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My name is Aynalem Woldargay, i working at Addis Ababa University, (EiABC) in Ethiopia as planning, monitoring and evaluation Expert;

Additionally i am interested to work on women and children development area and for that i founded NGOs is an official / licensed/ and my current activity in the founded NGOs searching interested community to work together, donors and fundraiser institutions.  For more information about the founded NGOs visit the following website link. http://empower-aid.org

i would like  to learn any new experience and  skill from around the global communities.              For more information about EiABC university & the university’s strategic plan activity visit the following university’s website link
http://www.eiabc.edu.et
http://empower-aid.org

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Hi there! I am Gerdientje Oggel. I am a teacher of Spanish at the University of Groningen, department of European Languages and Cultures, where I also studied my career in Spanish language and culture.

Since several years I have been involved in Virtual Exchange projects both as a teacher and as a member of the EVOLVE project.

In this training you will meet me in the forums, the synchronous sessions, and as possibly as mentor. Looking forward to it!

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Hi, I'm Shannon Sauro, a researcher and teacher trainer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. I'm originally from Canada and grew up in the United States, but spent the past seven years training English teachers at Malmö University in Sweden. I will be co-teaching the module on intercultural aspects of Virtual Exchange with Robert O'Dowd. Looking forward to seeing everyone online!

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Hi! I am Casper van der Heijden, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Sharing Perspectives Foundation, with a background in conflict resolution, dialogue facilitation and training. With the Sharing perspectives Foundation we develop Virtual Exchange programmes on current socio-political themes for participants in Europen & Southern Mediterranean countries.

Together with Rafael I co-train the 3rd module on Dialogue in Virtual xchange. I look forward to our discussion and meeting you online soon!

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Hello! I am Rafael Tyszblat, program specialist and trainer at Soliya, a pioneer organisation in the field of Virtual Exchange, organising online dialogue sessions between students from over a hundred Universities worldwide.

I will be co-training the 3rd module on Dialogue in VE together with my colleague Casper Van Der Heijden. We are looking forward to meeting you and showing you all the power of synchronous online dialogue!

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Hi, my name is Robert O’Dowd and I work at the University of León, Spain. I come from Ireland but I have lived in Spain for over 20 years. I have taught at universities in Ireland, Germany and Spain and have spent many years studying the application of Virtual Exchange in university and education settings. My module is on the intercultural aspects of Virtual Exchange. I hope you'll be able to join me for this course. Best wishes, Robert

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Hi! I am Senior Lecturer and researcher at the Open University UK. Originally I come from the Rhine Valley in Germany, but my home is London where I have been living for 25 years. I will be co-facilitating together with Juan and Gosia the module that deals with the challenges of Virtual Exchange and with Teresa the module on "critical digital literacy and VE".

This is how I feel right now at the beginning of our journey through the training:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbJcQYVtZMo

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My name is Sake Jager. Sake is a Frisian name. I was born in Friesland (Northern province in the Netherlands) and Frisian is my native language.

I work in the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) as project manager in teaching and learning innovation and assistant professor in Applied Linguistics. I am also the project coordinator of EVOLVE, the project which has initiated the current online training.

In module 1, I will be one of your tutors, facilitating the discussions and providing feedback on your activities. I will also be one of the mentors in the course to help you develop your VE project with your foreign partner.

I look forward to getting to know you better and working with you in the course activities.

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Hi, I'm a researcher and teacher trainer from Jan Dlugosz University in  Czestochowa, Poland. I'm a great fan of Virtual Exchange - to me, personally, it's the best experience I can offer to students. Every single project is a new adventure to me as a tutor.  I'll be more than happy to share those experiences with you :-).

You'll meet me in the first two modules of the training. I will also be available to you as a mentor. I'm looking forward to working with you :-)

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I work at the University of Warwick, UK where I teach French and lead on the use of technology in language teaching. My research interests include virtual exchange and assessment. I am active also on social media such as twitter @warwicklanguage.

I maintain EVOLVE's YouTube channel so you will hear me in many of the tutorials during the course. I will also be a mentor and lead on critical digital literacy, one of the final options for study.

See you online!

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I am a teacher, Learning Technologist, and project manager in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom. Read my blog.

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Hi! I am Juan, from Barcelona in Spain, but I came to The Netherlands eight years ago. Groningen is a beautiful city to live in and has a great university. Here, I combine my work as lecturer of Spanish and researcher at the University with different projects related to Virtual Exchange. I will be engaging with your interactions in the forums and some of the synch sessions. I am very excited and looking forward to start this new experience with you all.