Studying Abroad at Home? A Virtual International Experience

Autor/inn/en	García, María Luz; Shafi, Sarah; Smith, Camryn; Stadnik, Valentyna
Titel	Studying Abroad at Home? A Virtual International Experience
Quelle	In: Honors in Practice, 19 (2023), S.79-90 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-0143
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Distance Education; Honors Curriculum; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Study Abroad; Technology Uses in Education; Cultural Awareness; Global Approach; Language Usage; Foreign Countries; Michigan; Guatemala + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Globales Denken; Sprachgebrauch; Ausland
Abstract	During the period of remote learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, honors programs were forced to innovate new digital possibilities for fulfilling the objectives of an honors education. Learning experiences offered during study abroad programs were among the most difficult to provide in a virtual format. The honors program at Eastern Michigan University has developed the Virtual International Experience (VIE) in response to this need. Even as the 2022-2023 academic year marked a transition back to traditional in-person classes, the VIE offers unique tools for learning skills of cultural analysis and cross-cultural communication, particularly as these occur in remote contexts, something that is becoming increasingly relevant. As three students who participated in the VIE and the professor who created it, the authors have taken this second shift in instructional format as an opportunity to consider the advantages of tools acquired during remote learning while also reaffirming the irreplaceable value of traditional study abroad programs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Collegiate Honors Council. 1100 Neihardt Residence Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 540 North 16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588. Tel: 402-472-9150; Fax: 402-472-9152; e-mail: nchc@unl.edu; Web site: http://nchchonors.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01