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Meeting The Challenges Of International Online Teaching, Tim Murphy
Meeting The Challenges Of International Online Teaching, Tim Murphy
SIDLIT Conference Proceedings
Online courses serving international students present a number of distinct challenges. Instructors must address significant cultural differences, cope with the language barrier, and educate students about unfamiliar disciplinary standards. This presentation will demonstrate common technologies that are helpful in dealing with these challenges and discuss recent scholarship regarding other methods and tools that address the unique needs of the international online student. Attendees will also be invited to participate in a discussion of these issues.
Spanish: Reality Online, Aura Morgan, Nellie Modaress
Spanish: Reality Online, Aura Morgan, Nellie Modaress
SIDLIT Conference Proceedings
Today, learning takes place in multi-faceted environments. The learner can interact through a social network or explore content using a learning management system. A common assumption is that most learners speak and obtain information using the English language, however, Spanish is the nation's second most common language and the third most common language in the world. In the medical profession, Spanish is an essential language which can be successfully integrated not only into the curriculum but also into a learning environment such as ANGEL. This presentation will include a discussion and demonstration of how the Advanced Medical Spanish Course (taught …