Innovators in InternationalizationThursday, May 7, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern timeMany colleges want their students to have an international-education experience, but they struggle to get undergraduates overseas. East Carolina University found a way to use inexpensive and relatively unsophisticated technology to link its students with classrooms around the world. The university's Global Understanding program uses a low-bandwidth video link and e-mail chat software to connect East Carolina students with counterparts at 23 institutions in 17 countries on five continents. Want to know more? Join Rosina Chia and Elmer Poe, who started the program, for the latest in a series of talks on how colleges have tackled some of the basic challenges of internationalizing their campuses. Related article: East Carolina U. Uses Simple Technology to Link Its Students With Peers Overseas The Guests:  Rosina Chia is assistant vice chancellor for global academic initiatives at East Carolina University, where she is responsible for the internationalization of curricula on the campus. A professor of psychology and a native of China, Ms. Chia focuses her research on the areas of cross-cultural attitudinal comparison and locus of control.
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