ERIC Number: ED509646
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
Pages: 7
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Spanning Boundaries: The Case of an Intercultural E-Consulting Experience
Correia, Ana-Paula; Baran, Evrim; Cagiltay, Kursat
Online Submission, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, Apr 13-17, 2009)
The purpose of this case study is to understand ways to plan, organize and facilitate experiences in which experts who are geographically dispersed act as effective consultants. Graduate students enrolled in an advanced course in instructional technology at a large university in the Midwestern United States interacted with colleagues studying at a highly regarded university in Turkey. Students in Turkey provided professional and expert advice at a distance to their peers in the United States. The experiences, challenges, tensions and strategies for effective consulting relationships heavily supported by computer-mediated communication in international contexts are discussed. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Advanced Courses, Computer Mediated Communication, Consultants, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Case Studies, Intercultural Communication, Expertise, Communication Strategies, Partnerships in Education, Student Projects, Organizational Development, Interactive Video, Synchronous Communication, Computer Assisted Instruction, Asynchronous Communication, Integrated Learning Systems, Interviews, Content Analysis, Problems
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey; United States
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