Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas
This article presents the results of a study conducted in the Brazilian higher education system aiming at analyzing the contributions of virtual exchange programs to the development of intercultural competence in students. The unprecedented study assists to enrich the limited body of knowledge about...
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| author | Zilberberg Oviedo, Lourdes Evangelina Krimphove, Jan |
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| description | This article presents the results of a study conducted in the Brazilian higher education system aiming at analyzing the contributions of virtual exchange programs to the development of intercultural competence in students. The unprecedented study assists to enrich the limited body of knowledge about virtual exchanges in Brazil. The units of analysis consisted of member institutions of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) that were already running virtual exchange programs in 2020. The study follows an exploratory qualitative research approach based on semi-structured interviews with international office administrators of the institutions analyzed. What stands out among the study’s main findings is the fact that, Brazilian international office administrators consider virtual exchanges as an important tool for Internationalization at Home, and thus, a path toward a more inclusive internationalization model. Even with all the difficulties, such as: major technical issues, low level of language proficiency in faculty and students, lack of commitment and the disadvantages deriving from lack of a deeper and more intense cultural immersion when compared to real-life experiences, there is a consensus that virtual exchanges do contribute toward the development of intercultural competence in students. Therefore, it seems important to promote more Internationalization at Home initiatives to create more circumstances of proximity with other cultures and second-language learning opportunities.
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| spelling | INIE-RAIE-article-474812021-12-15T17:47:56Z Virtual exchange contributions to the development of intercultural competence: A Brazilian higher education institutions’ perspective Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas Virtual exchange contributions to the development of intercultural competence: A Brazilian higher education institutions’ perspective Zilberberg Oviedo, Lourdes Evangelina Krimphove, Jan internationalization student exchange intercultural education virtual learning internacionalización intercambio estudiantil educación intercultural aprendizaje virtual internationalization student exchange intercultural education virtual learning This article presents the results of a study conducted in the Brazilian higher education system aiming at analyzing the contributions of virtual exchange programs to the development of intercultural competence in students. The unprecedented study assists to enrich the limited body of knowledge about virtual exchanges in Brazil. The units of analysis consisted of member institutions of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) that were already running virtual exchange programs in 2020. The study follows an exploratory qualitative research approach based on semi-structured interviews with international office administrators of the institutions analyzed. What stands out among the study’s main findings is the fact that, Brazilian international office administrators consider virtual exchanges as an important tool for Internationalization at Home, and thus, a path toward a more inclusive internationalization model. Even with all the difficulties, such as: major technical issues, low level of language proficiency in faculty and students, lack of commitment and the disadvantages deriving from lack of a deeper and more intense cultural immersion when compared to real-life experiences, there is a consensus that virtual exchanges do contribute toward the development of intercultural competence in students. Therefore, it seems important to promote more Internationalization at Home initiatives to create more circumstances of proximity with other cultures and second-language learning opportunities. Este artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio realizado en el ámbito del sistema brasileño de educación superior, el cual analizó las contribuciones de los programas de intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales en el cuerpo estudiantil. Dicho estudio de carácter inédito favorece la expansión del conocimiento, aún limitado, sobre los intercambios virtuales en Brasil. Las unidades de análisis fueron las instituciones miembros de FAUBAI- Associação Brasileira de Educação Internacional (Asociación Brasileña de Educación Internacional), que ya estaban realizando programas de intercambio virtual en 2020. La metodología se basó en el método cualitativo de carácter exploratorio, compuesto por entrevistas semiestructuradas con gestores de las oficinas de relaciones internacionales de las instituciones objeto de estudio. Entre los principales resultados y conclusiones del estudio se destaca que, según los sujetos de la investigación, los intercambios virtuales constituyen una herramienta importante de internacionalización del campus y pueden ser un medio para un modelo de internacionalización más inclusivo. A pesar de ciertas dificultades, tales como: problemas técnicos, desconocimiento de idiomas, falta de compromiso, así como la desventaja que resulta de la promoción de experiencias no tan profundas e intensas de inmersión cultural, en comparación con los intercambios presenciales, existe un consenso en el sentido de que los intercambios virtuales contribuyen al desarrollo de competencias interculturales en el cuerpo estudiantil. Por esta razón, es importante promover iniciativas de internacionalización del campus para que se puedan crear situaciones de proximidad con otras culturas, así como oportunidades de aprendizaje de otros idiomas. This article presents the results of a study conducted in the Brazilian higher education system aiming at analyzing the contributions of virtual exchange programs to the development of intercultural competence in students. The unprecedented study assists to enrich the limited body of knowledge about virtual exchanges in Brazil. The units of analysis consisted of member institutions of the Brazilian Association for International Education (FAUBAI) that were already running virtual exchange programs in 2020. The study follows an exploratory qualitative research approach based on semi-structured interviews with international office administrators of the institutions analyzed. What stands out among the study’s main findings is the fact that, Brazilian international office administrators consider virtual exchanges as an important tool for Internationalization at Home, and thus, a path toward a more inclusive internationalization model. Even with all the difficulties, such as: major technical issues, low level of language proficiency in faculty and students, lack of commitment and the disadvantages deriving from lack of a deeper and more intense cultural immersion when compared to real-life experiences, there is a consensus that virtual exchanges do contribute toward the development of intercultural competence in students. Therefore, it seems important to promote more Internationalization at Home initiatives to create more circumstances of proximity with other cultures and second-language learning opportunities. Universidad de Costa Rica 2022-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Texto Article application/pdf text/xml application/zip https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/47481 10.15517/aie.v22i1.47481 Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; Vol. 22 No. 1 (2022): (January-April); 1-23 Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; Vol. 22 Núm. 1 (2022): (Enero-Abril); 1-23 Actualidades Investigativas en Educación; v. 22 n. 1 (2022): (Enero-Abril); 1-23 1409-4703 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/47481/49358 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/47481/50176 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/aie/article/view/47481/50177 Derechos de autor 2022 Lourdes Evangelina Zilberberg Oviedo, Jan Krimphove |
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| title | Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas |
| title_alt | Virtual exchange contributions to the development of intercultural competence: A Brazilian higher education institutions’ perspective Virtual exchange contributions to the development of intercultural competence: A Brazilian higher education institutions’ perspective |
| title_full | Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas |
| title_short | Contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales: Una perspectiva de las instituciones de educación superior brasileñas |
| title_sort | contribuciones del intercambio virtual al desarrollo de competencias interculturales una perspectiva de las instituciones de educacion superior brasilenas |
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