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New Learning Cultures from the New Learning Cultures from the U.S. PerspectiveU.S. Perspective
How are Institutions in the U.S. Dealing with How are Institutions in the U.S. Dealing with Intercultural Complexity in Today’s (e)Learning Intercultural Complexity in Today’s (e)Learning Environments?Environments?
Marci Powell, President Marci Powell, President United States Distance Learning AssociationUnited States Distance Learning Association
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Interface between Academia & IndustryInterface between Academia & Industry
• U.S. workplace survey of 431 human resource leaders by The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, and the Society for Human Resource Management. April/May 2006
• Objective- to examine employers' views on the readiness of new entrants to the U.S. workforce-recently hired graduates from high schools, two-year colleges or technical schools, and four-year universities.
• Results “The future workforce is here, and it’s ill-prepared.”
• Business leaders report that while the three "R's" are still fundamental to every employee's ability to do the job, applied skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, and communication are essential for success at work.
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2121stst Century Education Century Education
“We need to teach our students how to be prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist,” DiBlasi said, “using technologies that haven’t been invented in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.”
Howie DiBlasi, Technology Evangelist
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CompetitionCompetition
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AlignmentAlignment
Lifelong Learning
Primary/SecondaryPrimary/Secondary
Higher Education
Workplace
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How do we learn?How do we learn?Where do we learn?Where do we learn?
Web 2.0Virtual EnvironmentsSocial NetworkingMobile ComputingTelepresence
Bringing learners of all cultures together like never before.
New Learning Cultures
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Intercultural ComplexitiesIntercultural Complexities
• English as a Global Language?– Variations– Colloquialisms
• Creating Cultural Sensitivity– Faculty: i.e. Buffalo State University– Students
• Cultivating Respect and Trust• Developing Relationships
Best Practices• Internationalizing curriculum to integrate multi-cultural learning experiences• Building more intercultural communications among diverse students both
f2f and small collaborative working groups.– Observation is important to handle any misinterpretations, intercultural
sensitivities, and promote mutual respect.• Handling Homogenous groups
– Home country peer gravitation
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The Last LectureThe Last Lecture
Professor Randy PauschCarnegie Melon
Specialty: “human-computer interaction”
New course: Building Virtual Worlds
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Questions and DiscussionQuestions and Discussion
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