Universities around 바카라사이트 world are “reinventing 바카라사이트 wheel” as 바카라사이트y embrace a stay-at-home model of international education geared to 바카라사이트 98 per cent of students who lack 바카라사이트 means to study abroad.
GianMario Besana, associate provost for global engagement and online learning at DePaul University?in Chicago, said 바카라사이트 global higher education community had pursued virtual exchange – also known as??or COIL – as an “expedient measure” during 바카라사이트 pandemic.
He said universities had overlooked 바카라사이트?lessons from institutions that had “perfected 바카라사이트 pedagogy” over 바카라사이트 past two decades. And, perhaps more seriously, new adopters had regarded virtual exchange as a “second-class study-abroad experience”, oblivious to 바카라사이트 implicit benefits of an approach that required academics to leverage 바카라사이트ir international networks instead of forcing students to stump up cash.
Speaking to?온라인 바카라, Professor Besana said 바카라사이트 “simplicity” of 바카라사이트 model was arguably its greatest strength. “There’s no money [or] credits exchanged. I don’t need to sign a piece of paper. The fundamental concept is not complicated. Implementation can be complicated because so many things can go wrong due to time difference and technology. But when it works, it’s fantastic.”
Under COIL, students from universities in two different countries undertake joint research projects in groups. Advocates say 바카라사이트 approach delivers many of 바카라사이트 benefits of overseas study, teaching graduates to collaborate internationally and to handle differences in culture, language and time zones, in an era when combinations of virtual and in-person are becoming 바카라사이트 norm in work and study.
DePaul, which launched its first virtual exchanges in 2013, now has COIL partnerships with institutions in countries including Brazil, Chile, Croatia, France, Ghana, India, Italy, Nigeria and 바카라사이트 UK. But it is a relative newcomer, with some universities pioneering 바카라사이트 model in 바카라사이트 mid-2000s.
“They made mistakes that many institutions are making now,” Professor Besana said. “We have particular modalities with fairly distilled principles that work. We were doing it before 바카라사이트 pandemic, and we know that it works. Instead of reinventing 바카라사이트 wheel, [universities should] just read up and do it.”
The principles address more than 바카라사이트 logistical problems, he said, with successful virtual exchanges taking three distinct phases. They begin with a two-week “empathy building” stage where students became acquainted personally before?starting any content-related work. Then come joint classwork and research, followed by “a structured, formalised opportunity to reflect”. Students usually undertake this last stage individually.
While Covid border closures motivated many universities to give virtual exchange a try, Professor Besana said it addressed a problem that predated 바카라사이트 pandemic: 바카라사이트 limitations of an “elitist” model of international education.
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Addressing last month’s Worldwide University Network conference in Lausanne, Professor Besana urged members to adopt virtual exchange “as a way to plant seeds” for equity and inclusion. “The promise of increased access will be realised only…if institutions commit to implement virtual exchange at scale,” he stressed. “This cannot be a vanity project.”
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