{"id":14818,"date":"2025-03-25T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/?p=14818"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T10:43:05","slug":"virtual-exchange-and-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/virtual-exchange-and-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How CLiVEx Enhances Virtual Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14818\" class=\"elementor elementor-14818\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-919809a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"919809a\" 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-a701c8d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a701c8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d5f77b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d5f77b\" 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\/2025\/03\/marta-giralt-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14822\" alt=\"marta-giralt-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marta-giralt-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marta-giralt-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marta-giralt-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marta-giralt-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-f222ad2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f222ad2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a12450 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a12450\" 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>Marta Giralt is from the University of Limerick in Ireland, where she teaches in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, including her native Spanish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a keen <strong>virtual exchange practitioner<\/strong> with a long history of involvement with <strong>UNICollaboration training<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/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-2501f3e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2501f3e0\" 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-262ae4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262ae4a\" 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 {\"id\":14817,\"width\":\"330px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"media\",\"align\":\"left\"} --><!-- \/wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marta particularly enjoys teaching intercultural communication at Limerick. For this reason, she encourages her students to take part in a large virtual exchange called <a href=\"https:\/\/clivex.eu\/\">CliVEx<\/a>, that focuses on climate change through intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>She\u2019s a keen <strong>virtual exchange practitioner<\/strong> with a long history of involvement with <strong>UNICollaboration training<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marta particularly enjoys teaching intercultural communication at Limerick. For this reason, she encourages her students to take part in a large virtual exchange called <a href=\"https:\/\/clivex.eu\/\">CliVEx<\/a>, that focuses on climate change through intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A climate change virtual exchange collaboration<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>CliVEx \u00a0&#8211; \u201cClimate Virtual Exchange\u201d<\/strong> aims to enhance climate awareness in Europe and the Southern Mediterranean area and includes Marta\u2019s favourite topic of intercultural awareness and intercultural dialogue.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This VE brings hundreds of students together from different cultures and backgrounds to discuss the issue of climate change and to foster intercultural communication.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The primary goal of this initiative is<em>: <strong>\u2018to raise climate awareness, transcending geographical and linguistic barriers. Through this initiative, we empower the next generation of leaders and advocates with the knowledge and insights needed to address pressing environmental concerns. We believe that collaborative learning, enabled by virtual exchange, can drive global climate actions. By facilitating connections, sharing expertise and working together, CliVEx seeks to protect our planet and inspire sustainable solutions.\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marta\u2019s students have been involved in one iteration of this exchange, which is coordinated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-med.net\/\">UNIMED<\/a>. \u00a0She says she observed immediately that her students began to appreciate how differently <strong>climate change and sustainability competencies are experienced according to where you are in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThis was very clear and one of the main points of this virtual exchange.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The University of Limerick is an associated partner, and the consortium has about 14\/15 partners. All these students are participants in the VE.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Embedding a virtual exchange into an existing course<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The way it works for Limerick is for Marta to <strong>embed CliVEx in her course, which is a module entitled: \u2018Communication across Cultures\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe teach intercultural communication with the aim of enhancing students\u2019 competencies by using a combination of theory and practice. But the VE is what gives them a more experiential aspect. Through this collaboration, they talk to their peers across Europe and the Southern Mediterranean. For me, <strong>this VE brings authenticity into the course.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Each iteration lasts 9 weeks. During this time, the students interact with all the other participants in groups of 10. They attend a weekly synchronous session lasting two hours which is facilitated by trained online dialogue facilitators. These facilitators come from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sharingperspectivesfoundation.com\/\">Sharing Perspectives Foundation<\/a>. In between the online meet ups, students need to complete other activities asynchronously in order to prepare for these sessions. At the end of the exchange, the students write a reflective diary, which can be very revealing for the teachers.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marta explains: \u201cAt the end of the VE, the students also have to prepare an action related to climate change. It\u2019s an action that they will take out into the community beyond the walls of the university. Some students made a social media podcast for example. Others prepared a talk or a video for local schools, all geared towards bringing awareness to the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student groups VE make up<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The groups are made up of students from across Europe and the southern Mediterranean and included Germany, Italy, Ireland, and other Erasmus students, France, Syria, Palestine, Tunisia and more. Marta says her students were very inspired by the exchanges they experienced with the other participants.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cThe main takeaway for my students was the realisation that they need to work together to begin to address the issue of climate change. In Ireland, these facts are not so visible compared with the situation in other countries. In this way, they realised the importance of working together for a better future. This idea of global collaboration is vitally important .\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>One of her student\u2019s testimonials says: <em>\u201cThis experience has transformed the way I see the world and now I understand the importance of working together to address the issues of climate change.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A few tweaks along the way<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Marta explains how the work load proved a little challenging at times. \u201cWe had to make some changes to accommodate the requirements as the weekly 2-hour commitment was quite heavy. We ended up adapting our own module to accommodate it by reducing the amount of lectures for example\u2026.it was well worth the effort though.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Next autumn, hundreds more students will participate in another iteration of the CliVEx project and despite the challenges and the tweaks needed to make it work, Marta says her students love interacting with their peers from around the world as this is a very enriching experience for them.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cFor me, she says, \u2019it was great to see how transformative this virtual exchange is for my students. The project really connects to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/exhibits\/page\/sdgs-17-goals-transform-world\">UNSDGs<\/a> and in particular number 13 on Climate Action, \u00a0because it\u2019s the biggest issue we have to deal with today, but it\u2019s also a great educational opportunity for my students.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:buttons -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\"><!-- wp:button --><!-- \/wp:button --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:buttons -->\t\t\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-62f6546 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"62f6546\" 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-c5fa664 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c5fa664\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PyAhguUeJio\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">See the full interview<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marta Giralt is from the University of Limerick in Ireland, where she teaches in the School of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, including her native Spanish. 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