Virtual Exchange Design

Effective Virtual Exchange Design

Soliya's Virtual Exchange Pedagogy

Explore the key aspects of Soliya’s Virtual Exchange pedagogy that is specifically designed to build empathy, understanding, and trust among participants, promoting constructive engagement across differences.

Key Characteristics of Effective Virtual Exchange

Learn more about the main components of Soliya’s Virtual Exchange design aiming for attitude shifts towards deeper empathy, enhanced intercultural communication skills, and activation.

Enhancing Online Discourse through Virtual Exchange

Intercultural dialogue programs between people of different backgrounds are a growing part of the conflict resolution field. Deepen your understanding of controversial dynamics and the aims of dialogue programs in response to these challenges.

Soliya's Dialogue Methodology

Here you can find the essential characteristics of Soliya’s dialogue methodology, which focuses on 'engaging with difference' and fosters authentic communication that goes beyond surface-level interactions and grows through disagreement.

Engaging with Difference

Soliya aims to enable communication that goes beyond initial positions, allowing everybody to share their underlying thinking and feelings that shape and form their opinions. Explore how to engage with differences constructively.

Skill Development in Virtual Exchange

One of the important elements in creating a conducive environment for learning is the presence of safety, honesty & discomfort in the learning process. Discover what is the optimal space for learning and what skills can be gained as part of Soliya’s Virtual Exchange.

How to Incorporate Virtual Exchange into Your Classroom

To identify the best program for your class, consider your course's objectives and the type of program that aligns best with your learning outcomes. Find out more about the key considerations to guide your selection of the most suitable Virtual Exchange program.

Virtual Exchange from the Participant's Perspective

In Soliya’s dialogue, participants encounter a unique online space that allows them to gain confidence to engage, communicate, and learn across differences. Virtual Exchange is an ongoing experience that remains embedded in participants' thinking, shaping their perspectives beyond the virtual space.

Value of Virtual Exchange to Participants

In Soliya’s dialogue, participants encounter a unique online space that allows them to gain confidence to engage, communicate, and learn across differences. Virtual Exchange is an ongoing experience that remains embedded in participants' thinking, shaping their perspectives beyond the virtual space.

Student Preparation for Virtual Classroom and Exchange

Go through the tips for a successful exchange experience to better understand how the Virtual Exchange designer can prepare students to maximize the impact of the Virtual Exchange programs.

Adding Impact to Virtual Exchange

How to Add Impact to Your VE

We share best practices to ensure that Virtual Exchange programming enables participants of diverse backgrounds, access needs, and abilities to engage in the program within safe, inclusive, and equitable learning environments.

Ensuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in VE Programming

We share best practices to ensure that Virtual Exchange programming enables participants of diverse backgrounds, access needs, and abilities to engage in the program within safe, inclusive, and equitable learning environments.

Key Monitoring and Evaluation Insights

These five key monitoring and evaluation insights go beyond standard training evaluation frameworks and apply to various e-learning programs supporting organizations and programs that are employing virtual exchange.

Soliya’s Resource Center is funded by the Stevens Initiative, which is housed at the Aspen Institute and is supported by the Bezos Family Foundation.