ERIC Number: EJ1393051
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1559-0143
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Studying Abroad at Home? A Virtual International Experience
García, María Luz; Shafi, Sarah; Smith, Camryn; Stadnik, Valentyna
Honors in Practice, v19 p79-90 2023
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.
Descriptors: 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
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
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Michigan; Guatemala
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