Our maiden voyage: implementing virtual exchange as a collaborative professional development

Radford Arrow, Mary-Jane ORCID: 0000-0003-2484-063X (2020) Our maiden voyage: implementing virtual exchange as a collaborative professional development. In: Virtual exchange and 21st century teacher education: short papers from the 2019 EVALUATE conference. Research-publishing.net, pp. 141-146.

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Abstract

<jats:p>Undertaking a Virtual Exchange (VE) project for the first time is supported by introductory online training and mentoring offered through the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, and can be a source of teacher Professional Development (PD). This study based on Exploratory Practice (EP) describes aspects of the planning and implementation of an initial VE by partners from technical universities in Łódź, Poland and Berlin, Germany, who completed the online EVOLVE training in October 2018. The current study offers a basic framework of four distinct phases of the VE as a collaborative PD project. This novel framework can support teachers engaging in their first exchange as well as contribute to an understanding of VE adoption and implementation for mentors, trainers, and researchers.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Book Section
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2022 08:56
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 21:00
DOI:	10.14705/rpnet.2020.46.1139
Open Access URL:	https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613899
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155838