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Robert O'Dowd

@robodowd

Full professor (Catedrรกtico) in English Studies at Universidad de Leรณn, Spain. Researches Virtual Exchange, Blended Mobility & English medium Instruction.

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A wonderful series of podcasts about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914. The story of the Austrian heir and his wife is really worth listening to.

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Our new book 'Virtual Innovation and Support Networksย - Exploring the impact of Virtual Exchange in teacher education' is now available as Open Access at Peter Lang Publishers. Download your free copy here: peterlang.com/document/14872โ€ฆ VALIANT project Erasmus+ Projects #VirtualExchange

Our new book 'Virtual Innovation and Support Networksย - Exploring the impact of Virtual Exchange in teacher education' is now available as Open Access at <a href="/PeterLangGroup/">Peter Lang Publishers</a>. Download your free copy here: peterlang.com/document/14872โ€ฆ <a href="/ValiantProject/">VALIANT project</a> <a href="/Erasmus_Project/">Erasmus+ Projects</a> #VirtualExchange
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Join us for a transformative conference on virtual intercultural exchange! Discover best practices, connect with educators & learn how to create engaging virtual experiences. Date: Oct 15 Venue: Nuenens College, Sportlaan 8, Nuenen (NL) or online #VirtualExchange #eliveproject

Join us for a transformative conference on virtual intercultural exchange! Discover best practices, connect with educators &amp; learn how to create engaging virtual experiences.
Date: Oct 15
Venue: Nuenens College, Sportlaan 8, Nuenen (NL) or online

#VirtualExchange #eliveproject
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Delighted to be running a free webinar for CERCLL - UArizona on the theme "Overcoming Challenges and Barriers in Virtual Exchange" on October 23. More info and free registration: cercll.arizona.edu/event/odowd/

Delighted to be running a free webinar for <a href="/CERCLL/">CERCLL - UArizona</a> on the theme "Overcoming Challenges and Barriers in Virtual Exchange" on October 23. More info and free registration: cercll.arizona.edu/event/odowd/
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I'm looking forward to speaking at the Third International Conference of Digital Linguistics - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain on 26-27 June 2025. Call for papers here: cilidi.webs.upv.es/en/index.php/cโ€ฆ

I'm looking forward to speaking at the Third International Conference of Digital Linguistics - Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain on 26-27 June 2025. Call for papers here: cilidi.webs.upv.es/en/index.php/cโ€ฆ
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I've updated my list of links for Reading and Resources for Virtual Exchange: docs.google.com/document/d/1fbโ€ฆ If you want to suggest other additions to the collection, please contact me with the details: [email protected]

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If you are researching #VirtualExchange and #telecollaboration, don't forget that Unicollaboration has an online collaborative Zotero library which currently has over 450 references on the topic and which is regularly updated: zotero.org/groups/2434739โ€ฆ

If you are researching #VirtualExchange and #telecollaboration, don't forget that Unicollaboration has an online collaborative Zotero library which currently has over 450 references on the topic and which is regularly updated: zotero.org/groups/2434739โ€ฆ
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According to this report by padmica.eu, 60% of universities don't offer any intercultural training to students before they go on study abroad. Shouldn't this be a role for #VirtualExchange and #BlendedMobility? Full report here: zenodo.org/records/137493โ€ฆ

According to this report by padmica.eu, 60% of universities don't offer any intercultural training to students before they go on study abroad. Shouldn't this be a role for #VirtualExchange and  #BlendedMobility? Full report here: zenodo.org/records/137493โ€ฆ
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Retweet plz? As part of a research study on the role of #VirtualExchange in contexts of conflict, I'm looking for teachers located in countries experiencing war or ethnic conflict AND who have engaged their students in VE. If this is you, please email: [email protected]

Retweet plz? As part of a research study on the role of #VirtualExchange in contexts of conflict, I'm looking for teachers located in countries experiencing war or ethnic conflict AND who have engaged their students in VE. If this is you, please email: robert.odowd@unileon.es
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Foreign Language teachers may find this open-access publication useful: Theย Plurilingual Guide: Implementing Critical Plurilingual Pedagogy in Language Education. escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/books/โ€ฆ

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"Defining Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and Distinguishing it from Virtual Exchange" -Interesting article the discussion on terminology & approaches to #VirtualExchange by Simone Hackett et al. Thanks to Adam Freed for sharing: link.springer.com/article/10.100โ€ฆ

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FREE webinar series on ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, on this low/no-cost option for students to connect & collaborate with peers from different cultural & linguistic backgrounds. Details and registration: cercll.arizona.edu/ve24/ You

FREE webinar series on ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, on this low/no-cost option for students to connect &amp; collaborate with peers from different cultural &amp; linguistic backgrounds.

Details and registration: cercll.arizona.edu/ve24/

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