 
CROSS CULTURAL TEACHING CONNECTIONS
I collaborate in on-line cross-cultural
exchanges by connecting my classes with other classes in America and
Japan. In these cases, each class connection has linked one college class
in America with another in Miyazaki, Japan. We have used on-line asynchronous discussion
boards to discuss common content in the class and/or work
on collaborative research projects.
Below you can download and/or view the presentations and workshops I have
presented on these collaborative on-line teaching connections.
Also, at the bottom of this page I have some links to
places that can help you develop some connections of your own!
Also below are links for all of the connections. You can visit each as a guest
(just click on the guest button) and see the postings from the teachers and
students throughout the connection.
Connections from York County Community College in Maine, USA:
Fall
2006 Sociology 101 (section 1a1) moodle with Roberta Golliher's
Cross-cultural Communication class at MIC
Fall
2006 Sociology 101 (section 1b1) moodle-with Debra Occhi's Issues in
North America class at MIC
Fall
2005 Sociology 101 (section 1a1) moodle-collaboration with Hiro Toyota and Jeff
Mok's Intro Sociology class at MIC
Fall
2005 Sociology 101 (section 1b1) moodle-with Debra Occhi's Issues in
North America class at MIC
Fall
2004 Sociology 101 (section 1b1) collaboration with Hiro Toyota and Jeff
Maggard's Intro Sociology class at MIC
Fall
2004 Sociology 101 (section 1a1) with Debra Occhi's Issues in
North America class at MIC
Fall
2003 Sociology 101 (section 1b1) collaboration with Hiro Toyota and Jeff
Maggard's Intro Sociology class at MIC
Fall
2003 Sociology 101 (section 1a1) with Debra Occhi's Issues in
North America class at MIC
Spring 2003 Sociology 101
with Hiro Toyota and Jeff
Maggard's Intro Sociology class at MIC
Fall 2002 Sociology 101 with Hiro Toyota and Jeff
Maggard's Intro Sociology class at MIC
Fall 2002 Sociology 101 with Debra Occhi's Issues in
North America class at MIC
Connections from Miyazaki International College (MIC) in Japan:
Fall 2001 Human Development II
collaboration with Ray Shaw's class at Merrimack College
Fall 2000 Human Development II
with Ray Shaw's class at Merrimack College
Spring 2000 Survey (Intro)
Psychology
with Matthew Isaak's class at R.I.T.
Fall 1999 Psychology of Adult Development
with Ray Shaw's class at Merrimack College
Fall 1999 Survey (Intro) Psychology
with Matthew Isaak's class at Rochester Institute of Technology
"Teaching using Internet exchanges"
I presented a paper at the 20th annual International Human Science
Research Conference (IHSRC)
in August 2001 on "Teaching the new generation through Internet exchanges across cultures.
"Teaching across cultures: Student's perspectives on a cross-cultural exchange project"
Ray Shaw and I have explored our student's perceptions of the cross cultural exchange project that we completed
with our Psychology of Aging classes in the fall of 2000. View the presentation
I gave at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Society (APS)
in June 2001 by selecting the link below.
Click to download to your computer. You need powerpoint to run the file.
- Presentation at APS
titled: "Teaching across cultures: Student's perspectives on a cross-cultural exchange project"
"Connecting Psychology Classrooms on the Internet"
Workshop I presented at the National Institute for the
Teaching of Psychology (NITOP)
in January 2001 about linking psychology classes via the internet.
Presentation part 1
and part 2
"Active learning with WebBoard"
Teaching development workshop with Jeff Maggard at Miyazaki International College
titled "Active learning using WeBoard" which you can view here: WebBoard Workshop: March, 2001
An excellent book of cross-cultural activities for psychology classes:
- Cross-Cultural Explorations: Activities in Culture and Psychology by Susan T. Goldstein (1999; Allyn & Bacon; ISBN: 0205285201)
Collaborators
for these teaching collaborations include:
1999 - 2001:
- Raymond Shaw,
Psychology, Merrimack College
- Matthew Isaak,
Psychology, now at University of Louisiana
2002 - present:
- Jeff Maggard,
English, Miyazaki International College
- Hiro Toyota,
Sociology, Miyazaki International College
- Debra Occhi,
Anthropology, Miyazaki International College
- Roberta Golliher, English/Communications, Miyazaki International College
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