New directions in telecollaborative research and practice: introduction

This collection of papers, coming from ‘New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice: The Second Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education’ hosted by Trinity College Dublin from the 21st to the 23rd of April 2016, offers a window on a rapidly evolving form of learning which is used in many formats and contexts, but has as a defining feature the ability to unite learners from classrooms around the world in meaningful computer-mediated tasks and activities.