Enhance the quality and relevance of higher education 

Internationalization through collaborative co-teaching and co-learning across cultures and distances

Curricular design for active, teamwork, cross-cultural understanding, and digital skills

Cultural understanding of international work relations

Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL)

Project-Based Virtual Learning (PBVL)

Co-learning using advanced technology of Virtual Reality (VR, AR) for communication across distances

TEAMwork in international and interdisciplinary classrooms (TTT model: Teambuilding-Teamwork-Team performance)

Published scientific papers:

Melinda Dincă, Anca Luștrea, Mariana Crașovan, Atalia Onițiu, Reflective Project-based Learning in Virtual Classrooms. A case study in a cross-disciplinary and transnational HE context, 5th International Conference on Communication and Education in Knowledge Society, 5-6 May 2022, West University of Timișoara, https://cesc.uvt.ro/ 

Melinda Dincă, Virtual Classrooms. Online communication collaboration and reflective learning for HE students, 11th International Colloquium of Social Science and Communication and the National Romanian Sociologists Society Conference, 27-28 October 2022, University of Brașov, https://acum.unitbv.ro/program

Melinda Dincă, Context-sensitive transnational teaching and team-based learning interventions, Connected Campuses - UNITA days, 26-28 April 2023, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France 

Jens Røyrvik, The University Machine; 

Håkon Fyhn, Collaboration across distance - theoretical and practical issues; 

Atalia Onițiu, Reflective learning in international virtual classrooms; 

Melinda Dincă, Begona Elizade-San Miguel, International and Virtual Learning Contexts for Sociology Students 

- authored papers for the International Conference Challenges and Benefits of Learning and Teaching in Virtual Classrooms, 16th of June 2023, Timișoara, https://vrclassrooms.uvt.ro/HTML/international.html 

Melinda Dincă, Exploring international collaborative learning contexts for higher education students, conference at Advanced Social Research I-CUMMUNITAS, 5 September 2023, Universidad Publica de Navarra, Spain 

West University of Timișoara (UVT)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)