{"id":10614,"date":"2024-01-25T10:03:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unicollaboration.org\/?page_id=10614"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:57:57","slug":"virtual-exchange-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/virtual-exchange-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10614\" class=\"elementor elementor-10614\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6d4697 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6d4697\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4396e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f4396e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our blog<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4291a8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c4291a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c8befa2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c8befa2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-360193c7 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"360193c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;classic_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:40,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;pagination_type&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;classic_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;classic_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;classic_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;classic_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.classic\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/a-philosophical-approach-to-virtual-exchange-and-ai\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mirjam-hauck-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14598\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mirjam-hauck-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mirjam-hauck-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mirjam-hauck-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mirjam-hauck-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/a-philosophical-approach-to-virtual-exchange-and-ai\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;I Am Because of You&#8221;: Critical Virtual Exchange in the Age of AI\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t8 April 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>UNICollaboration welcomes back our founding member, Mirjam Hauck, who also works at the Open University in the UK, and is a longtime researcher and practitioner of virtual exchange. For the past two years, Mirjam has been active in her new role, as academic lead, responsible for AI in learning, teaching<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/a-philosophical-approach-to-virtual-exchange-and-ai\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;I Am Because of You&#8221;: Critical Virtual Exchange in the Age of AI\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15853 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/jon-rubin-of-coil-connect-on-ai-and-how-virtual-exchange-may-lose-viability\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Jon-Rubin-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15873\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Jon-Rubin-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Jon-Rubin-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Jon-Rubin-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Jon-Rubin-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/jon-rubin-of-coil-connect-on-ai-and-how-virtual-exchange-may-lose-viability\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tJon Rubin of COIL Connect on AI and how virtual exchange may lose viability\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t11 March 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Jon Rubin is considered by many in the virtual exchange\/COIL world as the father of this tech-based pedagogy. He&#8217;s been involved in COIL since 2001 and he helped start the SUNY COIL Center in 2006. During the last five years, Jon has been active at COIL Connect which supports the<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/jon-rubin-of-coil-connect-on-ai-and-how-virtual-exchange-may-lose-viability\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Jon Rubin of COIL Connect on AI and how virtual exchange may lose viability\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15785 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/will-ai-kill-coil-virtual-exchange\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Will-AI-kill-COILVirtual-Exchange.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15821\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Will-AI-kill-COILVirtual-Exchange.png 250w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Will-AI-kill-COILVirtual-Exchange-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/will-ai-kill-coil-virtual-exchange\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;Will AI kill COIL\/Virtual Exchange?\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t20 February 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Simone Hackett is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS)\u00a0 She&#8217;s been a keen COIL\/VE practitioner over many years, delivering, designing, and coordinating COIL. Furthermore, she has a lot of experience in conducting research on the topic. Especially testing the effectiveness of virtual exchange<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/will-ai-kill-coil-virtual-exchange\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about &#8220;Will AI kill COIL\/Virtual Exchange?\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15776 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/a-private-platform-for-virtual-exchanges\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gabriel-Flacks-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15779\" alt=\"Gabriel-Flacks-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gabriel-Flacks-unicollaboration.png 700w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gabriel-Flacks-unicollaboration-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gabriel-Flacks-unicollaboration-360x257.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/a-private-platform-for-virtual-exchanges\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tA private platform for virtual exchanges\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t5 February 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Gabriel (Gabe) Flacks is a humanities educator and has been teaching at Champlain College for 19 years.\u00a0 He&#8217;s also been an enthusiastic virtual exchange practitioner for about 15 years, &#8220;before I even knew the lingo,&#8221; he laughs.\u00a0 His enthusiasm for VE ultimately led to him co-founding a piece of software<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/a-private-platform-for-virtual-exchanges\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A private platform for virtual exchanges\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15723 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/virtual-exchange-and-the-complexities-of-sustainable-issues\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/birdman-jodie-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15740\" alt=\"birdman-jodie-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/birdman-jodie-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/birdman-jodie-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/birdman-jodie-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/birdman-jodie-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/virtual-exchange-and-the-complexities-of-sustainable-issues\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tVirtual Exchange and the complexities of sustainable issues\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t21 January 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Jodie Birdman is part of Leuphanais scientific staff and an adjunct lecturer at Leuphana University in L\u00fcneburg, Germany. In the first instance, she studied teaching and education to be an English teacher in the United States. She has recently completed her PhD in Education for Sustainable Development with a focus<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/virtual-exchange-and-the-complexities-of-sustainable-issues\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Virtual Exchange and the complexities of sustainable issues\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/the-effect-of-virtual-exchange-on-language-anxiety\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15709\" alt=\"Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Marta-Garcia-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/the-effect-of-virtual-exchange-on-language-anxiety\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tThe effect of Virtual Exchange on language anxiety\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t8 January 2026\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Marta Fondo is from the Open University of Catalonia (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya &#8211; UOC). She recently defended her PhD thesis around the topic of anxiety in foreign language learning and communication.\u00a0 She used virtual exchanges for her research. This is something she says she has experienced herself both as<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/the-effect-of-virtual-exchange-on-language-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The effect of Virtual Exchange on language anxiety\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15221 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/schools-and-universities-differ-in-their-approach-to-ve\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Turula-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Turula-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Turula-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Turula-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Anna-Turula-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/schools-and-universities-differ-in-their-approach-to-ve\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tHow virtual exchange projects differ in schools and universities\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t18 December 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>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.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/schools-and-universities-differ-in-their-approach-to-ve\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How virtual exchange projects differ in schools and universities\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/how-virtual-exchanges-equip-tomorrows-leaders-with-intercultural-sensitivity-and-an-open-mind\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JosEveke-360x270.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/how-virtual-exchanges-equip-tomorrows-leaders-with-intercultural-sensitivity-and-an-open-mind\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tVirtual exchanges equip tomorrow&#8217;s leaders with intercultural sensitivity and an open mind\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\t11 December 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>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 &#8211; internationalisation according to academic disciplines. She also researches the role of educational developers.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/how-virtual-exchanges-equip-tomorrows-leaders-with-intercultural-sensitivity-and-an-open-mind\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Virtual exchanges equip tomorrow&#8217;s leaders with intercultural sensitivity and an open mind\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-15270 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail__link\" href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/separate-virtual-exchange-projects-provide-collaborative-research-opportunities\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15271\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MarcoSuzi-1-203x270.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/separate-virtual-exchange-projects-provide-collaborative-research-opportunities\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tSeparate virtual 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