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Internationalizing the Curriculum: The Role of Technology

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Date: November 7 - 9, 2008 (6:00 PM, Friday - 12:00 PM, Sunday, PDT).
Location: Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Price: 7 program units per participant

Who should participate

For faculty, program administrators, instructional technologists, and librarians from participating institutions who are engaged in developing or implementing curricular or extracurricular programs that provide students with an international perspective on learning.

Program Description

Small, undergraduate-focused colleges and universities are seeking to address the challenges posed by the processes of globalization. Their approaches to these challenges have included expanded study-abroad programs, greater emphasis on the teaching of languages, the use of area studies programs to internationalize the curriculum, and the addition of cultural studies requirements. Digital technology—widely recognized as accelerating the forces of globalization—offers great potential for smaller colleges and universities to create teaching and learning opportunities responsive to the challenges their students face vis-à-vis globalization.

Conference participants will explore the role of technology in international education, considering innovative efforts to apply technology in fields as diverse as international relations, comparative religion, literary studies, and language teaching. Relevant technologies to be considered include

• social software and other Web 2.0 technologies;
• tools for accessing and manipulating international media resources;
• podcasting;
• interactive videoconferencing;
• virtual environments; and
• technology-mediated inter-institutional collaboration.

Participants will consider technology’s role in supporting student activities and integrating study-abroad experiences into the classroom. Participants will also discuss how digital technology can be used to develop cost-effective, no-travel approaches to expanding international studies within the curriculum.

Program agenda

Download the event agenda (final) (.pdf, 27 KB), which is based upon proposals received and accepted via this call for proposals (.pdf, 35 KB).

Lodging Recommendations

For your convenience, NITLE has arranged a special rate for program participants at:

• The Radisson Hotel Whittier (7320 Greenleaf Avenue, Whittier, CA 90602 | Phone: 562-945-8511)

To secure the special NITLE rate of $94 (plus sales and occupancy taxes), please call 562-945-8511 by October 24. After October 24th the rate cannot be guaranteed. However, the hotel is offering the discounted rate of $94 to any guests arriving before or staying beyond the days of the event.

Travel Recommendations

If traveling to this event, please note that Whittier, California is located roughly 30 miles from Los Angeles International Airport and 35 miles from Ontario Airport.

Other information

N.B. All event participants, including presenters, must formally register to participate.

Questions?

For more information about this event, including its agenda and what to expect from participation, please contact Michael Toler at . For logistical questions, please contact Julie Lancaster at .