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Empowering International Students As Global Citizens: Promising Praxis For Virtual Global Learning, Linyuan Guo-Brennan, Julie Massey, Wesley Wilkinson

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

The COVID-19 global pandemic disrupted the traditional ways of providing global learning to students in higher education, and offered international students new opportunities to develop intercultural competency in a virtual environment. Anchored in literature, teaching reflection, student reflection, and critical global citizenship education theory and practices, this article analyzes and discusses the andragogic, cultural, linguistic, academic, and technological dimensions of providing meaningful and inclusive global learning and engagement to international students in a virtual/online environment. Placing international students at the centre of critical academic decisions, this article introduces promising practices and strategies for empowering international students as global citizens, such …