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Intercultural and International Education via the Internet: Success Stories from Canada. Macfadyen, Leah P.

Abstract

The benefits of international education are beyond question, but international education (IE) activities remain beyond the reach of most students. Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) expand access in a meaningful way? We report highlights of six diverse case studies of innovative Canadian adventures with online IE: how they advance internationalisation priorities, support intercultural learning, and increase access to IE. Importantly, these projects demonstrate how ICTs can move us beyond old paradigms in which developed nations send their students and their ëknowledgeí to the developing world, and instead create a new space for students and faculty to meet as equals.

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Intercultural and International Education via the Internet: Success Stories from Canada.
Creator
Macfadyen, Leah P.
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Skylight (Science Centre for Learning and Teaching); University of British Columbia. Arts Instructional Support & Information Technology
Date Issued
2003
Description
The benefits of international education are beyond question, but international education (IE) activities remain beyond the reach of most students. Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) expand access in a meaningful way? We report highlights of six diverse case studies of innovative Canadian adventures with online IE: how they advance internationalisation priorities, support intercultural learning, and increase access to IE. Importantly, these projects demonstrate how ICTs can move us beyond old paradigms in which developed nations send their students and their ëknowledgeí to the developing world, and instead create a new space for students and faculty to meet as equals.
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149562 bytes
Subject
International education; Internet in education
Geographic Location
Canada
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2008-08-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0058424
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1325
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Science, Faculty of
Citation
UNESCO Conference on International and Intercultural Education, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 2003
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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