Virtual International Collaboration as a Tool for Teaching Online Journalism at the University Level: A Pedagogical Proposal

Abstract

This paper examines teaching approaches applied during the academic years 2017–2018 and 2018– 2019 in Online Newswriting, a course forming part of the core undergraduate journalism curriculum at UPV/EHU. At the moment they were introduced in conjunction with the rollout of the EHEA, this course and others focusing on online communications and multimedia skills represented an innovative leap forward that greatly enriched the school’s undergraduate journalism curriculum. The cutting-edge nature of these courses nevertheless supposed the need to review and update them on a regular basis to ensure they kept pace with the ongoing evolution of sector technology and practices.