Virtual Innovation and Support Networks: Exploring the impact of Virtual Exchange in teacher education (Telecollaborative learning and Virtual Exchange in Education)

Virtual Exchange refers to the numerous initiatives and methodologies which engage learners in sustained online collaborative learning and interaction with partners from different cultural backgrounds as part of their study programs and under the guidance of teachers or trained facilitators.

Robert O’Dowd is full professor for English Studies at the Universidad de León, Spain. He has taught at universities in Ireland, Germany and Spain and has published extensively on the application of Virtual Exchange in higher education. He was recently listed in Stanford University’s ‘Ranking of the World Scientists: World´s Top 2% Scientists’.
Margarita Vinagre is full professor of Applied Linguistics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. She has published widely on the integration of Virtual Exchange for competence development in higher education.