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The study presents partial results of the project Simulation+Virtual Exchange 2021 (Sim+VE 2021). This project successfully brought together students from a course on teacher training from the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV) in Spain with student teachers, in-service teachers and academicians from various universities in Spain, Tunisia, Austria, Romania, USA, Argentina, Canada, Netherlands and UK. The simulation ‘The School of Valtance’ was carried out for eight weeks by synchronous and asynchronous virtual exchanges. Using simulation as a methodological strategy, high quality education was continued through virtual exchanges and the application of simulation in a digital environment. Thus, this paper is a study of the school environments, doing thorough research and building intercultural dialogue between the professional agents participating in education. The positive results of the experience suggest that initiatives using simulation may challenge the policy-makers who perceive teacher education as a fairly closed experience of professional formation, rather than as global collaborative and lifelong learning.
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Angelini, M.L., Muñíz, R. (2022). Intercultural Dialogue Through Simulation and Virtual Exchange in Education. In: Dhar, U., Dubey, J., Dumblekar, V., Meijer, S., Lukosch, H. (eds) Gaming, Simulation and Innovations: Challenges and Opportunities. ISAGA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09959-5_6
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