New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education

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New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: selected papers from the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education is written by Sake Jager and published by Research-publishing.net. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1908416408 (ISBN 10) and 9781908416407 (ISBN 13).

This collection of papers, consisting of 39 delegate contributions and three keynote articles from “New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: the second conference on telecollaboration in higher education” hosted by Trinity College Dublin in April 2016, offers a window on a rapidly evolving form of learning. Telecollaboration is used in many formats and contexts, but has as a defining feature the ability to unite learners from classrooms around the world in meaningful computer-mediated tasks and activities. This cross-disciplinary overview discusses telecollaboration in support of language and culture, teacher training, student mobility, and other disciplines and skills from a range of analytical perspectives. It will be of interest to anyone working in HE as an educator, researcher, educational designer, mobility officer, decision maker or administrator.