Studi e ricerche

Blended Learning and the Global South

Virtual Exchanges in Higher Education

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open access | peer reviewed
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  • 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 Higher education • Gender equality • Intercultural competence • Blended learning • Email • Student-centred learning • Italian • Students • Translation • Distance learning • Foreign language teaching • E-learning • Virtual learning environments • English literature • French foreign language • Deep reading • Game-based learning • Reading postures • Intercultural encounters • Reflective teaching • Instructional design • Digital stories • Pedagogy • Computer assisted instruction • Learning management systems • Online learning • Reciprocal peer learning • Text-writing • Digital • Virtual exchange • Institutional culture • Telecollaboration • Active citizenship • Digital portfolios • Just-in-time teaching • Oppressed • Formative assessment • Peerinstruction • Online • Pre-service teachers • Gamification • Peer-centred cycle • Video game-based learning • Humanities • Teaching • E-portfolios • Language learning • eTandem • Computer assisted language learning • Second language acquisition • Flipped classroom • Global citizenship • Intercultural citizenship • Digital educational Technology • Literary analysis • Italian as a second language • Educational change

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-529-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-529-2 | Dimensioni 16x23cm | Pubblicato 06 Settembre 2021 | Lingua en

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