{"id":14861,"date":"2025-04-17T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/?p=14861"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:07:39","slug":"an-award-for-dedication-to-virtual-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/an-award-for-dedication-to-virtual-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"An Award for dedication to virtual exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14861\" class=\"elementor elementor-14861\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d1b67a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d1b67a\" 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-a8fd58f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8fd58f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fac84fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fac84fa\" 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\/04\/Sake-Jager-unicollaboration.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14865\" alt=\"Sake-Jager-unicollaboration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sake-Jager-unicollaboration.png 500w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sake-Jager-unicollaboration-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sake-Jager-unicollaboration-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unicollaboration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sake-Jager-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-c8ab689 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c8ab689\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87cd710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"87cd710\" 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>Sake Jager is a project manager in teaching and learning innovation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rug.nl\/?lang=en\">University of Groningen in the Netherlands<\/a>.<\/strong> He has recently received an <strong>Award from UNICollaboration<\/strong> in recognition of services to Virtual Exchange throughout his career.<\/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-1e555bf5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e555bf5\" 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-244efcd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"244efcd0\" 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\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Congratulations on your Award Sake! Where did it all begin?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\u201cIt really began with my colleague <strong>Robert O\u2019Dowd about 15 years ago<\/strong> when we were already experimenting with it together with some Italian universities and with English as a lingua franca. I really liked it a lot, because it <strong>focuses on the human-to-human element of learning which I think is really important.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI was fortunate to be invited to take part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/325172146_The_INTENT_Project_Integrating_Telecollaborative_Networks_into_Foreign_Language_Higher_Education\">INTENT<\/a> project in 2011 by Rob. And that\u2019s when we got going. We discussed what we should call our new website and that is how the name <strong>UNCollaboration was born. <\/strong>And we weren\u2019t sure if we should make it with a hyphen or no hyphen! At that time, it was hosted by the Open University in the UK. So, <strong>the name \u2018UNICollaboration\u2019 is at least 15 years old by now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You mentioned the human aspect of VE \u2013 is that why it\u2019s been so important to you?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\u201cYes, I always cherished this and as project manager in teaching and learning innovation, you are always keeping up with technology assisted language learning developments. And so we were very interested in digital testing &#8211; which seems quite a strange word now.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIt was around this time that VE really caught on with teachers, and not only the teachers. Students were also enthusiastic about the results.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cFor these reasons, it was clear to me that virtual exchange was going to be an interesting area to focus on and pursue\u2026.<strong>.it was quite a pivotal moment and I knew it was here to stay.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cCMC \u2013 computer medium communication &#8211; was already in existence and VE had evolved on from that and as an English teacher, language learning is also a focus of mine. CMC had always been important in language learning teaching and practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What changes have you seen in the past 15 years?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\u201cI think that UNICollaboration intended to take VE pedagogy beyond just languages. This was something significant to note. From this point in time, <strong>virtual exchange developed more widely across disciplines. This is true especially since the pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a risk though. And that <strong>risk is that VE can become commodified.<\/strong> Some institutions are using it to attract students and failing to focus on the grass roots nature of VE and the importance of human-to-human contact and interpersonal relations.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI believe it can only work well because of those all-important personal connections between teachers\u2026..and of course, let\u2019s not forget the role of specially trained facilitators who are there to ensure the students work effectively together.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cVE connects people and it\u2019s also an important tool in globalisation and in times of radicalisation<\/strong>. Also, it\u2019s very useful in relation to the UN Sustainability Development Goals as these provide the perfect springboards to initiate and develop interesting virtual exchange projects.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cPersonal relationships are really fundamental aspect of VE.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are some of the biggest successes you\u2019ve witnessed in your time?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to know that I am a supporter of teachers. I don\u2019t do VEs myself, but it\u2019s great to see how an exchange project takes off when I support teachers. Teachers are really embracing the pedagogy and they think it\u2019s an essential component for their students to <strong>develop useful competencies for working globally.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI\u2019m most proud of the <a href=\"https:\/\/evolve-erasmus.eu\/about-evolve\/\">EVOLVE<\/a> project.<\/strong> There are three levels of outcomes. These are: student level, teacher level and institutional level. \u00a0We found that VE had a significant <strong>impact on student personalities<\/strong>. We witnessed them develop responsibility and agency. Through this initiative, they had to arrange their own appointments and ensure their tasks went well. At the end, they had to report and reflect on this. These are key elements in any VE.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where going in the future?<\/h2>\n\n<p>\u201cVirtual exchange remains an important tool to bring in different perspectives on a given topic.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;The biggest change right now is the <strong>advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/strong>. I think it helps us to develop ways of bringing different perspectives in society together and reinforcing the human element in the use of technology.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf we look at learning, there are three kinds of components: teaching presence, instructional presence and social presence.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cI think AI tries to take in all these presences &#8211; you engage with it on all these levels and it also provides the content. I believe this can make learning a lonely experience. It can be done of course &#8211; but do we want it done like this?<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThe human element must be retained with the advent of all this new tech.<\/strong> I see this as a task, for UNICollaboration and other organisations. We must make sure the human element linked to learning is safe as it brings all these people together from different regions and different disciplines, and we need to ensure human aspect does not get lost along the way. <strong>That could be our mission from now on.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd9bcc8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd9bcc8\" 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-35235d7 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"35235d7\" 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\/lHzwxq4L4xA\" 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>Sake Jager is a project manager in teaching and learning innovation at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. 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