Virtual exchange

Virtual exchange

Virtual exchange in a broad context means any form of exchange through media.

In educational technology, virtual exchange is a field that promotes

• exchange between students from different cultures
• in a (at least somewhat) formal context
• aiming to achieve some precise learning goals, e.g. language skills, intercultural competence, Digital literacy.

This understanding is also known under other terms, e-tandems, collaborat

Here is a definition presented by Robert O'Dowd (University of León) in a talk (9/2018): “‘Virtual Exchange’, also referred to in foreign language education as telecollaboration, refers to the application of online communication tools to bring together classes of language learners in geographically distant locations with the aim of developing their foreign language skills and intercultural and digital competences through collaborative tasks and project work (Lewis & O’Dowd, 2016; O’Dowd, 2013).”

Links

• Emerging Trends and New Directions in Telecollaborative Learning