Facilitating students' global perspectives: Collaborating with international partners using Web 2.0 technologies

Hong Kong and Canadian students experiencing a new participatory culture: A teacher professional training project undergirded by new media literacies

“…Empirical inquiries that investigated novel ways of leveraging participatory and technology-based learning in teacher education are prolific (e.g., Bonk, Malikowski, Angeli, & East, 1998;Caywood & Duckett, 2003;Cowham & Duggleby, 2005;Ertmer et al, 2011;Hou, 2014;Keller, Bonk, & Hew, 2005;King, 2002;Oner & Adadan, 2011;Reingold, Rimor, & Kalay, 2008); however, there are limited inquiries that harnessed virtual transnational connections in teacher professional training where in-and preservice teachers are geographically separated. Riel (1993) accentuates a notable involvement of teachers and students in collaborative problem-solving, particularly endeavors that can strengthen "teachers' links to world events and to global issues" through participation in global networks (p. 222).…”

Developing global citizenship online: An authentic alternative to overseas clinical placement

“…A recent study by Ertmer et al (2011aErtmer et al ( , 2011b, which explored the impact of international collaboration of pre-service teachers using a wiki, identified cultural competence as a key outcome of their collaboration. Whilst our study did not examine measures of cultural competence, Ertmer et al (2011aErtmer et al ( , 2011b suggest cultural competence may be enhanced through engaging with international peers online to understand the complexity and uniqueness of individuals in their cultural settings and to consider how this relates to nursing in a global society.…”

“…Whilst our study did not examine measures of cultural competence, Ertmer et al (2011aErtmer et al ( , 2011b suggest cultural competence may be enhanced through engaging with international peers online to understand the complexity and uniqueness of individuals in their cultural settings and to consider how this relates to nursing in a global society. The need for increased cultural awareness in nursing was highlighted by Petit dit Dariel (2009) who stated that many nurses enter the profession with little knowledge of the societal injustices of cultural and educational inequities that exist.…”

“…These barriers may be overcome by Web 2.0 technologies to offer students a richer and more varied learning experience. This offers students the opportunity to engage in collaborative learning with peers from other higher education institutions (Ertmer et al, 2011a;Garrett and Cutting, 2012). These technologies provide an opportunity for students to develop understanding of various healthcare services and provision, as they learn first-hand what it is like to work and study within different cultures and countries.…”

Mount Rushmore

“…Understanding how learners evaluate academic tasks can help predict what courses they will take and what assignments they will do (Simpkins, Davis-Kean, & Eccles, 2006) and may assist in determining when and if they will develop intrinsic motivation and interest for a particular task (Wigfield & Cambria, 2010). Outside of the classroom, expectancies are strong indicators of the willingness of individuals to engage in and perform a diverse set of behaviors, such as the degree of effective self-management employees demonstrate at work (Lord, Diefendorff, Schmidt, & Hall, 2010), when, if, and how online learners use wiki-tools to enhance collaboration (Ertmer et al, 2011), and even the intentionality and associated expectations for using a condom (Albarracín, Johnson, Fishbein & Muellerliele, 2001)! In one longitudinal study, Durik, Vida, and Eccles (2006) found that subject judgments made in grammar school were so enduring that they accurately predicted the frequency of future literacy choices 6 years later.…”