Mihaela Markovic
Mihaela Markovic is a Ph.D. student and works as a research fellow in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded project KAVA Q (KAVA Q: digital assistance system to support virtual exchanges) and at the co-founded DAAD initiative for the Arqus European University Alliance, at Leipzig University. Since 2016 she holds a degree (diploma) in German Language and Literature and Sociology of Culture from the University Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2020 she finished her Master of Arts in German as a Foreign and Second Language at the Herder Institute, Leipzig University. Her research interests in the field of foreign language learning are computer-assisted language learning, virtual exchange, and cultural studies.
Sessions
One of the main reasons, why VEs are not yet widely used in education is the lack of the respective knowledge and skills among teachers. KAVA Q is designed as a digital assistance system to qualify teachers for conducting virtual exchanges. In the presentation, we will share the results of our needs analysis and our concept for KAVA Q in order to get helpful feedback for further development.