Blended Learning and the Global South
Virtual Exchanges in Higher Education
open access | peer reviewed
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edited by
- Giovanna Carloni - University of Urbino - email
- Christopher Fotheringham - University of the Witwatersrand - email
- Anita Virga - University of the Witwatersrand - email
- Brian Zuccala - University of the Witwatersrand - 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 Reading postures • Oppressed • Online • Second language acquisition • Gamification • Intercultural encounters • Just-in-time teaching • Digital stories • Intercultural competence • Learning management systems • Foreign language teaching • Peerinstruction • Gender equality • Digital • Digital educational Technology • Active citizenship • Higher education • Blended learning • Italian • Language learning • Telecollaboration • Virtual exchange • Text-writing • eTandem • Humanities • Pre-service teachers • English literature • Flipped classroom • Distance learning • Pedagogy • Digital portfolios • Reciprocal peer learning • Game-based learning • Instructional design • Computer assisted language learning • E-portfolios • Global citizenship • Educational change • Email • Intercultural citizenship • Formative assessment • Student-centred learning • E-learning • Video game-based learning • Literary analysis • Students • Deep reading • Reflective teaching • Peer-centred cycle • Italian as a second language • Teaching • French foreign language • Translation • Virtual learning environments • Institutional culture • Computer assisted instruction • Online learning
Thema codes JNV • JNM • CJAD • 1QFG
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
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