[UNAVAILABLE] Developing intercultural competence through online undergraduate instruction: A pre and post test study

THIS WEBCAST IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE VIA THE LINK. With the advent of globalization, researchers in higher education have been increasingly interested in the idea of the “internationalization” of education, a concept which encompasses two dimensions: international knowledge and intercultural competence (Stone, 2006). While study abroad programs have emerged as one effort to provide cultural experiences and incorporate intercultural competencies into undergraduate and graduate academic programs, this study investigates distance education as a platform which lends itself to developing global competencies and knowledge. In this study we employed a quasi-experimental research strategy to determine to what extent exposure to the theories, models, research, and practices of intercultural competence, as well as different methods of instruction, change undergraduate students’ levels of intercultural competence. We compared pre and post intervention levels of intercultural competency by using The INCA (Intercultural Competence Assessment) instrument. We also compared the group that used journaling versus the group that did not use journaling as part of their intervention. Initial results will be shared in this seminar