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Voices from the Past - Great icebreaker for COIL that digs deep into cultural knowledge
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I think this icebreaker is a great way to move beyond students in each group learning each others' names to a deep exploration of cultural values expressed in sayings heard during...
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The Name Game - A great icebreaker for COIL
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This is another way for students in a COIL experience to get to know each other with an added cultural layer to the introductions. You'll need to modify it for a virtual setting. I think it...
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RESOURCE - The SUNY COIL Center
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
SUNY (the State University of New York system) is one of the pioneers of international virtual exchange in the US and the world. See their website for resources, conference information,...
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The BEVI - a common way to assess COIL
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
One of the quantitative instruments most commonly used to assess intercultural learning outcomes in COIL is the Beliefs, Events, and Values Inventory. Several large scale government supported...
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RESOURCE - Kansai University's IIGE
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
The Institute for Innovative Global Education is another leader on the world stage for COIL. They are especially committed to documenting with rigorous research the effectiveness of COIL and COIL +...
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Looking for media to incorporate into COIL? I like "Danger of a Single Story"
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This is a great short (<20 min) video to incorporate into a COIL course if you are trying to get students to complicate their understandings of the members of other groups as well as work on...
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More media possibilities - documentaries from Crossing Borders Education
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
There are several excellent recent documentaries from CBE that work well to prep students for intercultural interactions, helping them to develop more self-awareness, openness, and empathy. These...
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Classic research that is still useful - with precautions!
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This interactive online tool that allows users to explore cultural values in country comparisons based on Geert Hofstede's classic research works well for both COIL/virtual international...
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Empathy building reflective activity
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Scenery, Machinery, People is an activity that we have been using at Purdue in various contexts - it seems really effective for encouraging self-reflection and empathy for others. In...
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Working on communication skills
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This activity is great for improving communication in diverse teams. More direct versus more indirect communication styles can be an issue in COIL/international virtual education as people with...
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A good activity for pre-COIL orientation
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07 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
D-I-E (Describe, Interpret, Evaluate) is an oldie but a goodie with an unfortunate name! When preparing students for study abroad or a COIL/international virtual education experience, it can be...
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Intercultural Learning Outcomes - the AAC&U VALUE rubrics
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08 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
The American Association of Colleges and Universities have created over the past decade or more a set of 16 rubrics referred to as the VALUE (Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate...
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Collection of assignments in Purdue's online intercultural mentoring course for long-term study abroad students
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I think the assignments in this course are of particular interest to COIL instructors and international virtual education program developers because they are already adapted or were even originally...
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A cultural values activity for diverse groups - The Parable
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
We use this often on Purdue's campus in classes and programs that include a good mix of domestic and international students. If you are looking for an activity to encourage deep conversation...
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Another good prep activity for students with different communication styles
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
"Pacing" is a great activity for diverse teams to increase the effectiveness of communication and improve team dynamics. We use it often at Purdue both for on-campus courses and in...
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Guidance for students as they get to know one another
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This set of questions might be a good way for pairs or small groups to get to know each other in a COIL/international virtual education experience. I would encourage the use of synchronous meeting...
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Perspective taking - before, during, or after COIL
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Imaginative discussion activities such as "If I woke up tomorrow" make great reflective tools for empathy building and the development of capacity for perspective taking. I can see this...
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Encouraging students to be open to "hard-to-pronounce" names of their counterparts in COIL
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
CILMAR Intercultural Learning Specialist Florence Adibu has recommended this reading to prep students for interacting with others whose names they may perceive to be "hard". She writes...
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Prepping English-speakers for English-medium interactions with non-native speakers
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10 Oct 2019 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Many COIL experiences use English as the medium of instruction, with a mix of native and non-native English speakers participating. In some cases, it's a good idea to prepare the native...
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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11 Mar 2020 |
Posted by Brittany Rock
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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26 Mar 2020 |
Posted by Jairo McMican
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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Annette Benson's collection of Tools for Online Learning
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
HubICL manager Annette Benson has created a very robust (nearly a hundred posts, last time I looked) collection of activities that translate well to virtual platforms. For those of you overwhelmed...
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Interviewing Siri
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This activity is a fun way to engage the digital native generation in critical thinking. It could easily be done asynchronously in a virtual exchange or COIL setting - simply give the instructions,...
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YouTube Ethnography Project
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
While it was originally designed for study abroad pre-departure courses, Anthony Ogden's YouTube Ethnography Project is easily adaptable to a COIL context. Here is what I would do:
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Ilya Shunko
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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Florida International University resource page for Global Learning
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Stephanie Dorscher at FIU has put together a useful resource page for faculty engaging in COIL or Virtual Exchange. She has posted sample activities, recommended strategies, sources of information,...
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Intentionality with Social Presence
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
One of the challenges of COIL is to support connection and relationships between participants. Like intercultural competence development, we can't count on it to happen on its own naturally...
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Forum on Education Abroad Webinar on Virtual Exchange
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03 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Mary Lou Forward, Executive Director of the SUNY COIL center, and I recently (April 2, 2020) facilitated a webinar on Virtual Exchange for the Forum on Education Abroad's free "Response to...
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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17 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Virginia Hosono
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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Resources for Virtual Exchange
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28 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This link sends you to a Google Doc compiled by Dr. Carine Ullom, Associate Dean of Instructional Innovation at Ottawa University that contains a very comprehensive and well-organized list of...
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Virtual Exchange presentation at Forum on Education Abroad 2020
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28 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Here are the slides from my recent Forum on Education Abroad presentation with Jen Wiley (James Madison University) and Carine Ullom (Ottawa University).
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Looking to embed existing modules into your course?
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28 Apr 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I highly recommend the modules offered by CoreCollaborative International in collaboration with Crossing Borders Education. They use an innovative method and evidence-based best practices and have...
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Virtual Options for Intercultural Learning
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19 May 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I recently created this table to encourage Purdue faculty and staff to explore virtual alternatives to more traditional ways they may have previously engaged students in intercultural learning. I...
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Looking for evidence of COIL effectiveness?
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19 May 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Carine Ullom, a colleague at the University of Ottawa, sent me the link to this recent large scale longitudinal study that documents the impact of virtual exchange on learner development in...
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Forum EA's Guide to Online Global Learning
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11 Jun 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Just out from the Forum on Education Abroad is this introductory guide for international education professionals and faculty interested in COIL, virtual exchange, and other forms of online global...
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Video of Forum EA 2020 Conference Session
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11 Jun 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
Big thanks to the Forum on EA for helping us (myself and Drs. Jennifer Wiley and Carine Ullom) make this recent conference presentation available to the public.
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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16 Jun 2020 |
Posted by Rachel Loren Fitzgerald
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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Forum EA's Guide to Online Global Learning
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16 Jun 2020 |
Posted by Rachel Loren Fitzgerald
Just out from the Forum on Education Abroad is this introductory guide for international education professionals and faculty interested in COIL, virtual exchange, and other forms of online global...
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Crossing Borders
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28 Oct 2020 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Watching this film will enable participants to acknowledge the pressing need for intercultural understanding in an increasingly interconnected world, find an interest in developing...
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Danger of a Single Story
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28 Oct 2020 |
Posted by Annette Benson
"Danger of a Single Story" is a TED Talk given by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In this activity, participants will watch her TED Talk and discuss the concept of stories and how...
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Dialogue, The
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28 Oct 2020 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Watching this film will enable participants to acknowledge the pressing need for intercultural understanding in an increasingly interconnected world, find an interest in developing...
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Counter-Storytelling
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03 Nov 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
This is a great activity for learners who need to know more about micro-aggressions (specifically those encountered by Asians and Asian-Americans in a higher education context) and how to counter...
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Zoom in, Zoom out
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03 Nov 2020 |
Posted by Kris Acheson-Clair
I have used this activity for years in language and linguistics classrooms (face to face) and have found it very useful for getting learners to a more complex understanding of culture when their...
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On-line Intercultural Learning Curriculum Resources
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08 Apr 2021 |
Posted by Nikki Leigh Mattson
This collection gathers together a variety of on-line instructional resources, most of them pre-existing courses, that support continued development of intercultural competence...
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Adaption Scenarios
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29 Nov 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
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RESOURCE - Kansai University's IIGE
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19 Oct 2022 |
Posted by Ashley Dudley
The Institute for Innovative Global Education is another leader on the world stage for COIL. They are especially committed to documenting with rigorous research the effectiveness of COIL and COIL +...
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The Parable
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04 Nov 2022 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity uses a parable—a story that typically imparts a moral lesson—to get participants thinking about cultural differences and similarities. Participants will first read a...
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Pacing
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04 Nov 2022 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity challenges participants to recognize different communication patterns involving pacing. They will also reflect on how differences in pacing are perceived and how they might interact...
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Story Stitch
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21 Mar 2023 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity invites participants to develop empathy for people from varied backgrounds and experiences, demonstrate intentional listening, and build relationships through sharing...
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Virtual Exchange Guide for Senior International Officers
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06 Jun 2023 |
Posted by Andrea Thomas
The goal of this publication is to guide Senior International Officers (SIOs) at postsecondary institutions in establishing virtual exchange as a critical part of inclusive internationalization....
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The GLOBE Program Virtual Exchange Toolkit
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06 Jun 2023 |
Posted by Andrea Thomas
This toolkit was developed by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Collaboratory to support virtual exchange programming for members of the Global
Learning and Observations...
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Toolkit for integration of Virtual Exchange in Higher Education
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06 Jun 2023 |
Posted by Andrea Thomas
This Toolkit provides key information, inspiration, tools and case examples of the approaches that Higher Education Institutions can take to integrate and accredit Virtual...
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Department of State: Virtual Exchange Toolkit
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06 Jun 2023 |
Posted by Andrea Thomas
The Collaboratory, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs U.S. Department of State developed this toolkit to support the spread of virtual exchange programming for public diplomacy.
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Stevens Initiative Curated Resources for Virtual Exchange
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06 Jun 2023 |
Posted by Andrea Thomas
The Stevens Initiative, a program that supports virtual exchange programs, has curated a collection of resources to assist educators and institutions in implementing virtual exchange initiatives....
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Intercultural Learning Activities
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28 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Kelsey Patton
The Parable, an activity
Disagree Better: Empathy Gym, an activity
Guess the Emotion, an activity
A Flower’s Point of View, an activity
Connecting Empathetically, an...
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Embedding Intercultural Learning into World Languages: Italian at Purdue
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
Dr. Tatjana Babic Williams and Dr. Annalisa Mosca discuss their move to creating asynchronous intercultural labs during the pandemic and an upcoming COIL project to fill in the gap left by a...
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Embedding Intercultural Learning into World Languages: Italian at Purdue
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
Dr. Tatjana Babic Williams and Dr. Annalisa Mosca discuss their move to creating asynchronous intercultural labs during the pandemic and an upcoming COIL project to fill in the gap left by a...
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Intercultural Assessment of an Undergraduate Overseas STEM Research Experience for U.S. Students | Seed Grant 2022
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
The Plant Science for Global Food Security (PSGFS) program is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded international summer research experience for undergraduate students led by Purdue...
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Intercultural Assessment of an Undergraduate Overseas STEM Research Experience for U.S. Students | Seed Grant 2022
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29 Mar 2024 |
Posted by Purdue CILMAR
The Plant Science for Global Food Security (PSGFS) program is a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded international summer research experience for undergraduate students led by Purdue...
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Empathy and Studying Abroad
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01 Apr 2024 |
Posted by Kelsey Patton
Empathy and Tourism: Limits and Possibilities, an article
We All Come From Somewhere – Part 1, an article
Barbie Savior: A Lesson in Intercultural Empathy, an activity
Crossing Borders,...
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Redundancia: A Foreign Language Simulation
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16 May 2024 |
Posted by Annette Benson
"This extremely powerful simulation helps participants experience speaking a language non-fluently, how it affects one's ability to stay focused and connected with the listener, and how it...
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Intercultural Learning Activities
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14 Jun 2024 |
Posted by Kelsey Patton
Contextualizing Identities (1 hour)
In this activity, participants explore how different identities become more salient under different circumstances.
Reclaiming our Stories: Narratives of...
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