The Formative Role of Teaching Presence in Blended Virtual Exchange

Autor/inn/en	Kurek, Malgorzata; Müller-Hartmann, Andreas
Titel	The Formative Role of Teaching Presence in Blended Virtual Exchange
Quelle	In: Language Learning & Technology, 23 (2019) 3, S.52-73 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-3501
Schlagwörter	Blended Learning; Educational Technology; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Teachers; Preservice Teachers; International Programs; Cooperative Learning; Technology Uses in Education; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Teacher Education Programs; Inquiry; Communities of Practice; Interpersonal Relationship; Germany; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kooperatives Lernen; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ausland; Community; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Deutschland; Polen
Abstract	This paper presents the findings of a three-cycle action research study (Nunan & Bailey, 2009) that investigated the role of teaching presence (TP) in nurturing a Community of Inquiry (CoI) in a teacher training virtual exchange delivered in blended format. The study covers three iterations of such an exchange between three different cohorts of Polish and German EFL student teachers working on international teams to design technology-based intercultural tasks for their future educational contexts. Furthermore, we focus on the impact of TP on students' self- and co-regulatory learning accounted for in the newly emergent concept of learning presence (LP). Qualitative analysis of various data sets from the three research cycles reveals that students' LP, and with that their "transformation of participation" (Rogoff, 1994), is nurtured if instructors engage in various pedagogical interventions on the levels of design, discourse and instruction (Garrison, 2006). We identify the various types of such interventions and link them to different virtual exchange project phases. We also highlight the modelling role of TP in blended formats in the context of a teacher training virtual exchange. Modelling, delivered through such interventions, can be formative for future teachers' professional competence. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01