{"id":56394,"key":"A_Virtual_Educational_Exchange:_A_North-South_Virtually-Shared_Class_on_Sustainable_Development","title":"A Virtual Educational Exchange: A North-South Virtually-Shared Class on Sustainable Development","latest":{"id":1224246,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T00:24:15Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:virtual-ed.jpg|thumb]]\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Augusta Abrahamse, Mathew Johnson, Nanette Levinson, Larry Medsker, Joshua M. Pearce, Carla Quiroga, Ruth Scipione, \"[http://jsi.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/11/1028315314540474.full.pdf+html A Virtual Educational Exchange: A North-South Virtually-Shared Class on Sustainable Development]\" ''Journal of Studies in International Education'' Vol. 19(2) 140–159 (2015). DOI: 10.1177/1028315314540474. [https://www.academia.edu/11884026/A_Virtual_Educational_Exchange_A_North-South_Virtually-Shared_Class_on_Sustainable_Development free open access]\n}}\n\n{{Project data\n| authors = Augusta Abrahamse, Mathew Johnson, Nanette Levinson, Larry Medsker, User:J.M.Pearce, Carla Quiroga, Ruth Scipione\n| links = https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1028315314540474, https://www.academia.edu/11884026/A_Virtual_Educational_Exchange_A_North-South_Virtually-Shared_Class_on_Sustainable_Development\n| location = USA; Bolivia\n}}\n\n{{MOST}}\n\nIncreasingly international competence is considered and important skill to be acquired from an undergraduate education. Because international exchange presents a challenge to many students, there is a need to develop and implement alternative means for incorporating international and cross-cultural experiences into the undergraduate classroom. We report on the implementation of a semester-long, virtually-shared course offering between a U.S. and a Bolivian university. Since STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors tend to be under-represented in study abroad programs, this class sought to provide a multidisciplinary experience that could be relevant to both hard and social science majors. Furthermore, the relevance and learning impact of this class was enhanced through the incorporation of a service-learning component in conjunction with a rural Bolivian partner organization. The results of this experience show that virtually-shared class-room experiences can successfully facilitate international experiences for undergraduate students.\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Appropedia:Service learning]]\n* [[Portal:Service learning]]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| title-tag = Virtual Exchange: Sustainable Development\n| keywords = education, educational resources, service learning, virtual education, international exchange, global citizenship, STEM, STEM education, sustainable development\n| sdg = SDG04 Quality education\n| organizations = MOST\n| description = Shared classrooms expand sustainability education. Appropedia describes a virtual course connecting U.S. and Bolivian students through practical learning.\n}}\n\n[[Category:MOST completed projects and publications]]\n[[Category:Education]]\n[[Category:Educational resources]]\n[[Category:Service learning]]\n[[Category:Sustainable development]]"}