Beyond the Classroom: International Collaboration

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Doing Internationalisation on the Cheap
Transforming the Classroom
Helen Jones h.jones_at_mmu.ac.uk
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What drives internationalisation?
Economically orientated rationales? The Global
University - Development Education Association
(www.dea.org.uk) not financial (as valuable as
that may be) but intellectual and cultural.
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International Partners
2008
2004
Jones, H., Kunselman, J., Johnson, K. and Wowk,
M. (2005) Communicating Across the Atlantic.
Issues in Information Systems. VI (1) 163-169.
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Developing the Model
Expanding knowledge and awareness of cultural and
national differences
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Why Should We Internationalise Online?
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Is online international communication
educationally sound?
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Minimal Tutor Presence
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A Simple Exercise

• Take a role
• Chose a topic
• Take a post-it and leave a message
• Take another and reply to a message
• Repeat try to progress the conversation but
  communicate only through post-it notes!
• Replies can be as diverse as you like

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Evaluate
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How do we manage International Assessment?
Each institution assesses their own students but
in adherence to the criteria given to students at
the start of the IEE Key Criteria
Individual end-of-project reflective report
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Student experience from enjoyment to employment
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What was Achieved?
Projects - http//www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/lear
ning/international
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If we have all this we can start to break the
physical link between campus and student
(Hirsch, 2001)
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Gains of Internationalising
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Indicative references

• Bourn, D., McKenzie, A. and Shiel, C. (2006) The
  Global University. Development Education
  Association (www.dea.org.uk).
• Davies, J. Graff, M. (2005) Performance in
  e-learning online participation and student
  grades. British Journal of Educational
  Technology. 36 (4) 657-663.
• Department for Education and Skills (2004)
  Putting the World into World-Class Education.
  Department for Education and Skills .
• Gilbert, P.K., Dabbagh, N. (2005) How to
  structure online discussions for meaningful
  discourse a case study. British Journal of
  Educational Technology. 36 (1) 5-18.
• Jones, H. (2008) 'Competent communicators
  explaining an international communication
  exchange'. ELISS. 1(3) (forthcoming).
• Jones, H., Johnson, K. and Kunselman, J. (2007)
  Just Talking? Adding an International Dimension
  to Criminal Justice Teaching. New Jersey
  Criminal Justice Educator. 40, (1)7-9.
• Jones, H., Kunselman, J., Johnson, K. and Wowk,
  M. (2005) Communicating Across the Atlantic.
  Issues in Information Systems. VI (1) 163-169.
• Murphy, E. (2004) Recognising and promoting
  collaboration in an online asynchronous
  discussion. British Journal of Educational
  Technology. 35 (4) 421-431.
• Richardson, J.C. Swan, K. (2003) Examining
  social presence in online courses in relation to
  students perceived learning and satisfaction.
  Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. 7 (1)
  68-88.
• Volet , S. Wosnitza, M. (2004) Social
  affordances and students engagement in
  cross-national online learning an exploratory
  study. Journal of Research in International
  Education 3 5-29.
• Wilcox, P., Jones, H., Sumner, M. and Berrington,
  E.  (2008)  UK and US criminology students
  communicate online Enhancing current learning
  and teaching practices, in Barlow, J. (ed.)
  Connections sharing the learning
  space. Brighton Falmer Press.