Virtual Exchange: From Students' Expectations to Perceived Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Nissen, Elke; Felce, Catherine; Muller, Catherine
Titel	Virtual Exchange: From Students' Expectations to Perceived Outcomes
Quelle	(2021), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nissen, Elke) ORCID (Felce, Catherine) ORCID (Muller, Catherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Computer Simulation; International Educational Exchange; Student Attitudes; Educational Benefits; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Expectation; Peer Relationship; Outcomes of Education; Educational Experience; Correlation; Course Objectives; Student Mobility; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Awareness; Transfer of Training; Undergraduate Students; Skill Development; Likert Scales; Cooperative Learning; Teamwork; Technological Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Internationaler Austausch; Schülerverhalten; Bildungsertrag; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Expectancy; Erwartung; Peer-Beziehungen; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Bildungserfahrung; Korrelation; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Likert-Skala; Kooperatives Lernen; Technisches Wissen
Abstract	What do students expect before starting a Virtual Exchange (VE) with peers? Are their initial expectations mirrored in the final outcomes they perceive after the VE experience? Or, else, do students acknowledge benefits and acquired skills which they did not expect at first? This study draws on qualitative and quantitative data collected across a variety of VE settings within the Erasmus+ EVOLVE project (16 VEs and 248 students in total). In a mixed-methods approach, it confronts students' expectations and perceived outcomes in order to outline the learning potential of VE, beyond the specific learning objectives set in the different Higher Educational (HE) courses in which a VE was implemented. It brings to light that the overlap between students' expectations and the benefits they see is only partial. The declared outcomes deviate more from the course learning objectives than the initial expectations do, and they are, unsurprisingly, more nuanced and manifold. Expectations of intercultural and language practice and skills development are more often aligned with outcomes voiced by students than is the case for digital and disciplinary skills. What stands out is a great occurrence of transferable skills in the outcomes, including collaborative, relational, and communicative skills that are not always promoted in the course objectives. [For the complete volume, "Virtual Exchange: Towards Digital Equity in Internationalisation," see ED614868.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01