INVITED – Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education
The INVITED project — Integrating Primary and Pre-school Virtual Exchange Projects into Language Teacher Education, is an Erasmus + project involving the University of Education in Germany, the University of Murcia in Spain, the University of Warsaw in Poland and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, as well as the collaboration of Strathclyde University in the UK.
Project Aims
Objectives:
1. Promote VE projects in primary and pre-school language education
2. Develop teachers’ competencies regarding VE by integrating VE projects with young learners into pre- and in-service language teacher education.
Impact:
The project creates opportunities for pre- and in-service teachers to connect through an online eTwinning community offering support for their Virtual Exchange (VE) projects. It also includes the development of a teacher education module, which will be integrated into partner universities curricula and offered as an online professional development course. The project aims to promote VE in early language education, enhance teachers’ VE skills, and strengthen cultural, linguistic, and digital competences for both teachers and young learners.
News & Events
Interview at ORM
Pedro Ferez and Yvette Coyle, the Spanish partners at the University of Murcia were invited by ORM (Onda Regional Murcia), a local news outlet, to talk about virtual exchange, the INVITED project and te team behind it. The full interview in Spanish can be found here.
INVITED Talk 4
Another exciting webinar on virtual exchange, another successful INVITED Talk. We were very happy to host Mateja Todorovski, an experienced primary school teacher from Slovenia, to share her expertise on how to prepare young learners for online meetings. Over...
ATEE Conference in Dublin
Katarzyna Brzosko-Barratt & Paulina Marchlik (University of Warsaw) together with Mateja Dagarin Fojkar & Tina Rozmanic (University of Ljubljana) presented their paper "Virtual Exchange in Foreign Language Teacher Education" at the ATEE (Association of Teacher...
VE training in Lisbon in collaboration with APPI
Annika Kolb, Kirsten Birsak de Jersey and Nurjona Pinguri from Freiburg University of Education, and Sandie Mourão from CETAPS, with the invitation of APPI (Associação Portuguesa de Professores de Inglês - The Portuguese Association of English Teachers) delivered a...
INVITED Talk 3
What a fantastic webinar with Paola Schettin, eTwinning Ambassador and primary school teacher. We had 116 participants, mainly students interested to learn how to support young learners in virtual exchange projects. Ms. Schettin shared two excellent eTwnning projects...
INVITED consortium gathering in Murcia
The INVITED consortium gathered in sunny Murcia, Spain 🇪🇸 for the 3rd in-person project meeting! Over two productive days (April 3–4, 2025), partners shared updates on project progress, planned upcoming steps for the Teacher Education Module, and engaged in insightful...