UAB-UIUC invited to participate in research

The teachers and students of the UAB-UIUC telecollaborative exchange have been invited to take part in an EU research project called EVALUATE that will gather data from hundreds of participants in similar virtual exchanges around the world. EVALUATE is a European Policy Experiment project funded by Erasmus+ Key Action 3. The study aims to evaluate the impact of telecollaborative learning on student-teachers involved in Initial Teacher Education in the participating European countries and regions. Telecollaboration, also commonly known as Virtual Exchange, involves engaging trainee teachers involved in Initial Teacher Education in task-based interaction and collaborative exchange with fellow trainees in other locations through online communication technologies.The guiding research question for the study is: “Will participation in telecollaborative exchange contribute to the development of competences which future teachers need to teach, collaborate and innovate effectively in a digitalised and cosmopolitan world?” It is not compulsory for the students to take part but it is really simple to do. It involves filling in an online pre and post-survey and to reflect on the exchange approximately once a month during the exchange (with prompting questions).

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