Stephanie Swartz
Professional learning through collaborative online international learning.
Swartz, Stephanie; Barbosa, Belem; Crawford, Izzy; Luck, Susan
Authors
Contributors
Luis G�mez Chova
Editor
A. L�pez Mart�nez
Editor
I. Candel Torres
Editor
Abstract
Collaborative online international learning (COIL) presents relevant opportunities for innovation in the teaching-learning process. Global virtual teams (GVTs) activities provide a very broad set of advantages, including the development of soft skills. In addition to enhancing business communication skills, the learning outcomes from these activities indicate an increase in intercultural competencies, virtual teamwork and project management skills. COIL projects are helpful in achieving these goals while offering instructors the opportunity to develop as global educators. Thus, the benefits of COIL are not reserved for students, but rather positively impact instructors through the exchange with colleagues from diverse institutions, backgrounds, pedagogies and practices. Instructors thereby gain global understanding which they can impart to their students and use to help facilitate intercultural curricula at their institutions. Engaging in GVTs projects means intense collaboration and agreement between faculty on assignments, deadlines, assessment and learning outcomes. This, in turn, forces instructors to reevaluate their own values and methods of work. This paper describes several COIL projects that were carried out by instructors, together with their students, from four universities in the USA and Europe over the course of several years. These instructors increased their own professional learning experience by overcoming technological, institutional and cultural differences. It is the hope of this study to encourage faculty and colleagues to engage in and facilitate the use of COIL projects as part of a larger endeavor to internationalize higher education.
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SWARTZ, S., BARBOSA, B., CRAWFORD, I. and LUCK, S. 2020. Professional learning through collaborative online international learning. In Gómez Chova, L., López Martínez, A. and Candel Torres, I. (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th International conference on education and new learning technologies (EDULEARN20), 6-7 July 2020, [virtual conference]. Valencia: International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED) [online], pages 3564-3571. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2020.0997
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | 12th International conference on education and new learning technologies (EDULEARN20) |
Start Date | Jul 6, 2020 |
End Date | Jul 7, 2020 |
Acceptance Date | Apr 8, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 6, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jul 31, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Jul 20, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 23, 2020 |
Publisher | IATED International Academy of Technology, Education and Development |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 3564-3571 |
Series Title | EDULEARN proceedings |
Series ISSN | 2340-1117 |
ISBN | 9788409179794 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2020.0997 |
Keywords | Online learning; Collaborative learning; International collaboration in education; Global virtual teams; Online learning environments; Global learning environments; Professional learning; Internationalisation of higher education |
Public URL | https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/950308 |
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