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Presenters: Regina C. Brautlacht, M.A. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany Laura Groß Prof. Kristi Julian, Ph.D. Middle Tennessee State University, USA Bryce Massey Prof. Wendi Hulme Conestoga College - Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Canada Leah Lorentz Conference: Virtual Exchange – Borderless Mobility between the European Higher Education Area and Regions Beyond (in Berlin) Date: December 11, 2019 Time: 15:00 – 15:20 Virtual Exchanges: Developing Guidelines for Students and Faculty
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Presenters: Regina C. Brautlacht, M.A. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Laura Groß
Prof. Kristi Julian, Ph.D. Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Bryce Massey
Prof. Wendi Hulme Conestoga College - Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Canada
Leah Lorentz
Conference: Virtual Exchange – Borderless Mobility between the European Higher EducationArea and Regions Beyond (in Berlin)
Date: December 11, 2019
Time: 15:00 – 15:20
Virtual Exchanges:Developing Guidelines for Students and Faculty
Regina C. Brautlacht
Presidential Advisor for Global Digital Learning and Senior Lecturer in English and Business Communication
Coordinator of the English Programme (Department of Management Sciences)
Kristi Julian
Associate Professor
Interior DesignDepartment of Human SciencesCollege of Behavioral and Health Science
Wendi Hulme
Professor
Bachelor of Interior Design
School of Engineering & Technology
Lurdes Martins
Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in English
School of Technology and Management
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-SiegUniversity of Applied Sciences
Email: [email protected]
Office: +49 2241 865 764
Middle Tennessee State University
Email: [email protected]
Office: +1 615.898.2094
Conestoga College - Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Email: [email protected]
Office: +1 519 748 5220 x4539
Polytechnic Institute of Viseu
Email: [email protected]
Office: +35 1232 480 510
Introduction – How we met
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Virtual Student Projects
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Business 2 Business
Budapest Project
Business Bridge BBAC
GASP ProGlobe
European Dialogue ProjectBONSAY
3-Pillars of Virtual Exchanges
PedagogyProject
ManagementFinance
International
National
Institutional
21st Century
Competencies
National
Institutional
Personal
Hulme, W. (2019). 3 Pillars of Virtual Exchanges – ProGlobe (own image)
Skills Learning
Intercultural Skills
Collaborative Skills
Project Management
Skills
Communication Skills
Research Skills
AutonomousLearningDigital
Learning
Global Learning
Synchrone/ Asynchrone
Learning
InterdisciplinaryLearning
Pedagogy
Project Management
Administrative Support Technical Support
• Administrative guidelines
• Standardized forms
• Approach to Assessment
• Evaluations
• Adhere to institutional & national requirements
Project Management
• Monitoring of student‘s progress
• Schedule and manage coordinators‘ meetings
• Publications
• Regular capacity building workshops (for faculty and for student assistants)
Administrative Support
• For students
• For coordinators
• Virtual Conference
Project Management
• Documentation
• Maintenance work on collaborative tools (PbWorks, YouTube, Google Drive, LMS)
Technical & IT Support
Using a multi-modal approach – various digital tools
Project Wiki - PbWorks
ProGlobe. (2019). ProGlobe Wiki (own image)
• Provide the same instructions to all participants
• Offer scaffolding for autonomous learning
• Give technical guidance to enhance media literacy
Student Guidelines
DigitalProject-BasedLearning:PromotingtheGlobal
ExchangeofIdeasonSustainableGoals,Practicesand
CulturalDiversity
StudentGuidelinesProGlobe2019
SustainableFootprints–CollaborativeStudentResearch
Prof.WendiHulme,M.A.(Canada)
ReginaBrautlacht,M.A.(Germany)
Prof.Dr.LurdesMartins(Portugal)
Prof.Dr.PaulaFonseca(Portugal)
Prof.KristiJulian,Ph.D.(US)
ProGlobe. (2019). ProGlobe Student Guidelines. (own image)
• Standardized procedures• Interdisciplinary institutional differences• Research Ethics Board (REB)• German Data Protection• Joint research and publications
Coordinators‘ Guidelines
DigitalProject-BasedLearning:PromotingtheGlobal
ExchangeofIdeasonSustainableGoals,Practicesand
CulturalDiversity
Coordinators’GuidelinesProGlobe2020
SustainableFootprints–CollaborativeStudentResearch
Prof.WendiHulme,M.A.(Canada)
ReginaBrautlacht,M.A.(Germany)
Prof.Dr.LurdesMartins(Portugal)
Prof.Dr.PaulaFonseca(Portugal)
Prof.KristiJulian,Ph.D.(US)
ProGlobe. (2019). ProGlobe Coordinator Guidelines. (own image)
Finance
Institutional Funding
National Funding Personal Funding
International Funding
Leah LorentzStudent at Conestoga College
ITAL, Canada
Participant of the ProGlobe-Project in 2018
Laura GrossStudent at Hochschule
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany
Participant of the BBAC-Project in 2018
Student Voices
Bryce MasseyStudent at Middle Tennessee
State University, USA
Participant of the ProGlobe-Project in 2019
21st Century Skills: Student Experience
ATC21S Method of assessment and teaching of 21st century skills (Griffen, 2015, p. 11). Adapted from Marcial, D. (2014) Technology for the 21st Century Teachers. Slide 4. Retrieved from LinkedIN SlideShare: https://www.slideshare.net/demarcial/technology-for-the-21st-century-teachers
Project Management
Skills
Synchrone/ Asynchrone
Learning
• Communication• Collaboration
• Citizenship• Personal &
Social Responsibility
• Creativity• Critical Thinking• Problem-solving• Decision-making• Learning
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Information Literacy
Online Interviews, Meetings and Virtual Conference
ProGlobe. (2018). ProGlobe Virtual Conference. (own images)
Virtual Exchanges:Developing Guidelines for Students and Faculty
Next Steps:
• Found an association for Virtual Exchanges
• Raise awareness and commitment on National and International levels
• Secure sustainable funding
A special thanks to
DAAD and ‘Virtual Exchange – Borderless Mobility Between the European Higher
Education Area and Regions Beyond’ Organizers
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Middle Tennessee State University
Acknowledgements
Thank you!
• Baber, A., Waymon, L., Alphonso A., Wylde, J. (2015). Strategic connections: the new face of networking in a collaborative world. American Management Association.
• Griffen, P. (2015). Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills Methods and Approach. Springer.• Hauck, M. (2019). Virtual exchange for (critical) digital literacy skills development. European Journal of Language
Policy, 11(2), 187–210. https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2019.12• Kurek, M., & Müller-Hartmann, A. (2017). Task design for telecollaborative exchanges: In search of new
criteria. System, 64, 7–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2016.12.004• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Report. (2019). Education at a Glance. Retrieved
from http://www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance/• Parker, G.M. (2008). Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies for the Competitive Enterprise. (2nd). Jossey-
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