Universitat de Valencia

2 weekly sessions

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Sample size: Approximately 60 students

Degrees: International Business, Business Management

1.1) Pre-intervention questionnaire

1.2) Diagnostic test

1.3) Digital profile on Google+ Community

1.4) Ice-breaking questions

1.5) Selection of NGO

Stage 2: Online Socialisation: Building the Online Community:

2.1) Responses to ice-breaking questions

2.2) Kahoot! game

2.3) Group formation

2.4) Introductory videos on Google+

2.5) 1^st synchronous exchange

2.6) Design of interview with NGO representatives

2.7) Written reflective essay about 1^st synchronous meeting.

Stage 3: Information Exchange: Exploring and sharing cultural and linguistic knowledge:

3.1) Language experiences

3.2) DNA video questions and answers

3.3) DNA video feedback exchange

3.4) Interview with NGO representatives

Stage 4.1: Knowledge Construction: Social entrepreneurship and community involvement :

4.1.1) Brainstorming, exchange of ideas and advice for social problem 

4.1.2) 2^nd synchronous exchange

4.1.3) Written reflective essay about 2^nd synchronous meeting.

Stage 4.2: Social entrepreneurship collaborative artefact construction 1: Developing a business innovation (product/service/app) addressing a social problem and presenting it in a digital story:

4.2.1) Script of digital story

4.2.2) Digital stories

4.2.3) Uploading & sharing digital stories on Google+ Community

4.2.4) Assessing digital stories

Stage 4.3: Social entrepreneurship collaborative artefact construction 2: Presenting the business innovation for a social problem in an elevator pitch:

4.3.1) Preparing elevator pitches

4.3.2) Delivering elevator pitches

4.3.3) Participating in fictitious Business Fair

Stage 5.1: Development: Reflections and evaluation:

5.1.1) Peer feedback exchange on digital stories and feedback from NGOs

5.1.2) Peer assessment sheets

5.1.3) Voting poll

5.1.4) 3^rd synchronous exchange

5.1.5) Written comparative reflections paper about 3^rd synchronous meeting

5.1.6) Post-intervention questionnaire

5.1.7) Awards

5.1.8) Focus-group interviews

Stage 5.2: Wrapping-up: Making and exchanging farewell videos:

5.2.1) Farewell video exchange

5.2.2) Farewell video session

These outputs can be assessed individually:

– Digital profile (output of Stage 1: Access and Motivation)

– Introductory videos (output of Stage 2: Building up the Community)

– Individual follow-up written reflective essays (output of the synchronous exchanges)

– Individual contributions in the forum discussions

Assessment of telecollaborative artefacts:

These artefacts might be assessed as a group:

– Digital stories about the business innovation (Output of Stage 4.1: Creating a business innovation for a social problem and presenting it as a Digital Story)

– Elevator pitches (Output of Stage 4.2: Preparing and Delivering Elevator Pitches)

Assessment of work processes, teamwork and participation:

Procedural assessment is a valuable form of evaluation, as it enhances the students’ personal development. Students can provide feedback and exchange experiences continuously throughout the whole project. Moreover, students should write a follow-up self-reflective essay at the end of each task as well as one final comparative reflective essay, sharing theirs reflections and their foreign partners’ reflections on the whole process, their own roles in their team and how they managed the different tasks, what problems they encountered and how they dealt with them, and the overall learning experience.