This document outlines an online international learning project between students in Finland, England, and Belgium. The project aims to have students collaborate digitally on authentic tasks to develop skills like autonomous learning, intercultural competence, and employability. It involves students meeting online, participating in introductory lectures, completing a group presentation pitching a product to a new market in English, and providing feedback to other groups. The goals are to enhance the students' communication skills, cultural awareness, and ability to learn through digital collaboration across borders.

1. Online International Learning Project
- digital collaboration for students in Finland,
England and Belgium
Dr Nicole Keng
Nicole.Keng@uva.fi

2. Outline
• Background
• Project aims
• Participants
• Project design
• Conclusion
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3. Autonomous Learning
• Students engagement in authentic tasks with the
support of their teachers to build new understandings,
is time-consuming and demanding but hopefully will
lead to development of autonomous learning, flexibility
and strategies for collaboration.
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Pegrum (2009)

4. Intercultural Competence
• Developing intercultural competence is defined as “the
ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in
intercultural situation based on one’s intercultural
knowledge, skills, and attitudes”.
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Deardoff (2006:247-48)

5. Internationalising Curriculum
• To “prepare graduates to live in and contribute
responsibly to a globally interconnected society”
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HEA (2016)

6. Project Aims
By taking part in this project, students will have opportunities:
• To collaborate with students based in other parts of the
world
• To develop key communication skills in simulated
business context
• To use relevant subject-specific language
• To enhance employability skills
• To raise intercultural awareness
• To improve communication skills in English
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The Global Product Pitch OIL (Online International Learning) Project

7. Participants
• Malaysian and Chinese students at Coventry University,
England
• Belgium students VIVES university college, Belgium
• Finnish students at the University of Vaasa, Finland
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8. The Project
• Stage 1:
- Students meet online
- Mini-lecture: Delivering effective presentations in English
- Online responses and questions
• Stage 2:
- Launch the task
- Discuss task and ask questions
- Groups prepare presentation including short advert
- Record group presentation pitching a project to a new market
• Stage 3:
- Groups respond to other presentations online with
comments
- Comments and feedback provided by subject experts
• Stage 4:
- Reflect on feedback and experience
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Open Moodle

9. Stage 1: Introduction
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10. Open Moodle

11. PPT Introduction and Q&A
• Finnish students: https://prezi.com/td-
g7qqd2oua/greetings-from-
vaasa/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
• Belgium:
• Coventry: Team Malaysia
• Coventry: Chinese
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13. Stage 2: Product Pitch
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14. Presentation Video Recording
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=L3ifWhv6g5g

15. Presentation Video Recording
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YSxpt6P_Ks

16. Presentation Video Recording
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https://media.coventry.ac.uk/Play/16520

17. Questions and Comments
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18. Feedback from teachers
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19. Conclusion:
Pedagogical Impact
• An opportunity for students to learn and use English
• Global product pitch: integrating business knowledge
and English
• To enhance communication skills
• To digitalise learning: video recording; online
discussion; interacting with students from other
countries
• To develop an innovative internationalised curriculum
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20. Kiitos!
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21. References
• Deardorff, D.K. (2006). Identification and assessment of
intercultural competence as a student outcome of
internatinalisation. Journal of Studies in International
Education, 10(3), pp.241-266.
• Higher Education Academy (2006). Framework for
internationalising higher education. Avaiblable at:
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/enhancement/framew
orks/framework-internationalising-higher-education
• Pegrum, M. (2009) From Blogs to Bombs: The Future of
Digital Technologies in Education. Western Australia: UWA
Publishing.
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