ERIC Number: EJ1459785
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-2162-3104
EISSN: EISSN-2166-3750
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Virtual Exchange Program as Part of the Internationalization of the Curriculum Strategy in a Mexican Context: An Ethnographic Study
María Cruz Cuevas Álvarez; Marcos Pérez Mendoza; Miguel Armando Vélez Tellez; Carlos David Zetina Pérez; Irma Alejandra Coeto Calcáneo; Sara Margarita Alfaro García
Journal of International Students, v15 n1 p25-42 2025
This paper describes the findings of the information collected during a Virtual Exchange Pilot Program carried out with university students from Greece, Mexico, and Japan as part of the Internationalization of the Curriculum Strategy in a Mexican context. In Mexico, Higher Education Institutions have suffered from budget cuts over the years which has severely impacted on mobility and exchange programs forcing educative administrators to look for alternatives in this matter. This pilot program was carried out during the first semester of 2024. The information was collected with the ethnographic approach and supported the participant observation technique during written, imagery, and videorecorded participations analyzed with free coding. The pilot program has shown that making use of the resources available, internationalization of the curriculum is possible providing students with the opportunity of exposing students with people from other cultures, and to live the experience of interacting with students their own age.
Descriptors: College Students, International Educational Exchange, Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Altruism, Student Attitudes, Consciousness Raising
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece; Mexico; Japan
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