Equipment F Number and type of devices F Other equipment (depending on the setting): cameras, in-room microphones, projectors, headsets … F Ensure everyone involved has suitable equip- ment (team leaders, participants, contributors/ speakers, interpreters/translators) F Ensure everyone involved has a sufficiently strong internet connection F Enquire who needs technical support F Technical support (Which team member or par- ticipant can provide support? Will a technician or other outside provider be necessary?) Language, communication and interpretation/translation F Consider participants’ and team members’ language skills F Choose (a) language(s) for the exchange F Consider using interpretation/translation if re- quired (What should be interpreted and when? Simultaneous or consecutive interpretation? Who will provide interpretation?) F Ensure all tools, presentations and activities are available in all selected languages F Appeal to several senses at once (two-senses principle), e.g. seeing and hearing F Chat: Choose the languages to be used in the chat; consider whether the chat box should be used as a tool; consider translating chat mes- sages and if so, appoint someone to do so) F Consider using online translation tools F Work out whether sign language or speech-to- text translation is required F Consider using Language Animation (for whom, when, by whom?) F Consider using non-verbal communication (facial expressions, gestures, “likes”, emojis…)
Clarifying project team roles F Educational lead F Moderator/host F Chat host/moderator F Technical support provider F Translation/interpretation/Language Animation F Inputs and speakers Participation: Involving participants as early as possible F ...in creating the programme F ...in selecting familiar digital tools F …in negotiating rules of engagement with participants: F How do we want to work together online? F What do we need to feel comfortable in a digital setting? F What do we feel strongly about? F What rules for respectful interaction in digital spaces do we want to adopt? F Reflect on and make use of the participants’ experience and skills: F Media skills
F Technical skills F Method skills F Language skills
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