Robert O'Dowd
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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.
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
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...
May 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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
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
Required reading (again) these days. Couldn't recommend this book more. @timothysnyder.bsky.social
November 30, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Call for papers for a conference on digital linguistics and education in the magnificent city of Valencia next june: cilidi.webs.upv.es/en/ I look forward to attending and giving a keynote on the challenges facing Virtual Exchange in the new global educational landscape.
November 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM
A brilliant first day at the TEFL9 conference in Lisbon. I was amazed by the number of language teachers who are now doing #VirtualExchange in their classes. Some excellent presentations about the topic too.
lnkd.in/d9vyd_5q
November 15, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Very interesting presentation at the TEFL conference in Lisbon on a project promoting #VirtualExchange in primary school teacher education. invited-project.eu/about/
November 15, 2024 at 11:17 AM
On my way to Lisbon to speak about #VirtuaExchange at this conference on the theme of innovation in English language education.
2024tefl9.wordpress.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:11 AM