Series | Studi e ricerche
Volume 26 | Edited book | Blended Learning and the Global South

Blended Learning and the Global South

Virtual Exchanges in Higher Education
open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Giovanna Carloni - Università degli Studi di Urbino «Carlo Bo», Italia - email
  • Christopher Fotheringham - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa - email
  • Anita Virga - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa - email
  • Brian Zuccala - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa - email

Abstract

This volume collects a series of theoretical and practical interventions in the area of blended learning globally. It aims to present pedagogues working in higher education contexts in the developing world with models of successful blended learning initiatives designed and implemented by committed educators working with student bodies characterised by unequal access to technology and connectivity. The twelve individual chapters of this volume are an invaluable practical resource for educators but when taken as a whole the collection provides a counter to commonplace beliefs about blended learning originating within the institutions of wealthy countries. It offers theoretical, material and socially grounded currents for thinking about the place of blended learning in the Global South and is a work of resistance to pedagogical epistemologies with ‘first world’ and neoliberal biases.

Keywords Educational changeSecond language acquisitionOnlineOppressedIntercultural citizenshipPeer-centred cycleTelecollaborationGamificationGlobal citizenshipEmailDeep readingLanguage learningFrench foreign languagePeerinstructionTranslationeTandemInstitutional cultureTeachingBlended learningReading posturesFlipped classroomGender equalityDigitalItalian as a second languageJust-in-time teachingComputer assisted language learningGame-based learningVirtual learning environmentsDistance learningLearning management systemsE-learningE-portfoliosIntercultural competenceOnline learningVideo game-based learningReflective teachingComputer assisted instructionForeign language teachingLiterary analysisActive citizenshipFormative assessmentPre-service teachersStudent-centred learningIntercultural encountersItalianDigital educational TechnologyEnglish literatureHumanitiesStudentsPedagogyDigital storiesHigher educationReciprocal peer learningVirtual exchangeDigital portfoliosInstructional designText-writing

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-529-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-529-2 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published Sept. 6, 2021 | Language en