Interkulturelles Lernen im virtuellen Raum. Chancen und Probleme grenzüberschreitender Hochschullehre durch Distance Learning

Young, Brigitte; Gehrmann, Siegfried; Kerkmann, Markus

doi:10.5771/0946-7165-2003-1-167

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“…In contrast, the sociological literature indicates that global learning activities for sociology students have been based primarily on face-to-face interactions, say between international and domestic students on a campus, rather than online (see again Baldassar and McKenzie 2016; Mitchell 1995; Soria and Troisi 2014). Some studies have explored the influence of online learning environments on students’ impression management and social presence (Houtman, Makos, and Meacock 2014; Yildiz 2009) or elaborated on the practical intricacies of distance learning in cross-national European higher education (Young, Gehrmann, and Kerkmann 2003). However, the ramifications of using specifically online tools to facilitate social interactions are addressed in a fairly limited way and without the strong emphasis on intercultural or international exchange.…”

Section: Emergence Of New Global Learning Teaching Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bringing “Internationalization at Home” Opportunities to Community Colleges: Design and Assessment of an Online Exchange Activity between U.S. and Japanese Students

Custer

Tuominen

2016

Teach Sociol

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Increasing college students’ exposure to global contexts and improving their intercultural competency remain challenging educational objectives, especially at the community college level. Fortunately, the recent shift in higher education from study abroad opportunities toward so-called “internationalization at home” initiatives, where students interact with people from cultures outside their own while remaining on their home campuses, offers new options. In this article, we describe a virtual exchange activity that we conducted between our sociology courses at a community college in the United States and two universities in Japan. We show through our assessment of the students’ experiences that a well-coordinated, carefully crafted, technology-enhanced internationalization at home activity has the potential to offer important global learning opportunities and intercultural competency development for sociology students who may otherwise lack the means to participate in study abroad.

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confidence: 99%