10 am Concurrent Session 1

On this page, you can find the abstracts and the Zoom registration links to the 10 am presentations.

ABSTRACT

Using the prompt, "What did you learn in your classes (or a specific class) abroad that made the subject stand out in a different light, that gave you an additional insight, that you now see from a different perspective?" -- I intend to highlight the course I took while I was abroad in Uruguay titled, "Contemporary Women's Activism". This class focused primarily on different organizations in Montevideo that work towards women's rights, but we often expanded our learning to other parts of South America and the differences in women's activism across the north and south American continents. I will briefly discuss facts about Uruguay, then I will talk about the course I took, lastly, I will present on 8M, the Women's March I attended. I will discuss how I participated and what I learned overall.

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This presentation discusses a project to create a study abroad trip for students to visit Italy. The main purpose of this trip is to encourage global engagement and cultural appreciation in students. The itinerary will be designed in such a way to enable participants to experience aspects of ancient Rome, and observe the intersection of the region’s past and present. This trip will also provide students with opportunities to participate in daily activities to facilitate cultural exposure, as well as develop networking skills. By engaging with Italian culture via food, art, and visiting significant and historical sites, students will develop tools to expand their cultural knowledge and awareness through experiential learning.

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In this session, the presenter will share findings on the effectiveness of using short videos and Internet technologies to enhance global experiential learning opportunities in the context of information technologies during the pandemic period. This session will also offer the opportunity to exchange and brainstorm global, experiential learning ideas to benefit faculty and students on campus. You can find students' short video channel and read student comments on each video at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMqOJiY2iKxG21apa4xuhxw/playlists?view=1&sort=da&flow=grid.

CIS3620 Global Information Technologies is a required course for all business majors to fulfill their international learning requirements. In this course, students will achieve the following learning objectives: 1. Students will address the global/international technology environment 2. Students will learn about issues related to IT in a global context, along with global strategies and policies 3. Students will gain knowledge about global IT 4. Students will acquire skills to manage a global IT project The course was conceptual. Students needed to read articles and shared them with other students in the class. However, the original course design did not provide students with experiential learning opportunities. Built upon the experiential theory proposed by Kolb, the new course design adopts a global, experiential learning approach. It emphasizes global self-initiative, global self-assessment, and international hands-on activities. Each student needs to make short videos on global applications of the top ten emerging technologies. Besides, they need to acquire hands-on skills to build a website and use their videos and Internet technologies to educate the public about the global applications of the top ten information technologies. Students need to watch each other’s short videos and make comments on their favorite videos. Thus, students can have a self reflective and self-assessment learning experience. YouTube analytics capture the viewing behaviors of students.

Scott Spickard, Evan Lohmann,
Ivasun Carter, Connor Millward

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This mixed methods study reports on seven library science and reading education students’ experiences before, during, and after a small newly developed short-term interdisciplinary study abroad, and its effects on their intercultural sensitivity. The evidence collected in this study affirms our belief that, as teachers and librarians interact with people from other cultures personally, they will be better prepared to interact with children, families, and colleagues from other cultures professionally.

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In 2018, I was honored to received funding from OIED to attend the Pacific History Association conference in London and Cambridge, UK. I presented my research at a well-attended double panel on early photography in the Pacific. I'm now in the final stages of co-editing (with two scholars from Australia) a double issue of the Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies based on papers from the conference. This presentation will discuss my research on early photography in the Pacific, as well as the way this research has developed into a double special issue of a scholarly journal on this topic. The production has been entirely collaborative and international, with my co-editors in Queensland, Australia; the journal editor in the UK (and under lockdown during Covid); and contributors from Australia, the UK, Europe, and the Pacific Islands. I will discuss our selection and review process, the delights and challenges of collaborating with scholars in vastly different time zones, and new directions in early photography research.

Marco Fonseca Rodriguez, Brent James,
Maria Hofman

Suzi Mills, Juliet Perumal,
Bhekani Bethelezi