Digital Extensions of Another Kind (Kathryn Ricketts)
On line and on-site - two sides of a mirror
1. A Teaching Enhancement Program for
Internationally Educated Academics
Loretta Teng, Ph.D. Rosalie Pedersen M.Ed.
University of Calgary
COHERE Conference
2. Background of the program
Program development
Design & delivery
Program evaluation
Outcomes
Conclusion
Implications
Limitation
3. Funded by a grant
Audience
Objectives
Teaching certificate vs.. a letter of completion
Program development
Blended-Fall 2011
Addressing the concerns of the IEAs
A cross-cultural learning community
4. Survey the needs of IEAs
New comers (40%)
Little experience in teaching in Canada (70%)
Desired areas for training
▪ Practical teaching skills (50%)
▪ An awareness of the Canadian culture (30%)
Wanted to receive teaching enhancement training
from TLC (56%)
▪ Various preferences of time of the day, weeks and
academic year
9. 21 Participants
2
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9 Faculty
Exchange scholar
Grad students
9 Post-docs
10. Forum entries Online forum entries
• Interactive reflection
• Social forums Online
• Online Q & A
Weekly evaluation
• Written responses to
open-ended questions F2F
Evaluation forms
11. Reflection on
Forming a learning Acquiring new
cross-cultural community concepts and skills
teaching
Overcoming
barriers in Mirroring
facilitation
cultural transitions
12. Facilitation of active learning
Cultural adjustment in teaching
Requests for Learning accommodation
13. Acquisition of instructional skills
Individual reflection & collaborative
construction of meaningful application
Confidence in communication
Enriched length and content of online posts &
conversation in class
Application of skills
Action plan of active learning facilitation &
cultural adaptation
14. Communication patterns
• Advice giving – feedback provision
• Language barriers-organized
notes
• Risk-taking: Practicing new ways of
communication
15. • Cultural • Self-acceptance
comparisons • Development of
• Guided new self-identity
inquires
Reflection Emancipation
Revelation Integration
• Application • Home & Canadian
• Enjoyment practices
• Celebration
16. Creative
Skilled facilitation Online network
assignments
• Multiple • Structured • Interactions
facilitators • Facilitated with Canadian
• Sensitivity & colleagues and
knowledge in students
cross-cultural • Observations of
communication Canadian
classes