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Virtual Exchange at the University of the Arctic  

Izzy Crawford is Associate Dean at the Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University. She is also Lead Partner for the COIL@UArctic thematic network, which is part of the University of the Arctic (UArctic). COIL/VE has really been taking off within the network! The University of the Arctic isn’t a university

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A climate virtual exchange from a mature student perspective

Deborah Mulas is a 36-year-old student who relocated a few years ago from Cagliari in Sardinia, to Ireland, where she attends the University of Limerick. This is where she had her first experience with virtual exchange. Deborah managed to get some of her qualifications from her cultural heritage course at

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A Virtual Exchange in Learning by Design

Natalie Manrique is a recent graduate from the University of Florida and took part in the virtual exchange guided by Luis Mejia and Edgar Martinez Muñoz with Cali Colombia to collaboratively design a restaurant interior. “I’m Colombian myself’, says Natalie, ‘so being originally from Cali meant it was a bit

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Exploring different justice systems with Virtual Exchange

Adrianna Ruiz is a recent graduate from the University of Florida. She undertook a dual degree in Criminology and Political science with a minor in Sociology. She managed to graduate in three years and was a student of Dr Erika Brooke for the virtual exchange with Ecuador. Adrianna explains the

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Using virtual exchange to compare different judicial systems

Xavier Andrade Castillo, is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure in the Law School at the San Francisco de Quito university, Ecuador  His partner in Virtual Exchange is Erika Brooke, Associate Instructional Professor in Criminology in the  Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law at the University of Florida.

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A Virtual Exchange in Global Health Technology

Ana Maria Porras is Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida in the US. She has undertaken two iterations of her virtual exchange module titled: Comparing Perspectives on Global Health Technology. She partnered with Daniel Suarez Venegas from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia. Ana Maria has every intention

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A virtual exchange in neuromuscular aspects of exercise

Diba Mani is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology and Kinesiology, in the College of Health and Human Performance at the University of Florida. She is a passionate advocate of virtual exchange in her courses. Kinesiology, she explains, is the scientific study of human movement, such as biomechanics,

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An Award for dedication to virtual exchange

Sake Jager is a project manager in teaching and learning innovation at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He has recently received an Award from UNICollaboration in recognition of services to Virtual Exchange throughout his career. Congratulations on your Award Sake! Where did it all begin? “It really began

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