Telecollaboration in the foundation year classroom: the ‘Global Student Collective’

Watson, Lucy (2019) Telecollaboration in the foundation year classroom: the ‘Global Student Collective’. In, Plutino, Alessia, Borthwick, Kate and Corradini, Erika (eds.) New educational landscapes: innovative perspectives in language learning and technology. 1 ed. Research-publishing.net, pp. 71-76.

Abstract

The ‘Global Student Collective’ is a telecollaboration project
on the International Foundation Year (IFY) programme at the
University of Southampton. IFY students were connected with
volunteers in Brazil, India, Hungary, and Italy online in order to find
out more about their countries. The project required the students
to exercise multiple transferable skills, including teamwork, time
management, and intercultural awareness. They also developed vital
oral, written, and digital skills. The researcher used an Exploratory
Practice (EP) approach utilising existing pedagogical activities
for data collection. This paper identifies the challenges the project
presented and presents preliminary findings from the research data in
order to assist practitioners interested in telecollaboration to design
their own projects.

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