COVID-19 calls for new ways of approaching internationalisation in adult learning and education. Based on experiences gathered during the 2021 virtual Adult Education Academy, this paper identifies challenges in international virtual learning settings in higher education. Such settings involve different levels of digital literacy among participants and moderators, limited access to high-speed internet, different time zones, and difficulties in social interactions. The article presents the didactical and methodological conceptualisation of a virtual setting to overcome these challenges. The concept involves facilitating exchanges between moderators, providing technical support, implementing (a-)synchronous sessions, and establishing a virtual space in which learning materials are created.
Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, Germany - ORCID: 0000-0003-3811-2561
Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, Germany - ORCID: 0000-0002-6234-8841
Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg, Germany - ORCID: 0000-0001-8907-5583
Titolo del capitolo
Internationalisation in Higher Education: A Virtual Adult Education Academy in Times of COVID-19
Autori
Jennifer Danquah, Vanessa Beu, Regina Egetenmeyer
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0151-3.09
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
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Licenza dei metadati
Titolo del libro
Re-thinking Adult Education Research. Beyond the Pandemic
Curatori
Vanna Boffo, Regina Egetenmeyer
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
284
Anno di pubblicazione
2023
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s)
Licenza d'uso
Licenza dei metadati
Editore
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0151-3
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0150-6
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0151-3
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0152-0
Collana
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
ISSN della collana
2704-596X
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5781