My presentation at the ‘Second International Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education - New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice’ which took place in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland from 21 to 23 April 2016.
Student Perspectives on Intercultural Learning from an Online Teacher Educati...Shannon Sauro
This study reports on intercultural learning from the perspective of student participants in an online teacher education partnership which brought together student teachers in five countries to explore and discuss technological innovations in language teaching. The student perspectives reported upon here were drawn from one intact class of graduate students who participated in this telecollaboration as part of a required sociolinguistics course, in which the telecollaboration served as a discussion point for course themes (e.g. language ideologies, language socialization, multimodal literacy, gender identities and language education, and language and ethnicity, etc.).
COIL initiatives across university education: Learning to learn from each otherRobert O'Dowd
My plenary talk for the first-ever European Conference on Collaborative Online International Learning on December 1st and 2nd 2016 at the Hague, Holland.
Entering the World of Virtual Exchange: Learning from Teachers’ Experiences Robert O'Dowd
Keynote presentation of the International conference of the KA2 Erasmus project Intercultural Communicative Competence –
A Competitive Advantage for Global Employability
International Conference in Prague, 22-23 June 2017
Moving from Intercultural Contact to Intercultural Learning in Virtual Exchange Robert O'Dowd
Keynote presentation at Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence:
Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical
Learning Management Systems and Cutting-edge Issues for Web-based DeliverySteve McCarty
A presentation in English and Japanese by Steve McCarty at the 9th Annual International Business Communicators (IBC) Conference on Communication and Culture in the Workplace, Tokyo (24 March 2002)
Student Perspectives on Intercultural Learning from an Online Teacher Educati...Shannon Sauro
This study reports on intercultural learning from the perspective of student participants in an online teacher education partnership which brought together student teachers in five countries to explore and discuss technological innovations in language teaching. The student perspectives reported upon here were drawn from one intact class of graduate students who participated in this telecollaboration as part of a required sociolinguistics course, in which the telecollaboration served as a discussion point for course themes (e.g. language ideologies, language socialization, multimodal literacy, gender identities and language education, and language and ethnicity, etc.).
COIL initiatives across university education: Learning to learn from each otherRobert O'Dowd
My plenary talk for the first-ever European Conference on Collaborative Online International Learning on December 1st and 2nd 2016 at the Hague, Holland.
Entering the World of Virtual Exchange: Learning from Teachers’ Experiences Robert O'Dowd
Keynote presentation of the International conference of the KA2 Erasmus project Intercultural Communicative Competence –
A Competitive Advantage for Global Employability
International Conference in Prague, 22-23 June 2017
Moving from Intercultural Contact to Intercultural Learning in Virtual Exchange Robert O'Dowd
Keynote presentation at Sixth International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence:
Intercultural Competence and Mobility: Virtual and Physical
Learning Management Systems and Cutting-edge Issues for Web-based DeliverySteve McCarty
A presentation in English and Japanese by Steve McCarty at the 9th Annual International Business Communicators (IBC) Conference on Communication and Culture in the Workplace, Tokyo (24 March 2002)
Interfaces of Bilingual Education, Japanese Socioculture and Podcasting Techn...Steve McCarty
A presentation at the International Conference on Diversity and Community in Applied Linguistics:
Interface, Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (21 September 2006)
Exploring open approaches towards digital literacyDEFToer3
This presentation was delivered at the European Conference in E-learning, University of Groningen, 25-26 October 2012 by Anna Gruszczynska and Richard Pountney
Regional Education Expertise Forum (REEF) RESEARCH BRIEFING Digital Literacy ...DEFToer3
This research brief on digital literacy in schools was completed by Isabelle Brent of Sheffield Hallam University in Summer 2012 and was commissioned by the Collaboration Sheffield: Leading Transformational Change project, funded by HEFCE. If you are interested in finding out more about the project and related activities,
please contact reef@sheffield.ac.uk
This literature review provides an overview of digital literacy in schools. It was developed in the context of the Digital Futures in Teacher Education project (www.digitalfutures.org)
Understanding the Other through Media and Digital LearningRenee Hobbs
In this presentation, Renee Hobbs summarizes a university-school partnership that explored how media literacy and digital learning can support the development of cultural understanding about the peoples and cultures of the Middle East.
Interfaces of Bilingual Education, Japanese Socioculture and Podcasting Techn...Steve McCarty
A presentation at the International Conference on Diversity and Community in Applied Linguistics:
Interface, Interpretation, Interdisciplinarity
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (21 September 2006)
Exploring open approaches towards digital literacyDEFToer3
This presentation was delivered at the European Conference in E-learning, University of Groningen, 25-26 October 2012 by Anna Gruszczynska and Richard Pountney
Regional Education Expertise Forum (REEF) RESEARCH BRIEFING Digital Literacy ...DEFToer3
This research brief on digital literacy in schools was completed by Isabelle Brent of Sheffield Hallam University in Summer 2012 and was commissioned by the Collaboration Sheffield: Leading Transformational Change project, funded by HEFCE. If you are interested in finding out more about the project and related activities,
please contact reef@sheffield.ac.uk
This literature review provides an overview of digital literacy in schools. It was developed in the context of the Digital Futures in Teacher Education project (www.digitalfutures.org)
Understanding the Other through Media and Digital LearningRenee Hobbs
In this presentation, Renee Hobbs summarizes a university-school partnership that explored how media literacy and digital learning can support the development of cultural understanding about the peoples and cultures of the Middle East.
Training & Accreditation of EMI TeachersRobert O'Dowd
My presentation at Maynooth University's conference on English & Multilingualism in 21st Century Europe: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/english-multilingualism-21st-century-europe
Bringing language learners together in Virtual Collaboration and Exchange: My presentation at the MoreDOTS workshop organised by the ECML in Graz, Austria on 30 October 2012
Telecollaboration for CLIL Teachers in Secondary EducationRobert O'Dowd
Introductory workshop on telecollaboration for secondary school teachers of Bilingual Education / CLIL in Spain. The workshop took place on 7 July 2016 at la Universidad Menéndez Pelayo de Valencia.
Twenty years on and still reinventing the wheel? A critical review of Telecollaborative Exchange in Foreign Language Education
Robert O’Dowd, University of León, Spain
Eurocall 2015 Keynote Presentation
University of Padova, 26 August 2015
http://www.eurocall2015.it/
Abstract and Bibliography
Contact:
robert.odowd@unileon.es
See the presentation slides (August 2015):
http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro
Join UNICollaboration:
www.unicollaboration.eu
It has been 20 years since the first major publications on online intercultural interaction and exchange began to appear in the CALL literature(Cummins & Sayers, 1995; Eck, Legenhausen & Wolff, 1995; Warschauer, 1995). Since then, we have seen telecollaboration go on to become one of the pillars of CALL research and practice.
Therefore, it is appropriate that the 20th anniversary of these publications coincides with this Eurocall conference calling on us “…to unpack and examine some of the assumptions that may have become ingrained in our practice, and also to reflect on the state of CALL and language pedagogy”. As telecollaboration begins to enter the mainstream of university education, it is indeed high time thatweask ourselves some challenging questions regarding the principles which underlie our practices, the effectiveness and impact of what we do,and the potential value of our work for other areas of university teaching and learning.
In this plenary Itake a critical look at both research and practice of telecollaboration over the past 20 years
The Competences of the Telecollaborative TeacherRobert O'Dowd
Presentation given at various workshops and conferences about a model of competences for the telecollaborative teacher. A paper has since been published about this. Contact me to receive a copy.
At the ‘Second International Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education' my colleagues and I announced plans to launch an academic organisation for telecollaboration and virtual exchange. This is an outline of our ideas.
Where Is The M In Interactivity, Collaboration, and Feedback?Michael Coghlan
Presentation for the Wireless Ready Event on March 29th, 2008. Audio accompanying approximately the first half of these slides at http://michaelc.podomatic.com/entry/2008-03-29T07_39_46-07_00
This presentation will assist in preparing a novice online EFL teacher for not only the complexities, problems, responsibilities and challenges encountered but also the tremendous rewards that can be gained from the e-moderation process. The role played by the e-moderator in creating and teaching an online course in English as a Foreign language will be explored. In particular, the e-moderators beliefs and perceptions as well as the challenges encountered throughout the process. Furthermore, It will detail the relevant theories of online learning and show how they are represented through various models, creating a framework to assist the e-moderation process.
User perspectives on open, social network-based (language) learning and teachingWeb2Learn
Invited talk at the symposium "The Future of Learning: Critical Perspectives on Higher Education in the Digital Age". University of Central Lancashire, June 22, 2016. Symposium organized by Prof. Michael Thomas.
The presentation presents the following points :
What’s telecollaboration ?
What’s telecollaborative project work ?
What’s IEARN ?
Characteristics of IEARN projects
The Way We Play Project
Steps to start a project on IEARN
Tips for IEARN project management
Saturday , Feb 20th , 2010
El Amria High School .Beni Mellal .Morocco
Mbarek Akaddar http://allsharing.ning.com
Contact=Learing? Keynote at DGFF, Germany 2019Robert O'Dowd
Slides from my keynote at the Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung: 28.09.2019
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
Establishing the Impact of Virtual Exchange in Foreign Language EducationRobert O'Dowd
This plenary talk was given at the National Forum for English Studies 2019 at the Faculty of Education and Society, Mälmö University, Sweden 10-12 April 2019.
Presentation "The Influence of Teacher Intervention on Quality of Interaction in a Telecollaboration" at UNICollaboration 2018 by Robert O’Dowd, Shannon Sauro & Elana Spector-Cohen.
Bringing your learners into the global classroomRobert O'Dowd
The need to engage students in authentic intercultural experiences has led educators to use online intercultural exchange projects with partner institutions around the globe. In this workshop, we will introduce the basic knowledge and skills necessary to set up and run such an exchange. You will learn about the UNICollaboration platform where you can find partner classes, tasks, and training tools for university collaboration. You will also learn about platform such as ePals and eTwinning for primary and secondary exchanges.
We will then go through the steps of setting up and running an online exchange and learn how to deal with the problems which can arise. You will work in groups in order to have the opportunity to simulate exchanges for your classes.
Integrating Telecollaboration in different educational contexts – identifying...Robert O'Dowd
In the context of foreign language education, ‘telecollaboration’ refers to the application of online communication tools to bring together classes of language learners in geographically distant locations to develop their foreign language skills and intercultural competence through collaborative tasks and project work. The interaction has traditionally been text-based and asynchronous, however, the recent advances of Web 2.0 online communication have meant that synchronous oral communication as
well as multimodal exchanges involving combinations of different media are becoming increasingly popular. This presentation and workshop will review the different models or configurations of online intercultural exchange which have been employed in the foreign language classroom to date and also explores the new options and opportunities which are emerging from Web 2.0 contexts. We will outline the main research findings related to the barriers and challenges to integrating this activity into educational curricula and we will also its key contributions to foreign language learning. Finally, in our workshop we will explore how telecollaboration can be integrated into teacher training in Germany and also in vocational training.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
1. “On the Outside Looking In”
A Review of Criticism of Telecollaborative Research and Practice
Robert O'Dowd
Universidad de León, Spain
@robodowd
robert.odowd@unileon.es
The Second International Conference on
Telecollaboration in Higher Education
Trinity College, Dublin 2016
3. Lamy and Goodfellow:
‘[t]he field of telecollaboration for language learning has been
remarkable for its willingness to review its own effectiveness regularly’
(2010, p. 109)
My plan for my 20 minutes:
• Provide an overview of the main criticisms of Telecollaborative
Learning
• Ask you to reflect and react to these criticisms and critiques
• Finish by asking “What should we be doing better?”
4. What are the main criticisms of Telecollaboration?
Telecollaboration and
Authenticity
Telecollaboration and
first class / second class
mobility
Telecollaboration and
the contact = learning
falacy
Telecollaboration
and the impact of
the medium
6. • Hanna and de Nooy (2009):
• What are the underlying tenents of telecollaborative practice?
1. ‘Interaction is restricted to communication with other learners, a situation
that is safe and reassuring for beginners and younger learners, but somewhat
limiting for more advanced and adult learners, who need practice in
venturing beyond the classroom’ (2009, p. 88).
2. ‘The success of telecollaboration and e-tandem learning activities tends to
rely on the quality of the relationship that develops between geographically
separated participants. . . . [I]t is an exchange between a pair of individuals,
already positioned as friends’ (2009, p. 92).
3. ‘[A]lthough personal conversation is an indispensable genre, it can be a
limiting one. . . . [I]t predisposes the student to launching conversations about
the self that inevitably position him/her as the exotic little foreigner/the
other. He/she may fail to learn strategies for opening and maintaining
communication of other kinds’ (p. 195).
7. Cause for Reflection:
Issue one: How authentic are online exchanges that bring together two or
more classes to carry out communicative tasks together in different
languages?
Issue two: Do your exchanges depend on the online partners developing a
friendship as the basis for their interactions?
Issue three: In your exchanges, is there an over-reliance on the genre of
personalised conversation?
9. Liddicoat and Scarino (2013):
[Referring to a large number of telecollaborative studies:]
‘In each instance discussed above, interaction using a social technology has
not necessarily resulted in intercultural learning… The tasks involved students
in exchanges across cultures…but the intercultural learning was supposed to
happen as an automatic result of communication or engagement with
others.’
‘The problem is that exposure to interaction of itself does not necessarily
equate with intercultural learning. . . . To be able to contribute to learning,
the interaction must first become available in some way for students to
reflect on and interpret. It is therefore necessary to consider not only what
these technologies permit students to do, but also consider how their
experiences may contribute to learning’ (2013, p. 112).
10. Cause for Reflection:
Do your telecollaborative exchanges merely engage students in
interaction or do they also provide opportunities to reflect on and
learn from the interaction?
Leask (2015): “International interaction and collaboration…offer a way
to identify and address the issues associated with globalization and to
address inequalities …but only if we develop in students the capacity
to critique the world they live in, see problems and issues from a
range of perspectives, and take action to address them.”
12. Lawton:
‘[I]t can …be argued that the institutionalisation of virtual exchange institutionalises a
two-tier system of mobility: one for the elite few and another for the 80–90 % who
cannot afford it. Looked at this way, ‘internationalisation at home’ (the core element of
which refers to developments in curricula consistent with the international aspirations of
institutions) can be seen as a consolation prize for non-mobile non-elites.’ (2015, p. 80)
The Relationship between Physical and Virtual
Mobility:
What is the relationship between virtual mobility
(telecollaboration) and physical mobility?
Will physical mobility be reserved exclusively for
wealthier students, while the remainder are given the
second-best option of virtual mobility?
13. • Cause for Reflection:
• How will your institution use telecollaboration?
• Will it be used to support and enrichen physical mobility? Or will be
used as a ‘second best’ for those who do not travel abroad?
15. • Misconceptions by teachers and students involved in
Telecollaboration (1):
The discourse of online interaction is governed by universal rules:
Ware & Kramsch: “[T]he electronic medium tends to blur genres that
are usually kept separate in face to face interaction. The type of
exchange in which the students were engaged was fundamentally
ambiguous: It was a private dialogue between two students but it was
also a dialogue on which an unknown numbers of others eavesdropped;
it was a classroom assignment, but Rob had changed the assignment
into a chatty get-to-know-each-other conversation; it was a written
exchange but in the form of a spoken chat. . . . What students perceive
as appropriate uses of the Internet can differ interculturally” (2005, p.
199).
16. Misconceptions by teachers and students involved in Telecollaboration
(2):
The computer medium does not play a role in how meanings are
expressed and understood in online intercultural interaction.
• Kern: ‘…what one sees on the computer screen is a highly mediated,
filtered, and designed version of the world’ (2014, p. 341).
• ‘…Our students will be called upon to use their languages in
technology-mediated environments, and we need to prepare them
with a critical awareness of how mediations affect meanings’ (2014,
p. 352).
17. • Cause for reflection:
• Do you bring your students to reflect on how the medium can
influence the message?
• Do you make them sensitive to difference genres in use in their
online interactions?
18. Summing Up
Strive to….
• Establish working relationships among students which do not over-depend
on friendship as the basis for their interactions.
• Provide practice in multiple-genres – avoid an over-reliance on the genre
of personalised conversation.
• Provide not only opportunities for interaction but also opportunities to
reflect on and learn from the interaction.
• Avoid telecollaboration being perceived as a ‘second best’ option for those
who do not travel abroad.
• Develop tasks which bring your students to reflect on how the medium can
influence online communication.
• Sensitize your students to difference in genres in their online interactions.
19. My Reaction to the arguments and criticism:
Online Intercultural Exchange Policy, Pedagogy, Practice
Edited by Robert O’Dowd and Tim Lewis
Routledge (2016)
ROBERT O’DOWD:
Learning From the Past and Looking to the Future of
Online Intercultural Exchange (pp. 273-294)
This presentation is available online:
http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro