JORDAN OPPORTUNITY FOR VIRTUAL INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
The National VCL (nVCL) The National VCL took place between the 7th July 2020 and 5th September 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic and included 50 students. Taking place on the updated JOVITAL learning space curated by TU Dresden, a total of 30 students actively took part from across the ve Jordanian Partner institutions: • • • • •
Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), Jordan (6 students) Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jordan (5 students) German Jordanian University (GJU), Jordan (5 students) Al Hussein bin Talal University (AHU), Jordan (5 students) Ta la Technical University (TTU), Jordan (9 students)
As part of the experience, students were mixed into six interdisciplinary teams and worked in virtual teams to practice discussing and exchanging knowledge with peers from different universities and locations. The National VCL cumulated in the student group’s presenting their experiences, demonstrating not only subject-level knowledge, but also capabilities for critical thinking, problem solving, communication skills, and collaborative work. This VCL delivery resulted in the following headline ndings from the evaluation: • • • •
VCL platform Student Engagement E-Tutors Use of the English Language
Each headline nding is expanded upon below:
VCL platform As with the pilot VLE tests, students felt that the VCL platform could be further improved, particularly with regards to accessing the platform on mobile phones. In addition, learner participants expressed that the VCL would send email noti cations at overly frequent intervals, causing some confusion around communications.
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