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Using Virtual al E Exchan ange As A As A Teaching To Tool:

Meth thods s an and B Best Practices Presented by d by: Dipra J Jha

As Associa

• ciate Prof
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Pract ctice ce Hospitali lity, Restaurant a and nd Tourism Management

djha2@unl.edu

Outline

• What is Virtual Exchange?
• The Stevens Initiative
• UNL Global Virtual Classrooms project
• Virtual Exchange 101
• Process
• Pedagogy
• Impact
• Assessment of Student Learning
• Q&A

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What is V Virtual E Exch change?

• Transnational collaborative learning
• Technology-enabled, active engagement among partner institutions
• connect through live, synchronous sessions
• tech platform used: Zoom
• Goals
• cross-cultural learning experiences
• peer to peer engagement
• help students’ acquisition of global competencies
• Impact
• students
• faculty
• institution
• industry

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Vi Virtual E Exchange a e at U Uni niver ersi sity o

• f N

Nebraska - Lincoln

• Stevens Initiative (2017)
• build career and global competencies for young people in the United States, Middle

East and North Africa by growing and enhancing the field of virtual exchange.

• The Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C.
• supported by
• U.S. Department of State
• Bezos Family Foundation
• Government of The United Arab Emirates
• Government of Morocco
• UNL Global Virtual Classrooms project (2018)
• competitive internal grant program
• worldwide
• Year 1 & Year 2 commitments
• faculty cohort meets twice a semester

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Virtual Exchange 101

• Figuring out what course(s) would fit well in a virtual exchange format
• Identifying international partners willing to participate in your virtual

cohort

• How they would be contributing to the project?
• Things to consider
• academic calendars of each institution
• time differences
• technology compatibility
• availability of bandwidth

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Virtual Exchange: Pedagogy

• Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
• Curriculum
• Involve an Instructional Designer / Academic Technology Specialist
• Guided peer to peer interactions
• Knowledge co-creation
• Peer Teaching
• Preparing students
• what to expect
• dress code for class
• permission to record Zoom sessions
• Assessments
• involve faculty at partner institutions in assessment plans
• Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
• IRB and other approvals

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HR HRTM 2 285: 5: I Introduction t to the L Lodging I Industry

• Sophomores and Juniors
• Average enrollment: 35
• Fall 2018:
• Oman and UAE
• Covered 130 students
• Fall 2019:
• Denmark, India, Oman, UAE, United

Kingdom, Ukraine

• 10 locations
• Four different world time zones
• Six different institutional calendars
• Supported by Technology

Innovation Grant from UNL College of Education and Human Sciences

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Asses sessm smen ent o

• f S

Studen ent L Lea earning

• Nebraska Public Policy Center
• pre / post data collection required by The Stevens Initiative
• Knowledge of the other:
• etiquette and communication: Pre 2.27; Post 3.86
• cultural traditions: Pre 2.05; Post 4.14
• I would recommend more classes have virtual exchange with international

students: 4.8/5

• Virtual exchange was a valuable part of this class: 4.8/5
• In-course assessment
• reflection paper based on rubric
• effects of peer to peer engagement
• intercultural awareness
• knowledge of hospitality industry in partner locations

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“Three Countries; One Classroom” video

• https://vimeo.com/346980539

Dipra Jha UNL-CTT Symposium 02282020

Dipra Jha UNL-CTT Symposium 02282020

Vi Virtual E Exchange: e: S Summary

• Transformative teaching
• high student engagement
• delivering great content
• internationalizing the curriculum
• Helping students’ acquisition of global competencies
• Learning from colleagues at partner institutions
• students
• faculty
• Impact
• students
• faculty
• institution
• industry

Dipra Jha UNL-CTT Symposium 02282020

Dipra Jha UNL-CTT Symposium 02282020

djha2@unl.edu

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