Flipgrid, a video app for virtual exchange, propinquity, and language learning
In virtual exchanges, the first contact between students is a key moment since it determines the way in which students will interact with each other throughout the learning process. The Flipgrid app can be a useful tool to develop a first contact in both telecollaboration projects and in digital edu...
| Published in: | Perspectiva |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2021
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/perspectiva/article/view/70066 https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-795X.2021.e70066 |
| Summary: | In virtual exchanges, the first contact between students is a key moment since it determines the way in which students will interact with each other throughout the learning process. The Flipgrid app can be a useful tool to develop a first contact in both telecollaboration projects and in digital educational contexts. The objective of this article is to explore the technical, communicative, and effective strategies that the students who participated in the HI-UB telecollaboration project during the spring semester of 2019 used in their first interactions to achieve proximity. The data were obtained both from the video recordings made in Flipgrid by 22 students of the Master's program of the University of Barcelona and 11 students of Spanish as a foreign language from the University of Iceland, as well as their reflections. The results show that this first asynchronous video meeting was useful, as it helped them reduce anxiety, provided a good emotional atmosphere, and encouraged their motivation towards the subsequent tasks of the telecollaboration project. En los intercambios virtuales, el primer contacto entre los estudiantes es un momento clave, ya que determina la forma en la que los estudiantes se relacionarán entre sí durante todo el proceso de aprendizaje. La aplicación Flipgrid puede resultar una herramienta útil para desarrollar una primera toma de contacto tanto en proyectos de telecolaboración como en contextos educativos digitales. El objetivo de este artículo es explorar las estrategias técnicas, comunicativas y afectivas que los estudiantes que participaron en el proyecto de telecolaboración HI-UB durante el semestre de primavera de 2019 utilizaron en sus primeras interacciones para lograr la proximidad. Los datos se obtuvieron tanto de las grabaciones en video realizadas en Flipgrid por 22 estudiantes del programa de Máster de la Universidad de Barcelona y 11 estudiantes de español como lengua extranjera de la Universidad de Islandia, como de sus reflexiones. Los resultados muestran que este ... |
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