Transcript CPCC_GlobalUnderstanding_2012GeekFest_R

CPCC Students Go Abroad from their
Campus Seats!
Catalina Ramírez, eLearning Instructional Developer
Nadine Russell, Director of Global Learning
Central Piedmont Community College
“As big as a planet, as small as
a village post office”
• Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911
December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator,
philosopher, and scholar —a communication
theorist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDZqle4UPw
WHY A GLOBAL –VIRTUAL
UNDERSTANDING INITIATIVE?
• We live in an interconnected world.
• Student exposure sometimes limited to T.V.
and social media.
• Globalization goes beyond personal social
networks and Central Avenue.
• 1 in 30 students study abroad (ECU)
• We ALL are part of this global society.
Global Learning –Virtual
Goal
• Facilitate global experiences to CPCC students
in Charlotte without them having to travel
abroad.
GLOBAL VIRTUAL
OUTCOMES
• Facilitate collaboration
with students from
other countries.
• Participate in dialogues
about the same subject
from different cultural
perspectives.
• Open understanding to
different global realities.
CURRENT GLOBAL PROJECT
Partner institution:
Universidad Católica San Pablo in Arequipa –Peru
CPCC Players:
Catalina Ramirez, eLearning Instructional
Developer
Nadine Russell, Global Learning Director
Gary Ritter, Executive Director Learning Technology
Services.
Spanish Instructors:
Andreina Riera and Diana Mibelli
Where:
Central Campus Global Classroom -LT1140
PARTNERSHIP WITH UCSP
• Students express verbally -in the
second language, their opinions from
different cultural perspectives.
• Students are able to demonstrate their
knowledge of the grammar and
vocabulary learned in Spanish 111 and
112.
• Students have an opportunity to
practice two of the CORE4
competencies, Critical Thinking and
Communication.
CPCC GLOBAL LEARNING –VIRTUAL
EXPANDING
• Every Division and Program is invited to be
part of it.
• Contact: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Your students can travel abroad from
their CPCC desks!