Summary
– Main objectives of the Virtual Exchange
Give students opportunity to learn more about technology in teaching and issues that can be related to topics in sociolinguistics.
– Targeted learning outcomes
To be able to critically use digital tools for studying language use and language variation
– Global task description
Students complete three tasks (intro, comparison, collaboration) around the use of technology in teaching to solve classroom issues completed in international teams.
Partners
| Partner/department | Course | Language of instruction | Number of students |
| Malmö University, Malmö Sweden Department of Culture, Languages & Media | Sociolinguistics and Content and Language Integrated Learning | English | 17 |
| University of León, León, Spain Department of Modern Languages | English | 32 | |
| Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Foreign Languages Department | English | 15 |
Start and end date
November 2014, ongoing
Duration
6-8 weeks
Discipline
Teacher training with subject specialisation
Integration and assessment
They have usually not been assessed. Last year the final task was integrated into a portfolio paper related to sociolinguistics.
Technology tools used
– Learning environment
Moodle currently, Schoology in the past.
– Collaboration tools
Students selected Google Docs and WhatsApp to communication
– Reflection tool
No reflection tool.