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Aquino, Katherine C.; Tobin, Elizabeth; Sloan, Seaneen – Online Learning, 2023
The importance of internationalization and effective online collaborative learning is well established, and the recognized value of cross-cultural exchanges by higher education institutions has resulted in a diverse range of initiatives including the use of virtual exchanges. Virtual exchanges are global online learning experiences for students…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Global Approach, Student Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries
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Catherine Dunn Shiffman – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2024
This essay explores the potential of short international study trips and virtual exchanges to foster EdD learner engagement with new ideas, practices, and peoples in other parts of the world. To frame the discussion, I consider alignment of frequently articulated goals for international learning with CPED (2022) Guiding Principles for Program…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Education Majors, Computer Mediated Communication
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Fahriye Altinay; Nesrin M. Bahcelerli; Ramesh Chander Sharma; Nurdan Atamturk; Zehra Altinay; Gokmen Dagli; Mehmet Altinay – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2024
The student exchange programs are venues for learning opportunities by offering multicultural contexts. This study reports on the experiences of ten prospective English language teachers in a virtual student exchange program to investigate likely skill development in a multicultural and open and distance learning setting. This descriptive study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), International Educational Exchange, Student Exchange Programs
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Joellen E. Coryell; Monica Fedeli – Commission for International Adult Education, 2024
In this presentation and conference proceedings paper, we discuss a pilot program for international education and examine the development and preliminary assessment of an international education hub between Texas State University (TXST), USA and the Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD), Italy. Launched in 2024, the TXST-UNIPD hub (henceforth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Adult Learning
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Hugh-Wiener, Gail – Education and Urban Society, 1988
A systems analysis is used to identify four curriculum domains of international education. They are the following: (1) global education; (2) contemporary cultures education; (3) international relations; and (4) development studies. Each is presented in terms of its key goals and central concepts. Several innovative projects are described. (VM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Global Approach
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Wilson, Angene H. – Education and Urban Society, 1988
There is a need for more research on reentry after a cross-cultural living experience. Reentry is the beginning of the interpretation of the cross-cultural experience. A positive reentry must be supported by educators and/or program directors so that the experience will result in positive interpretations. (VM)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Culture
Hansel, Bettina – 1984
More than 8,000 secondary school students participated in the AFS International exchange programs in 1983, and this document examines some of the research that investigates the impact of travel abroad and intercultural experiences on personality development. Cigdem Kagitcibasi, in a study of the effects of a 10-month program on student…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Evaluation Problems, Global Approach, Intercultural Communication
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1988
This document is an annotated catalog of 67 projects that were awarded grants to facilitate communication and interaction between foreign students and people of the United States, to prepare U.S. students for study abroad, and to assist U.S. high school students returning from overseas in sharing their experiences by serving as resources people.…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Foreign Culture
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1982
Approaches to the effective use of foreign students as educational resources within the elementary or secondary school classroom to increase international understanding among Americans are addressed. Brief descriptions are presented of programs that infuse an international dimension into all aspects of the curriculum. The following long-term,…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Class Activities, Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange