Robert O'Dowd
@robodowd.bsky.social
Full Professor (Catedrático) in English Studies at Universidad de León, Spain. Researches Virtual Exchange, Blended Mobility & English medium Instruction.
The deadline for the call for proposals for our book on Blended Mobility in Higher Education is approaching. Send your abstracts using the application form before 1 July: forms.gle/StXJB9T1xazt...
June 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The deadline for the call for proposals for our book on Blended Mobility in Higher Education is approaching. Send your abstracts using the application form before 1 July: forms.gle/StXJB9T1xazt...
Announcing our Erasmus+ BIP "Innovation in Foreign Language Education" for student teachers across Europe! This course combines online, international group projects and a mobility experience in León, Spain (Dec. 9-13, 2025). More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
May 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Announcing our Erasmus+ BIP "Innovation in Foreign Language Education" for student teachers across Europe! This course combines online, international group projects and a mobility experience in León, Spain (Dec. 9-13, 2025). More info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call for chapter contributions to an edited volume on Blended Mobility in Higher Education. This volume will explore theoretical frameworks, showcase evidence-based practices and investigate the impact on students, faculty, and institutions. More information here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
May 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Call for chapter contributions to an edited volume on Blended Mobility in Higher Education. This volume will explore theoretical frameworks, showcase evidence-based practices and investigate the impact on students, faculty, and institutions. More information here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
“The Learning Process Is Mutual”: Connecting Student Teachers and In-Service Teachers in Intercultural Virtual Exchange - My new article with co-author Sina Werner has now been published in open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14... #VirtualExchange
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April 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“The Learning Process Is Mutual”: Connecting Student Teachers and In-Service Teachers in Intercultural Virtual Exchange - My new article with co-author Sina Werner has now been published in open access: www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14... #VirtualExchange
Just submitted a proposal for this conference which will take place at Trinity College Dublin in November 2025. A fine place for a conference! #VirtualExchange #AppliedLinguistics
🔔EXCITING NEWS🔔
🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar
Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social
📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: iraal2025conference@gmail.com
🟢 #IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéar
Linguistics in Ireland: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future
📍 @tcddublin.bsky.social
📩 Submit abstract by 31 May 2025:
forms.gle/7Xfk8aX49zdR...
Queries: iraal2025conference@gmail.com
forms.gle
April 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Just submitted a proposal for this conference which will take place at Trinity College Dublin in November 2025. A fine place for a conference! #VirtualExchange #AppliedLinguistics
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#IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟 will by hosted by CLCS and Lumiere in Trinity College Dublin. See the
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéir for details.
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéir for details.
April 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
#IRAAL2025 🌟50th Anniversary 🌟 will by hosted by CLCS and Lumiere in Trinity College Dublin. See the
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéir for details.
Call for Papers | Gairm ar pháipéir for details.
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Save the date!
The UNICollaboration Research Conference is coming to Cyprus University of Technology on 4th & 5th June 2026!
The UNICollaboration Research Conference is coming to Cyprus University of Technology on 4th & 5th June 2026!
March 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Save the date!
The UNICollaboration Research Conference is coming to Cyprus University of Technology on 4th & 5th June 2026!
The UNICollaboration Research Conference is coming to Cyprus University of Technology on 4th & 5th June 2026!
Developing intercultural citizenship through Virtual Exchange often means engaging your students with uncomfortable and controversial topics. This article by Byram, Porto & Wagner illustrates the challenges: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Developing intercultural citizenship through Virtual Exchange often means engaging your students with uncomfortable and controversial topics. This article by Byram, Porto & Wagner illustrates the challenges: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ftr/10.1...
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Can't attend this year but this is a wonderful conference. Highly recommended.
We can’t wait to see you at the 2025 CALICO conference this May!
🕊️Register by April 25 to get the early bird rate
🏨 Hotel rooms are filling fast—book ASAP! On-campus dorms are also available.
📅Check out the preliminary agenda & lodging details here: calico.org/calico-2025/. See you in San Diego!
🕊️Register by April 25 to get the early bird rate
🏨 Hotel rooms are filling fast—book ASAP! On-campus dorms are also available.
📅Check out the preliminary agenda & lodging details here: calico.org/calico-2025/. See you in San Diego!
March 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Can't attend this year but this is a wonderful conference. Highly recommended.
This is very well written and insightful. But it's also very scary. snyder.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe
And What to Do. A guest essay by Laurie Winer
snyder.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is very well written and insightful. But it's also very scary. snyder.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
Any foreign language learner / speaker would have noticed what was happening on a linguistic level when Trump and Vance ambushed Zelenski. This excellent thread explains it very well.
Another thing that struck me about yesterday’s Oval Office disaster is the place of language.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Any foreign language learner / speaker would have noticed what was happening on a linguistic level when Trump and Vance ambushed Zelenski. This excellent thread explains it very well.
Call for proposals for a wonderful conference in a magnificent location: ICC 2026: Intercultural Competence in a Rapidly Changing World: Supporting Sustainable Futures for All. February 27 – March 1, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona: icc.cercll.arizona.edu/cfp26/ @cercll.bsky.social
ICC 2026: Call for Proposals | CERCLL Intercultural Competence Conference
icc.cercll.arizona.edu
March 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Call for proposals for a wonderful conference in a magnificent location: ICC 2026: Intercultural Competence in a Rapidly Changing World: Supporting Sustainable Futures for All. February 27 – March 1, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona: icc.cercll.arizona.edu/cfp26/ @cercll.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/3j1r...
"You cannot defeat the hard physics of things" Friedman shows up what will eventually happen to Trump's plans and also explains why he is so eager to be nice to Russia.
"You cannot defeat the hard physics of things" Friedman shows up what will eventually happen to Trump's plans and also explains why he is so eager to be nice to Russia.
Thomas Friedman Has Given Up on Politics — but Not on the World
The Opinions · Episode
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February 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/3j1r...
"You cannot defeat the hard physics of things" Friedman shows up what will eventually happen to Trump's plans and also explains why he is so eager to be nice to Russia.
"You cannot defeat the hard physics of things" Friedman shows up what will eventually happen to Trump's plans and also explains why he is so eager to be nice to Russia.
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Boris Pistorius, German Defence Minister, responds to Vance:
"This is not acceptable... Democracy doesn’t mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right. They cannot decide what truth is.... I am happy to live in Europe, where democracy is defended against internal & external enemies."
"This is not acceptable... Democracy doesn’t mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right. They cannot decide what truth is.... I am happy to live in Europe, where democracy is defended against internal & external enemies."
February 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Boris Pistorius, German Defence Minister, responds to Vance:
"This is not acceptable... Democracy doesn’t mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right. They cannot decide what truth is.... I am happy to live in Europe, where democracy is defended against internal & external enemies."
"This is not acceptable... Democracy doesn’t mean that a vociferous minority will automatically be right. They cannot decide what truth is.... I am happy to live in Europe, where democracy is defended against internal & external enemies."
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🌐 CALICO 2025: Converging Realities and Realms of Possibilities! 🌍
📅 May 27-31, 2025
🏛️ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Registration is now open! Join us for CALICO 2025, where language learning and technology converge to explore emerging trends, research, and practical applications.
📅 May 27-31, 2025
🏛️ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Registration is now open! Join us for CALICO 2025, where language learning and technology converge to explore emerging trends, research, and practical applications.
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🌐 CALICO 2025: Converging Realities and Realms of Possibilities! 🌍
📅 May 27-31, 2025
🏛️ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Registration is now open! Join us for CALICO 2025, where language learning and technology converge to explore emerging trends, research, and practical applications.
📅 May 27-31, 2025
🏛️ San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Registration is now open! Join us for CALICO 2025, where language learning and technology converge to explore emerging trends, research, and practical applications.
In 1939 it was appeasement, this time it's connivance. They are not the same.
“Over the next 72 hours we will be hearing from President Trump's team here in Munich what the details of their plan for Ukraine will be.” What is it about Munich? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaders set for Munich Security Conference as world order in danger of crumbling
The BBC's Frank Gardner says Nato's unity is badly dented with decisions over Ukraine set to be discussed in Munich.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
In 1939 it was appeasement, this time it's connivance. They are not the same.
A wonderful few days working with teachers from Technical University of Košice, Slovakia about how to design and run #VirtualExchange projects with partners of the Ulysseus European University. Wonderful to see how they offer seed funding to support online collaboration between partners.
February 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A wonderful few days working with teachers from Technical University of Košice, Slovakia about how to design and run #VirtualExchange projects with partners of the Ulysseus European University. Wonderful to see how they offer seed funding to support online collaboration between partners.
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Repost if you are with Bishop Budde
January 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Repost if you are with Bishop Budde
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🎓 #EuroCALL2025 will take place at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, a historic and stunning venue in Milan!
🌿 Don’t miss this chance to present your work and explore a world-class city.
🗓️ 27–30 August 2025 | 📢 eurocall2025.com
#eurocall #tblt #languagelearning #ELT #Edling #appliedlinguistics
🌿 Don’t miss this chance to present your work and explore a world-class city.
🗓️ 27–30 August 2025 | 📢 eurocall2025.com
#eurocall #tblt #languagelearning #ELT #Edling #appliedlinguistics
January 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🎓 #EuroCALL2025 will take place at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, a historic and stunning venue in Milan!
🌿 Don’t miss this chance to present your work and explore a world-class city.
🗓️ 27–30 August 2025 | 📢 eurocall2025.com
#eurocall #tblt #languagelearning #ELT #Edling #appliedlinguistics
🌿 Don’t miss this chance to present your work and explore a world-class city.
🗓️ 27–30 August 2025 | 📢 eurocall2025.com
#eurocall #tblt #languagelearning #ELT #Edling #appliedlinguistics
The Stevens Initiative has just published their 2024 impact report on their @VirtualExchange initiatives:
www.stevensinitiative.org/2024-year-in...
www.stevensinitiative.org/2024-year-in...
2024 Impact Report - Stevens Initiative
www.stevensinitiative.org
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Stevens Initiative has just published their 2024 impact report on their @VirtualExchange initiatives:
www.stevensinitiative.org/2024-year-in...
www.stevensinitiative.org/2024-year-in...
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The call for papers for #EuroCALL 2025 is out! Don't miss the opportunity to share your work at our in-person conference in Milan on 27-30 August 2025.
Check the website eurocall2025.com
Check the website eurocall2025.com
EuroCALL 2025 - Milano
Università Cattolica | 27-30 August 2025
eurocall2025.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The call for papers for #EuroCALL 2025 is out! Don't miss the opportunity to share your work at our in-person conference in Milan on 27-30 August 2025.
Check the website eurocall2025.com
Check the website eurocall2025.com
Interesting new open access article about how pre-university teachers use Virtual Exchange by Ciara Wigham and colleagues: TRAINING NEEDS OF IN-SERVICE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHERS WHEN IMPLEMENTING INTERCULTURAL VIRTUAL EXCHANGES hal.science/hal-04851000... #VirtualExchange
hal.science
January 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Interesting new open access article about how pre-university teachers use Virtual Exchange by Ciara Wigham and colleagues: TRAINING NEEDS OF IN-SERVICE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHERS WHEN IMPLEMENTING INTERCULTURAL VIRTUAL EXCHANGES hal.science/hal-04851000... #VirtualExchange
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Start of a few exciting days with student teachers from all over Europe taking part in a Blended Intensive Programme. Thanks @robodowd.bsky.social for the invitation to join the group
December 10, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Start of a few exciting days with student teachers from all over Europe taking part in a Blended Intensive Programme. Thanks @robodowd.bsky.social for the invitation to join the group
This week we are welcoming at the Universidad de León student teachers and teacher trainers from 8 European countries and the US for our Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on the theme of Innovation in Foreign Language Education.
December 10, 2024 at 9:57 AM
This week we are welcoming at the Universidad de León student teachers and teacher trainers from 8 European countries and the US for our Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme on the theme of Innovation in Foreign Language Education.