friedrich Schiller university in Jena, Germany. She’s currently working on using virtual exchange as a mechanism for reconciliation, using the inter-Palestinian conflict as her case study. “The idea came from the potential of youth to actually take an active role in reconciliation
Harriet Nabushawo is a senior lecturer at Makerere University in Uganda. She works in the Department of Open and Distance Learning as well as acting as institutional coordinator for the CVEinAI project. VE from a Ugandan perspective “We are truly enthusiastic about this project, as it brings together a diverse
Tony Liddicoat is a professor in applied linguistics at the University of Warwick working on issues around intercultural language teaching and learning for longer than he cares to remember. Tony will be a keynote speaker at the UNICollaboration conference next June in Limassol, Cyprus. He’s Australian born and bred and
Laia Canals is an Associate Professor and course coordinator at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. She works within the Centre for Modern Languages and at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. As such, she says it’s a great context from which to work on international exchanges. Laia began looking at
Dr Mildred Ayere is a lecturer in the School of Education within the Department of Educational Technology and Curriculum Studies at Maseno University in Kenya. She also doubles up as the director of the eCampus at the university. When asked why her institution was keen to become involved in the
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