DOI
10.21768/ejopa.v4i1.7
Abstract
In 2012, Georgia College and Kennesaw State University partnered with Soliya, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization, to bring their students a unique international education experience: the opportunity to engage “virtually” in dialogue, via video-conferencing technology, with students around the world about Islam and the relationship between Western countries and Muslim-majority countries. In this article, the authors compare their respective approaches, examining course objectives, student learning outcomes, course structure, students’ experience with Soliya, and student learning outcomes assessment. The authors conclude with some observations about Soliya and, by implication, other virtual international education experiences as alternatives and/or complements to traditional study-abroad programs in educating globally competent students and citizens.
Recommended Citation
Elliot-Gower, Steven and Hill, Kenneth W.
(2015)
"The Soliya Connect Program:
Two Institutions’ Experience with Virtual Intercultural Communication,"
eJournal of Public Affairs: Vol. 4:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
DOI: 10.21768/ejopa.v4i1.7
Available at:
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/ejopa/vol4/iss1/7
