Making Multi-national Connections; Students debate across Europe's national borders

Dr Mark Wise Liz Thomson + SSB Specialist IT Team (Pauline Framingham, Liz Thomson, Faculty Learning Technologists Rob Giles and Jackie Palmer.)

This project uses the internet and computerised translation tools to extend classroom debates beyond students confined to the Plymouth campus out to others across Europe. The pilot debate about the nature of a `European Identity’ involves 100 students from different countries including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and the Czech Republic.

Website including translation tools http://facultyj.hs.plym.ac.uk/eu