The purpose of this research was to investigate the possibilities and opportunities for ASEAN and Korea student exchange programs in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era, by focusing on the needs of non-participating ASEAN students. To do so, this study conducted an online survey to analyze ASEAN students' understanding, views, expectations, and reasons…

Internationalization at a Distance (IaD) challenges the place-based nature of traditional mobility-centered internationalization initiatives. As technology increasingly drives forth new possibilities for internationalization, there is a growing need to reconceptualize place within digital programs. By reconsidering place through a…

Background: This paper provides insights into 'Policy to Research' (P2R) Fellowships and related programmes within the 'relationship' model of academic-policy engagement, which provide structured opportunities for policy officials to interact with academic researchers. Aims and objectives: Information is provided on P2R Fellowship and similar…

This research seeks to contribute to an understudied aspect of student mobility, domestic study away within the U.S. national context. It presents a case study of one such program and focuses on the experiences of students from the continental U.S. who participated in an exchange to Hawai?i. Critical Qualitative Inquiry was utilized to foreground…

We examine the impact of credit mobility exchange programs' timing on students' academic performance, focusing on the moment in which students travel and the length of the period spent abroad. To provide causal evidence, we exploit unique data from more than 10,000 students from a well-known and internationalized Brazilian university from 2010 to…

This study examined the role of chaperones in short-term study abroad program. Japanese university students visited Manila for 10 days in which they received credit for their experience. This study examined how the chaperones viewed their perspective and also how students viewed the chaperone's role. In addition, the study applied the Standards of…

This article reports on a 7-week virtual exchange (VE) involving teacher candidates in three countries in co-creation of learning materials based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The aim of the study was to investigate whether and how the participants found a VE project focused on global citizenship education…

Virtual exchange emerges as a high-impact practice in global learning. Leveraging online technology, this pedagogical approach offers intercultural learning opportunities among students across borders. This study explored collaboration between U.S. and South Korean college students by examining student learning and engagement in virtual exchange.…

In today's globalized higher education landscape, intercultural competence (ICC) is essential, particularly for graduates engaging in virtual exchange programmes like Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). This paper challenges the assumption that such exchanges inherently foster ICC development, especially in North-South contexts.…

While the benefits of short-term study abroad programs are well documented, especially with respect to enhancing cross-cultural competency in the participants, fewer than one percent of college students in the U.S. benefit from this experience. The principal barriers to studying abroad are actual and opportunity costs and its perceived worth. An…

Drawing from Bourdieusian constructs of habitus, field, and capital, and teacher identities' studies, this paper investigated how Tanzanian language teachers who attended the Fulbright exchange program in the United States negotiated their professional identities after returning to their country. Data obtained through semi-structured surveys,…

This study explores the experiences of short-term study abroad faculty at a liberal arts university in the Midwestern United States. We distributed a qualitative survey to all faculty who taught short-term study abroad courses at the institution, interviewed four short-term study abroad leaders, two short-term study abroad co-leaders, and reviewed…

International and cross-cultural experiences are critical to effectively prepare language teachers for the increasingly diverse classroom, as they promote language proficiency and cultural awareness and sensitivity. This research captures the multi-national engagements of pre-service language teachers enrolled at a Turkish university. Participants…

This study examined the impact of a U.S. federal teacher professional learning (PL) Fulbright program on computational literacy and artificial intelligence (AI) education for K-12 teachers (n = 21) from resource-constrained countries. Occurring shortly after the rise of generative AI in November 2023, the program may have further accentuated AI's…

The purpose of this article is to describe and report on a Globally Networked Learning (GNL) course among students in Germany and the United States. Specifically, we examine how GNL is an innovative method for international virtual exchange, which contributes to meaningful intercultural communication through more equitable access to international…