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Annual Report 2017/2018, Office Of Global Affairs Jan 2018

Annual Report 2017/2018, Office Of Global Affairs

Global Engagement Publications

AY2017/18 Activities included: - presentations at globally related conferences, including the Partners of the Americas, Higher Education Partnership Conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; - implementation of COIL (Collaborative Online Interactive Learning) in her own course, HS 334 Culture and Global Health, which she co-teaches with a Chilean partner; - leading the development of a $20,000 grant proposal to implement a community-engaged student exchange program between SHU and Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala; - hosting a Fulbright Lunch & Learn for over 20 faculty and a Student Fulbright Workshop that drew in 12 students; - fostering cross-disciplinary relationships for …


Designing A Pre-Departure Study Abroad Intervention Using Collaborative Online International Learning, Carrie Wojenski Oct 2016

Designing A Pre-Departure Study Abroad Intervention Using Collaborative Online International Learning, Carrie Wojenski

Global Engagement Publications

Study abroad participants need to receive guided education and training if they are to successfully navigate new cultures, as well as recognize and understand their own cultural beliefs and values as related to their experiences abroad. To address this need, some study abroad programs offer intercultural interventions before, during, or after the study abroad experience.


Virtually There: Examining A Collaborative Online International Learning Pre-Departure Study Abroad Intervention, Carrie Wojenski Jan 2014

Virtually There: Examining A Collaborative Online International Learning Pre-Departure Study Abroad Intervention, Carrie Wojenski

Global Engagement Publications

As more guided study abroad interventions move online and into a collaborative format, it is important to not only examine the influence of students’ social interactions as related to their intercultural development and experiences in the interventions, but also understand which variables influenced the success of an intervention. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influenced students’ intercultural development and experiences in a collaborative online international learning pre-departure study abroad intervention. To explore these questions I designed a collaborative online international learning intervention for pre-departure study abroad students.

Pre-departure U.S. study abroad students and international students coming …