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<div>Forwarded message below regarding a new cross-disciplinary organization in telecollaboration and virtual exchange.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Robert O'Dowd <<a href="mailto:robert.odowd@unileon.es">robert.odowd@unileon.es</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 12:37 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Get involved in UNICollaboration<br>
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<div>[With apologies for cross-posting]</div>
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Dear colleagues,
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<div>As you may know, the Second Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education was held at Trinity College, Dublin last month. During the conference we announced the launch of a new academic organisation - UNICollaboration: A Cross-Disciplinary Organisation
for Telecollaboration and Virtual Exchange in Higher Education. You can review the powerpoint overview of the new organisation and its objectives here:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro/unicollaboration-organisation-launch">http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro/unicollaboration-organisation-launch</a></div>
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<div>We would like to draw your attention to two ways you can become involved in the organisation:<br>
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<div>1. We are looking for proposals from institutions which would be interested in organising our next conference in 2018. If you would like to discuss organising the conference at your institution, please complete the attached form and send it to us.</div>
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<div>2. The organisation will divide its activities among different teams. If you would like to collaborate in one of these teams (and we hope you will), please write to the team coordinators and ask them how you can get involved:</div>
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<div>Research Team (Promoting project proposals and Research Training workshops etc.)</div>
<div>Contact Timothy Lewis <<a href="mailto:Timothy.Lewis@open.ac.uk">Timothy.Lewis@open.ac.uk</a>> and Elke Nissen <<a href="mailto:elke.nissen@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr">elke.nissen@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr</a>></div>
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<div>Publications Team (Establishing an online open source journal for the organisation):</div>
<div>Contact Melinda Ann Dooly Owenby <<a href="mailto:MelindaAnn.Dooly@uab.cat">MelindaAnn.Dooly@uab.cat</a>> and Breffni O'Rourke <<a href="mailto:OROURKEB@tcd.ie">OROURKEB@tcd.ie</a>><br>
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<div>Training Team (Organising online and regional training workshops and events):</div>
<div>Contact Mirjam Hauck <<a href="mailto:Mirjam.Hauck@open.ac.uk">Mirjam.Hauck@open.ac.uk</a>> <span style="white-space:pre">and
</span>Gosia Kurek <<a href="mailto:gkurka@gmail.com">gkurka@gmail.com</a>></div>
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<div>Collaboration with other academic organisations and networks: Contact Sarah Guth <<a href="mailto:lamericaana@gmail.com">lamericaana@gmail.com</a>></div>
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<div>We hope that this organisation will support the expansion of telecollaboration and virtual exchange in higher education across all disciplines. But, of course, its success will depend on the collaboration of its members and we hope you will find a way
to become involved. All ideas and suggestions are welcome,</div>
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<div>best wishes and thanks, </div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Robert O'Dowd</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">President of UNICollaboration</font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Associate Professor</span></font></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Department of Modern Languages</span></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">University of León<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Spain</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Tel: (+34) 987 291087</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Publications:
<a href="http://unileon.academia.edu/RobertODowd" target="_blank">http://unileon.academia.edu/RobertODowd</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">Presentations:
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro" target="_blank">http://www.slideshare.net/dfmro</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap">
<font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)">UNICollaboration Platform:
<a href="http://www.unicollaboration.eu" target="_blank">www.unicollaboration.eu</a></span></font></font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:nowrap;background-color:rgb(243,243,241)"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Twitter: Robodowd Skype: robodowd</font></span><br>
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