ICCC5 2008Kansas|| May 23, 2008

Anders Eriksson, Örebro UniversityAlyssa O’Brien, Stanford University

CCR = Cross-Cultural Rhetoric“Developing Intercultural Competencies through Collaborative Rhetoric”

The Wallenberg Global Learning Network (or WGLN) funded this project to produce new knowledge

for best practices in technology-mediated pedagogy that focuses on learning “Cross-Cultural competencies”

for use in a variety of educational settings.

Stanford University: Andrea Lunsford Christine Alfano Alyssa O’Brien

Örebro UniversityBrigitte MralAnders ErikssonEva Magnusson

USA WEST INDIES SWEDEN EGYPT SINGAPORE SYDNEY

To design, implement, and evaluate a curriculum devoted to developing intercultural competencies through effective use of collaborative information and communication technologies (ICTs)

To build meta-knowledge about the role that intercultural competence and ICTs can play in global communication and international relations

Theoretical Base (Goswami & Lovitt, Hawisher & Selfe) Measure 1: Develop “Sensitivity and Consideration for Others” Measure 2: Understand Globally “Situated Knowledge”

Year 1:

1.Rhetorically effective communication with intercultural audiences?

2.Technologically-rich learning spaces for collaborative activities?

3.Intercultural perspectives through technology-mediated communication and digital collaboration across countries?

Year 2:

1. Extend effective intercultural collaboration practices beyond class?

2. Maximize students’ self-directed learning through improved technology (portable collaboration tools, work in pairs and teams, asynchronous activities across countries)?

3. Share knowledge and best practices with a broader community?

Central frame for shared documents that can be uploaded ahead of time or created together

chatroom interfacefor text-based communication

windows showthe participants in the videoconference session

course courseSeveral meetings between twocourses during the academic term

workshop

class class

One or two meetings between between classes from two or more institutions

class class

Video ConferenceResponse

CCR Project Blog: A collaborative blog space for allmembers of the cross-cultural rhetoric project, activatingdialogue across university courses and countries

Photo Essay CultureAssignment

Research BloggingAssignment

2006-2007 Deep Learning Outcomes

4.8

4.8

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.5

5.04

4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5 5.2

Means out of 6.0 Likert Scale

Perceive Analyze Produce

Work Well with Others

Using Technology

Communication Confidence

Sensitivity Consideration

Communication Strategies

Collaboration Skills

5.0

4.3

4.7

4.3

3.7

0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0

Mean out of 6.0 Likert Scale

Wikis for Group Work

Collaborative Blogs for Groupwork

ICTs for Internet collaborativework

ICTs for Chat and White Board

ICTs for Small Group VideoConferences

A curriculum in cross-cultural rhetoric: Not cultural adaptation or assimilation, but

meeting in a space of negotiation: a new site of collaboration made possible by cross-cultural connections

Students:Collaborative compositions

Instructors:Lesson plans, reflections, articles & Presentation scripts

Purpose: To provide instructors and students with a means of producing collaborative texts

CCR participantprofiles & biographies

Workshop materials andCurricular materials

Purpose: To provide online access of materials to students and instructors seeking to replicate curriculum

“Successful intercultural communication is a matter of highest importance if humankind and society are to survive.” (Samovar, Porter, McDaniel, 2005)

“The development of new ways of living in the world together is pivotal to further human progress; we must learn how to see things through the eyes of others and add their knowledge to our personal repertories.”

(Chen and Starosta, 2008)

Come share and collaborate with us at our Second Annual International Symposium,

June 9, 2008an online global learning conference

For more information, please visit http://ccr.stanford.edu