Abstract

Education systems face pressures from globalization. Thinking more globally, developing a more global identity, and demonstrating intercultural competence are valued in teacher education as reflected in accreditation standards. These anticipate the requirements of future students’ more diverse generations who must function in an increasingly interconnected intercultural globalized world. This paper describes a course that fits into an undergraduate or graduate teacher education program, and that fosters intercultural competence and global identity through online course delivery combined with experiential learning in a destination country. This course won the 2019 College-Level Course Award from the Association of Distance Education and Independent Learning. Travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic pressured us to find alternatives to the study abroad component of this course. These online solutions are described, and can be used in a variety of contexts.

Presenters

Meg Milligan
Associate Professor, Psychology, Troy University, Alabama, United States

Paige Paquette
Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Troy University, Alabama, United States

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Learning in Higher Education

KEYWORDS

TEACHER EDUCATION, GLOBAL IDENTITY, ONLINE EDUCATION, STUDY ABROAD, INTERCULTURAL, COVID-19

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