ERIC Number: EJ1286986
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Mar
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2472-5749
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Without Crossing a Border: Exploring the Impact of Shifting Study Abroad Online on Students' Learning and Intercultural Competence Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Liu, Yingjie; Shirley, Thomas
Online Learning, v25 n1 p182-194 Mar 2021
While all higher education was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, study abroad programs were uniquely challenged by the associated restrictions and limitations. This case study integrates a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) pedagogy approach and virtual reality (VR) technologies into the curriculum redesign process to transform a business study abroad course into an online format. Using VR technology, U.S. students and their international partners in Germany, Brazil, and India created and shared cultural exchange virtual tours. The redesigned online study abroad course engaged students in active learning activities and cultivated students' intercultural competence development.
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, Videoconferencing, Curriculum Design, Cooperative Learning, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, College Students, Student Motivation, Student Satisfaction, Learning Readiness, Institutional Cooperation, Tourism, Engineering Education, Business Administration Education, Pandemics, COVID-19, Foreign Students, Foreign Countries
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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: Germany; Brazil; India; United States
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