Digital Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Culture, Language, Social Issues

Digital collaboration has been established in higher education for many years. But when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, digital learning and virtual mobility became of utmost importance for higher education. In the international project Digital and International Virtual Academic Cooperation (DIVA), scholars from Israel, Australia, and Germany focused on intercultural learning and online collaboration. Based on their findings, they show how digital arrangements can be used in higher education, how digital teaching can be theorized, and what potential can be gained for post-pandemic teaching. Anselm Bhmer, born in 1968, works as a professor of general education at the Institute of Education Sciences at Pdagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Germany. He did his doctorate at Pdagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany. His research focuses on education theory in late modernity, poststructuralist approaches of subjectivation, education and social differences, diversity, migration, culturalization, and digitalization. Gtz Schwab, born in 1967, is a professor of applied linguistics at the Institute of English, Pdagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Germany. He is head of the institute and coordinates a number of transnational projects. His research interests include Conversation Analysis for Second Language Acquisition (CA-SLA), telecollaboration and the use of mobile technology, syntax, low achievers, and students-at-risk, ELT/FLT methodology in primary and secondary schools as well as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). Illie Isso, born in 1982, has been a PhD student and research assistant at the Pdagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, Germany, since 2021 and is responsible for project management in both the Diva project and the new EUGEN project. Previously, he completed his teacher training in the subjects of history, ethics, technology and sport with the first state examination. His research interests include history, education and social inequality, diversity, inclusion and migration.