2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
The influence of different modes of virtual exchange on intercultural communicative competences
| Project/Area Number |
22K00795
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| Research Institution | The University of Shimane |
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Principal Investigator |
E・A Kane 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (40273916)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
江口 真理子 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00269523)
大室 Melissa・Huntley 島根県立大学, 国際関係学部, 講師 (30850987)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Keywords | Virtual Exchange / VE / ICC / Asynchronous exchange / Synchronous exchange / Video linking / telecollaboration / Action research |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
We conducted month-long asynchronous exchange with USA and Morocco, and synchronous exchange with Mexico, China, Peru, and the USA. We held short intensive courses for Japanese and American students. We collected baseline data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange listed above: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses.We presented at the Global Partners in Education conference (held online in 2022) "Who chooses to take Global Understanding courses?" We published "Action Research: Designing, Implementing, and Measuring Virtual Exchange to Increase students' Intercultural Competence" in SogoSeisakuRonso, pp.91-115.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
We conducted month-long asynchronous exchanges with USA and Morocco, and synchronous exchange with Mexico, China, Peru, and the USA. We held two short intensive courses for Japanese and American students.
We collected baseline data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange listed above: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses. We were able to use both quantitative and qualitative data to show which modes of VE were more impactful.
Our findings are outlined in detail in the open access paper, "Action Research: Designing, Implementing, and Measuring Virtual Exchange to Increase students' Intercultural Competence".
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In 2023, we will elicit data from new students, and from student groups involved with intercultural exchange: one cohort of asynchronous exchanges conducted over the year; two cohorts of synchronous exchange conducted over both semesters; and two short intensive online courses.
Our presentation proposals for this research have been accepted by the Global Partners in Education Annual Conference (2023) in the USA, and JALT 2023 to be held in Tokyo.
We successfully bid to host the Global Partners in Education Annual Conference (2024)next May in Shimane, bringing together virtual educators from around the world to discuss collaboration and faculty development.
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| Causes of Carryover |
This money will be used to help pay for our research instrument, and for overseas travel. For example, in 2022 US$2700 for our research instrument was 341,712 yen. In 2023, due to the depreciation of the yen, it cost 379535 yen. Similarly, flight prices have risen considerably.
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