ERIC Number: EJ1359777
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Nov
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1085-4568
EISSN: EISSN-2380-8144
Promoting International Perspectives through Self-Selected Online Texts
Gareth Humphreys; Rob Hirschel
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, v34 n4 p317-328 Nov 2022
In the ongoing pandemic context, short-term study abroad opportunities remain limited for many students. As a result, there has been a need for universities to develop educational innovations for home context learning to meet institutional intercultural learning aims. The purpose of this action research paper is to outline how a small-scale e-learning innovation was designed based on characteristics of intercultural citizenship education to encourage connections with, and responsibility towards, communities beyond national borders. The innovation involved critical exploration of a student-selected social issue using online texts, and reflections and blogging on the issue from individual, local, national, and international perspectives. A qualitative content analysis of reflections in blogposts of 49 students showed that the majority expressed connections with intercultural citizenship, though a minority rejected international identifications. The paper offers a timely and systematically designed intercultural e-learning innovation, implementable in other contexts, to support intercultural learning in a context of limited study abroad.
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Web Sites, Electronic Learning, Intercultural Programs, Citizenship Education, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Social Problems, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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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: Japan
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