JORDAN OPPORTUNITY FOR VIRTUAL INNOVATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Student Quotes from the National VCL “We accepted other ideas and looking for a solution to every single problem that we faced, gained new skills and shared it with our university. It's a new experience” “It is different. I communicate with people from other universities and majors other than my major and this thing attracts me to work with VCL more” “Developing my own skills in language skills, opinions with university students was positive. I had dialogue [with] other university students and this helped me learn” “This was downright different. This is new and I was excited to take part” Overall, the National VCL was well received and highlighted the bene ts of conducting collaborative virtual learning on a National level. Although it is often perceived that virtual learning should have an international dimension, this experience showed the merits of bringing together students within a country and allowing inter-institutional collaboration in a virtual space. The question of the use of the English language nonetheless presented interesting questions around the localisation and contextualisation of the VCL experience.
The International VCL (iVCL) The iVCL was delivered between November and December 2020. This time, institutions from the wider European Consortium (and beyond) engaged in the VLC activity with 68 students participating. This iVCL was created and led by the Jordanian Consortium partners, with support from TU Dresden. A total of ve modules were delivered, led by Jordanian academics, with delivery support from staff from the wider Consortium. The HEIs involved with the iVCL were as follows:
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