Distance Education to Promote International Understanding

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Distance Education to Promote International
Understanding

• International Conference on Peace Education
• Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
• May 17-18, 2002
• Dr. Marina Stock McIsaac
• Arizona State University, USA
• mmcisaac_at_asu.edu

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Overview

• Peace Education
• Globalization
• Integration
• Connectedness
• Distance education for understanding

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Peace Education

• Conflict resolution
• Tolerance and respect
• Human rights
• Environmental programs

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Peace Education Areas(Salomon, 2001)

• Between adversaries
• Conflicts
• Change attitudes
• Inter-ethnic tensions
• Majority-minority
• Conflict understanding
• Collaborative projects
• Distance discourse

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Globalization

• Integration of markets, nations and technology
  that allows faster and cheaper communication
• Economic power related to bandwith

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Technology Web

• Lower telecom costs
• Global
• Thinking
• Communicating
• Traveling
• Integration
• Connectedness

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Integration

• World less divided, more integrated
• Defined by digitization
• Webs of information
• Global trends

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Connectedness

• Defining measure of globalization
• Bandwidth
• Wireless connectivity
• Power structure
• Supermarkets
• Super-empowered individuals

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Distance Education

• Cross national borders
• Build understanding
• Web-based dialog
• Shared resources
• Team collaboration
• Learner backgrounds
• Cultural expectations
• Prior abilities

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Strategies for Faculty

• Faculty orientation
• Online syllabus
• Building community
• Moderating discussions
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Conclusion

• Environments for mutual understanding
• Learning without physical presence
• Time for thoughtful, articulate response
• Foster global consciousness

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mmcisaac_at_asu.edu
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Orientation For Faculty

• Advance planning
• Mature students
• Teacher as facilitator
• Constructivist pedagogy
• Technical support

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Online Syllabus

• Readings
• Resources
• Discussion questions
• Online group identification
• Due dates
• Test dates
• Help strategies

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Building Social Community

• Avoid student isolation
• Welcome informal introductions
• Invite personal biographies
• Communicate frequently

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Moderating Discussions

• Asynchronous for formal
• Chat areas for informal
• Student moderators
• Intellectual level of discourse
• Specific number of contributions
• Foster interactivity