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Publication Date: 2005-Feb
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Confronting Globalisation: Learning from Intercontinental Collaboration
Larsson, Staffan; Boud, David; Dahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt; Walters, Shirley; Sork, Tom
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v42 n1 p61-71 Feb 2005
Higher education institutions are responding to globalisation in various ways. This study describes and analyses challenges encountered in a recent case of global collaboration between four universities on different continents in developing a web-based master's program. The key issue was how to develop programs in a way that is fair for the different countries involved. The focus of the paper is on tensions between local and national contexts, rules and resources and the creation of a common global program. 'Agency', 'structure' and 'frame factor' are used as analytical concepts to help understand the dynamics of the collaboration and the character of the program.
Descriptors: Cooperation, Masters Programs, Higher Education, Global Approach, Web Based Instruction, Program Development, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Programs
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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