1. Online International Learning Project
- digital collaboration for students in Finland,
England and Belgium
Dr Nicole Keng
Nicole.Keng@uva.fi

2. Outline
• Background
• Project aims
• Participants
• Project design
• Conclusion
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3. Autonomous Learning
• Students engagement in authentic tasks with the
support of their teachers to build new understandings,
is time-consuming and demanding but hopefully will
lead to development of autonomous learning, flexibility
and strategies for collaboration.
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Pegrum (2009)

4. Intercultural Competence
• Developing intercultural competence is defined as “the
ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in
intercultural situation based on one’s intercultural
knowledge, skills, and attitudes”.
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Deardoff (2006:247-48)

5. Internationalising Curriculum
• To “prepare graduates to live in and contribute
responsibly to a globally interconnected society”
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HEA (2016)

6. Project Aims
By taking part in this project, students will have opportunities:
• To collaborate with students based in other parts of the
world
• To develop key communication skills in simulated
business context
• To use relevant subject-specific language
• To enhance employability skills
• To raise intercultural awareness
• To improve communication skills in English
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The Global Product Pitch OIL (Online International Learning) Project

7. Participants
• Malaysian and Chinese students at Coventry University,
England
• Belgium students VIVES university college, Belgium
• Finnish students at the University of Vaasa, Finland
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8. The Project
• Stage 1:
- Students meet online
- Mini-lecture: Delivering effective presentations in English
- Online responses and questions
• Stage 2:
- Launch the task
- Discuss task and ask questions
- Groups prepare presentation including short advert
- Record group presentation pitching a project to a new market
• Stage 3:
- Groups respond to other presentations online with
comments
- Comments and feedback provided by subject experts
• Stage 4:
- Reflect on feedback and experience
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Open Moodle

9. Stage 1: Introduction
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10. Open Moodle

11. PPT Introduction and Q&A
• Finnish students: https://prezi.com/td-
g7qqd2oua/greetings-from-
vaasa/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
• Belgium:
• Coventry: Team Malaysia
• Coventry: Chinese
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13. Stage 2: Product Pitch
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14. Presentation Video Recording
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=L3ifWhv6g5g

15. Presentation Video Recording
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YSxpt6P_Ks

16. Presentation Video Recording
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https://media.coventry.ac.uk/Play/16520

17. Questions and Comments
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18. Feedback from teachers
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19. Conclusion:
Pedagogical Impact
• An opportunity for students to learn and use English
• Global product pitch: integrating business knowledge
and English
• To enhance communication skills
• To digitalise learning: video recording; online
discussion; interacting with students from other
countries
• To develop an innovative internationalised curriculum
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20. Kiitos!
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21. References
• Deardorff, D.K. (2006). Identification and assessment of
intercultural competence as a student outcome of
internatinalisation. Journal of Studies in International
Education, 10(3), pp.241-266.
• Higher Education Academy (2006). Framework for
internationalising higher education. Avaiblable at:
https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/enhancement/framew
orks/framework-internationalising-higher-education
• Pegrum, M. (2009) From Blogs to Bombs: The Future of
Digital Technologies in Education. Western Australia: UWA
Publishing.
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