Digitalization opens a wide range of collaboration opportunities, especially using virtual exchange as a sustainable educational approach in digital environments. In particular digital tools are used in many ways. But still, little is known about the concrete practices, issues, process formations, and limitations associated with digital learning in international relations.
In our presentation, we report on two collaboration projects (IVAC: Australia, Germany) focusing on intercultural awareness in teacher education concerning global digital citizenship. Based on a data set, we identify students’ conceptualizations of cultural differences, learning and collaboration of pre-service teachers, and innovative use of technology with emerging collaborations of students and educators.
We also show that post-grad students already bring along distinct digital competencies but also lack the theoretical basics, reflections of the underpinning strategies of digital tools and the possible outcomes of the didactical process. These findings offer impulses for pedagogical implications in higher education and highlight gaps in accessibility to education.