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Dr. TyAnna Herrington, 404.894.6207, Skiles 23, off hrs tt 11 & arrangement, ty@gatech.edu
| The European University at St. Petersburg | | Volgograd State University | | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
The Global Classroom Project provides a forum for cross-cultural, digital communication and collaborative project development with colleagues in St. Petersburg, Russia. This forum for experiential learning demands a high level of person-to-person communication and interaction that centers on the challenges of real-life contextual communication.
The course focuses on analysis of cross-cultural, digital communication. Both in subject area study and experientially, you will explore issues in this area, analyze them, and report the results of your research, experience, and analysis.
This semester, the overall goal of your class project is to conduct comparative examinations of educational systems in Russia and the US. Students may explore any issues of interest under this broad umbrella; some examples include inquiries regarding digital literacy and education, the future of the educational enterprise in a globally engaged world, suggested revision of educational systems or structurs, or alternatives to current educational structures.
Much of this class will be virtual in nature, conducted both on the World Wide Web through WebBoard conferencing software and through e-mail, to allow you to work with your classmates in Russia at the European University. As such, you must plan to devote time to your online discussions, just as you would to sessions in more traditional face-to-face class environments.
the global classroom project