3. Summary and Conclusion
Task 7:
Here you’ll find a recap of the ideas you gathered in Task 2 on how to handle challenges in VE. Now, if needed, add any additional tips and tricks that might be useful for your own VE practice.
“There are challenges in virtual exchanges, chiefly having to do with communication, cultural differences, technology, time zones, and the ease at which students and teachers can interact with the systems. However, in each of these roadblocks there lies an opportunity to teach meaningful skills and present students with a-ha moments that you’d not normally find within the walls of a classroom. Therein lie the solutions for virtual exchange issues: teaching resilience, patience, humility, creative problem solving, and emphasizing ingenuity and self-reflection.”
(Pieracchini 2023)
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(12.12.2023)
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