Curriculum Internationalization and Distance Learning

Using Information Technology to Promote Multi-Cultural Case Teaching

“…The technology has developed to the point where the quality of instructor-student interaction approaches that in the actual classroom (May, 1997). The system organizes the contributions and maintains a written transcript of the interaction that can be revised, stored and retrieved later (Harasim, 1990).…”

“…Another variation particularly suited to CMCS-based interactions would be negotiation exercises between teams from different countries or cultures (Ruhe and Allen, 2001;May, 1997). These exercises, which may be based on relatively short, simple cases or lengthy, complex ones, usually concern either the terms of entry for a multinational investor from one country into a foreign country or a dispute that has arisen between parties from different countries.…”

“…Whitely (1996) discusses management education in Hong Kong as taking place "in a learning world where almost anything offered by the 'teacher' is perceived as erudite and appropriate." May (1997), citing Taggert et al (1994), says " . .…”

Preparing Students for a Distance Learning Environment: A Comparison of Learning Strategies of in-Class and Distance Learners

“…Distance learning, which is described as the separation of student and instructor during education delivery, is not new to education [9]: correspondence schools have operated in the United States for over 100 years [5]. "Today, distance education exists worldwide in a variety of forms and has been increasingly applied to business education at the undergraduate and graduate level (and) at the national and international levels" [2].…”

“…Using distance learning as an instructional delivery system has created both an opportunity and a challenge for college educators. It is an opportunity in the sense that the educator can reach out to a larger and more diverse student population-a population that is truly international [2]. Yet at the same time, the instructor must be sensitive to the affect the delivery system has on the student [5].…”