Online Intercultural Exchange connecting, collaborating, co-creating

Teresa MacKinnon, Principal Teaching Fellow, SFHEA School of Modern Languages and Cultures

#Clavier project: ● large scale virtual exchange Warwick/Clermont Ferrand,

France ● Formal and informal learning, shared space on EWC ● professional development for staff ● connected educators extending to Poland, Sweden,

Japan, US, Finland...#clavedu G+ community

Context: Virtual Exchange (OIE) development within Languages@Warwick #clavier project case study published in INTENT report and tasks uploaded to uni-collaboration database. Growing interest in telecollaboration and online intercultural exchange to support skills for “global graduates” British Council Going Mobile report states virtual mobility provides: “a rich seam of opportunities for interaction across borders”. Higher Education Academy Internationalising Higher Education Framework.

“...the future belongs to those who learn to work together with other groups without regard to location, heritage, and national and cultural difference” (Grandin & Hedderich, 2009)

Key competencies in 3 broad categories From DeSeCo project, OECD.

• Students as creators • Rhizomatic growth into teacher education

communities exploring new pedagogies

• Connecting through tasks – by proxy • Virtual mobility becomes physical mobility • Empowerment leads to unexpected student-

led innovation

References: Cross, Simon and Galley, Rebecca (2012) MOOC Badging and the Learning Arc. Blog post 16 November 2012. Available from: http://oro.open.ac.uk/42038 O’Dowd, R., & Ware, P. (2009). Critical issues in telecollaborative task design. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 22(2), 173–188. The Mozilla Foundation and Peer 2 Peer University (no date). Open Badges for Lifelong Learning. Working Document. Retrieved 19.01.2015 from https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/5/59/OpenBadges-Working-Paper_012312.pdf Clavier on uni-collaboration.eu http://uni-collaboration.eu/?q=node/302 O’Dowd, R. (2013). The competencies of the telecollaborative teacher https://warwick.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Rob+O%27Dowd+presenting+at+cwil+day+2/1_e530960x Haulk, M and MacKinnon,T. (2015). Soft certification of participant engagement and task completion https://warwick.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/COIL+recording+final/1_aoyjttqe/6610831