Robert O'Dowd

Full professor (Catedrático) in English Studies at Universidad de León, Spain. Researches Virtual Exchange, Blended Mobility & English medium Instruction.

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

In 'Virtual Exchange in the new educational landscape: Challenges for foreign language teachers', I look at some of the emerging pedagogical and ethical challenges that practitioners of Virtual Exchange must navigate. You can access the article here: https://t.co/VcbojgfuzC

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@Pergament_F None of my German colleagues have ever heard it before but it's a useful concept.

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@HeraldOfRome @Stavros_D_S Didn't Julius Caesar use Greek? Et tu Brutei would have been said in Greek?

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Just completed this blended training for @utrechtnetwork on Virtual Exchange and Blended Mobility for Sustainability. University teachers were trained to develop #VirtualExchange and #BIP projects and then were brought together to plan their own projects: https://t.co/t93XxE0Hw2

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@simonmontefiore I love visiting Vilnius. I look forward to visiting this new museum when I am back there in November.

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@EUCouncil I hope Blended Mobility and #BIPs will be given a clearer structure and will ensure that the online phase reflects collaborative learning.

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@EU_Commission How will they solve the problem of different countries making trains available at different timelines? And we all need more overnight trains (in Spain at least) otherwise this will be pointless. @Renfe

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

Yes, easier ticket purchases but also more overnight trains through Europe please.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

From Berlin to Barcelona by train.

Today cross-country journeys mean several bookings and risks if you miss a connection.

Let's change that.

With one ticket and full passenger rights all along your journey.

That‘s our new passenger package.

https://t.co/0V3WkkvMIu

[John O’Brennan @JohnOBrennan2]

It may be sometimes exasperating, unintelligible and slow-moving but no entity in history has helped create and maintain a zone of peace and cooperation like the European Union has these past seven decades.

It is worth celebrating and reflecting on this today, on Europe Day.

[European LibCon 🇪🇺🗽🦅 @pl_european]

Ireland is such a bad country:

• Essential food has a VAT rate of 0%.
• Public transport for under-26s is 50% off.
• The minimum wage is one of the highest in the EU.
• If you rent, you can receive a €1,000 rent tax credit.
• The government regularly introduces supports for people, from energy credits to excise duty cuts on fuel, double welfare payments, and increases to the minimum wage.
• It is consistently ranked as one of the best countries in the EU for doing business.
• First-time buyers can receive up to €30,000 back on tax paid over the past four years through the Help to Buy scheme.
• People on low incomes can access social housing or cost rental housing.
• Low-income families receive tax-free payments to help with living costs.
• In recent years, the income threshold for the 40% tax rate has increased by over €10,000.

and more.

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

@stats_wire And Spain?

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

@DalrympleWill @tweeter_anita @KimGhattas What an amazing series with excellent guests who know how to tell a complicated story in an accesible way. Thank you.

[Teachers Education Academy @TeacherEducati5]

Tallinn is not just a beautiful city.
#ErasmusPlus #TeacherTraining #TrainingCourses #StudyVisit #EducationLeadership #SchoolDevelopment #Estonia #Tallinn #InnovativeEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #LifelongLearning #EUProjects #KA122 #KA210 #TeachersEducationAcademy

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

@WarMonitor3 Nonsense. ​You cannot work legally in another EU country with a Spanish residence permit obtained through the 2026 regularization. Your travel rights are limited.

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

Irish people can spot a bully. We stand with Ukraine.

[Ronan Leo Tynan @RonanLTynan]

Stand with Ukraine.

V proud Ireland is doing that!

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@snailtracks @Steven_Hyden @EddieTrunk https://t.co/MOsxTutKxT

You've a lot of catching up to do #springsteen

[Robert O'Dowd @Robodowd]

My new article, 'Virtual Exchange as an educational tool in contexts of conflict: potential and challenges', has just been published in Language and Intercultural Communication. There are 50 free copies of the article available here: https://t.co/qcfJJp0XpF #VirtualExchange

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Call for papers for a special issue of The Canadian Modern Language Review – Innovating with virtual exchange: Moving toward a paradigm shift. https://t.co/usIgb1ozBM

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This is a major issue in Spanish universities- AI is going to be the end of the final year projects that are built into undergraduate and MA programmes....

The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. https://t.co/rEOHXcyyDi

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@RMcGreevy1301 Congrats Ronan.