{"id":13478,"date":"2024-10-10T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T05:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unicollaboration.org\/?p=13478"},"modified":"2024-10-10T07:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T05:35:35","slug":"impact-of-the-international-virtual-exchange-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2024\/10\/10\/impact-of-the-international-virtual-exchange-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact of the International Virtual Exchange Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13478\" class=\"elementor elementor-13478\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5608d1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5608d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4c7de e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e4c7de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b667414 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b667414\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-13533\" alt=\"Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Esmanur-kara-unicollaboration-270x270.png 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8968860 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8968860\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de9d5bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de9d5bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Esmanur Kara<\/strong> is a Turkish participant of Eric Hagley\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iveproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Virtual Exchange Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a 24-year-old English language teacher graduate, currently undertaking a Masters\u2019 in ELT. She wants to be an academic.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Up to now, Esmanur has <strong>participated in seven iterations<\/strong> of this project and is very happy to be part of it.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, Esmanur has <strong>participated in seven iterations<\/strong> of this project and is very happy to be part of it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-58839cf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58839cf\" 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-23ae493d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23ae493d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":13468,\"width\":\"259px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\"} --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;When I first heard about this virtual exchange, I was very interested in the <strong>different backgrounds and cultures of the participants<\/strong>. As a teacher, I felt I needed to understand about culture. After all, <strong>we don&#8217;t just teach language; we are also teaching culture<\/strong>. I said to myself, if I want to do this properly, I need to know about it. That\u2019s why I wanted to participate and meet new people and learn about cultures. <strong>My first aim was to improve my intercultural tolerance.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The pieces of the puzzle<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Esmanur explains how in the virtual exchange project they had asynchronous forums where they could write to each other, react to posts and give opinions and views. We also attended <strong>weekly synchronous meetings. <\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;There were so many different people to meet and interact with,&#8217; she explains. &#8220;Both in the forums and in the synchronous sessions: we met participants from <strong>Japan, Mexico, Columbia and more<\/strong>. So when we had our zoom meetings, we also talked about our cultures. As a result, <strong>I became familiar with different elements of their culture.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using zoom and breakout rooms for the VE<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The weekly synchronous meetings took place mostly on zoom and sometimes they used google hangouts. About 15-20 students would attend and they made full use of the breakout rooms for the different levels of language skills involved.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The students chose the topics by invitation as Eric asked them each week what they wanted to talk about and welcomed suggestions. &#8220;We were quite autonomous and <strong>we could decide ourselves<\/strong>,&#8221; says Esmanur.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&#8220;For example,&#8217; she continues, I chose the topic of <strong>our future plans, our aims, dreams and goals<\/strong>. It was a really great topic and we all shared a lot in this session. 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