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Developing Global Competence In A Virtual Classroom, Maggie Mahoney, Marina Sebastijanovic, Olivia Miljanic
Developing Global Competence In A Virtual Classroom, Maggie Mahoney, Marina Sebastijanovic, Olivia Miljanic
Southwestern Business Administration Journal
Developing Global Competence in a Virtual Classroom
In today’s globalized economy, effective leaders must be able to relate to and work with people from diverse cultures. Higher Education has a leading role in creating global citizens through intentional student global competence development opportunities, such as education abroad (American Council on Education, 1998). The importance of developing global competence is reflected in an increasing number of new curricular programs with a global focus offered by universities. As one of the many strategic and systematic efforts to promote global education, the Institute for International Education’s Generation Study Abroad program reports a 300% …