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7am - 5pm Registration & Information
7am - 5pm Exhibitor Hall
7 - 8am Continental Breakfast in Exhibitor Hall
8 - 8:30am Opening Remarks
Challenges with Faculty on Faculty-Led Programs
John Battenburg, Nick Brygelson, Leo Van Cleve
Round-table dialogue
This session will address challenges in the selection, training, and evaluation of faculty leading and teaching in abroad programs. Sending faculty members on study and service learning abroad programs offers home campuses various opportunities. Such experiences can assist in internationalizing the campus by providing faculty development in international teaching, service, and research. Faculty members can promote the program and recruit students by emphasizing that courses and activities are approved by the home university, and resident credit is awarded. Academic and risk management administrators can be assured that real learning in an international context is taking place, and health and safety issues are being considered. But what can be done in planning and administering faculty-led programs to assure that these opportunities are indeed realized? How reliable are statements of purpose, teaching evaluations, letters of recommendation, and interviews during the selection process of faculty? What are the characteristics of effective faculty training programs that focus on academic advising and risk management? And how are faculty to be evaluated in their assigned duties throughout the program?
Crossing Borders, Creating Culture: Digital Storytelling and Study Abroad
Thomas D'Agostino, Doug Reilly, Bryan Alexander
Round-table dialogue
10-13 participants will attend the pre-conference workshop of the same title, which is designed to teach them the basic skills of multimedia narrative, a powerful pedagogy with the potential to transform how we "teach" students on study abroad programs, as well as how we understand how they learn and communicate their knowledge. Each participant will make a 3-minute digital story (film) by combining images (still or sometimes video), narration, music and text. The session will begin with an introduction to digital storytelling and its history in and out of the academy. Participants will introduce and show their films to the wider Forum audience. After the premiere of the digital stories (films), issues related to the implementation of digital storytelling will be discussed in the three phases of study abroad-predeparture, on-site study and reentry-and will set up the small-group discussion parameters. The presenters of this workshop and session are keenly interested in hearing new ideas for how digital storytelling might transform our work as cross-cultural educators.
Embedded Education Abroad Faculty Toolkit: Increasing the Value of International Programs for Course Instructors and Students
R. Neill Johnson, Duarte Morais, Anthony Ogden
Round-table dialogue
This session will discuss how defining global citizenship and academic development competencies, and creating an array of assignments and learning activities for assessing them, can add value to course-embedded international experiences. . Participants will learn how an online toolkit that supports this approach is organized, and they will work in teams to contribute additional tools.
A New Paradigm: Developing Study Abroad Programs with Lexus Quality and Hyundai Cost
Amy Shenberger, Paul Green, Chris Musick
Round-table dialogue
This session begins with a presentation of low-cost program models that also maintain the best vision and value in education abroad. The presenters share the goal of ensuring that education abroad adapts to the economic reality of our student population. Participants will collaborate on discussing additional innovative program models.
Establishing an Institutional Vision for Education Abroad Programs… and Possible Prescriptions for Maintaining Focus
Michael Ulrich, Chris Alexander, Steven Duke, Heidi White
Round-table dialogue
Experiencing cloudy vision? Track the steps taken to internationalization and where the path leads next. Peer into strategic plans and their impact on curriculum integration. Recall the rationale for owning buildings abroad and implications for the home campus. What challenges arise when institutions with strong international commitments reconsider them?
For Today and Tomorrow: The Value-Added of Study Abroad
Dennis Wiseman, Joan Gillespie, Jennifer Lund, Jason Womick
Panel presentation
Readily available assessment instruments aid international educators to program for specific learning goals, student well-being and greater student engagement before, during, and after study abroad. This session will present data developed from the National Survey of Student Engagement and the Collegiate Learning Assessment as those data apply to a four-college Teagle collaborative comprised of the UNC-Asheville, Converse College, Wofford College, and Agnes Scott College.
Strategies of Institutional Collaboration and Cooperation Through Mobility Programs and Study Abroad Programs
Lucia Conte, Dawn Koban
Round-table dialogue
This panel discussion invites third-party providers, international universities, and US universities to engage in a discussion of truly collaborative intercultural ventures such as jointly taught courses, co-led programs, programs in which each partner has specialized in particular areas of strength or interest, and consortia.
The structure of the session will be twofold. First, session leaders will propose strategies developed by universities and third -party providers to foster institutional collaboration. These proposals will include two case studies of the consortia the University of North Carolina Exchange Program (UNC EP) and the International Network of Universities (INU), some strategically critical partnerships developed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra and some examples of intercultural initiatives and programs leaded by IES Abroad. By presenting these examples, session leaders will set out new lines of reflection to facilitate a discussion and will then form break out groups and lead discussions among participants, in order to detect together new ways for further development of educational exchange.
Turning an International Education into Career Success
W. Scott Cochran, Fran Jansen, Amy Lancaster, Jeff Rollison
Panel presentation
Institutional research suggests that study abroad participants develop impressive and measurable skills suggesting clear ‘value-added’ outcomes that are crucial for richer academic and professional work. This session will address how study abroad, when combined with intentionally-constructed curricular and co-curricular programs, nurtures ways of thinking and personal dispositions that shape the whole person.
The Forum Code of Ethics: A Discussion of Proposed or Needed Changes
Michael Morrison, TBA
Round-table dialogue
In the two years following adoption of the Code work has continued on refining and improving this living document. This session will highlight and invite comment on some proposed changes as well as solicit suggestions on directions this work should pursue in the ongoing process of keeping the Forum Code of Ethics current and relevant to the needs of the profession.
10 - 10:45AM Coffee Break
10:45AM - 12PM Concurrent Sessions
“Sprechen Sie Englisch?” Or: A Critical Conversation about Second Language Instruction and Cultural Proficiency in Study Abroad—at the Intersection of the Forum Standards and the Work of the American Council for International Education: ACTR/ACCEL.
William Anthony, Jeannette Owen, Dan Davidson
Round-table dialogue
This session provides a forum for members to engage in an open and critical discussion of second language acquisition in the context of study abroad and, for the first time, with leaders from key national U.S. professional organizations, whose missions are the promotion of effective foreign language instruction and study abroad.
Designing Student Research Abroad to Support Community Partnerships
Joan Gillespie, Sheila Collins, Octavio Di Leo
Panel presentation
Community-based research and learning in a social service agency abroad is a unique opportunity for students to engage with the host society and to contribute to it through their work and research. This interactive session will address the pedagogy of project-based learning, creating and managing community partnerships, examples of student research, and assessment strategies.
Communicating the Vision and Value of Education Abroad: Challenges and Opportunities
Joan Gore, Karin Fischer, Mary Anne Grant
Panel presentation
Communicating the worth of education abroad has been a challenge since its inception when it became defined as a grand tour for wealthy females. Despite efforts to redefine education abroad, international educators are often unable to communicate effectively beyond their own community. How should we publicize program quality to the nation at large?
Musings on A History of U.S. Study Abroad
William Hoffa, Steve DePaul
Town-hall meeting
This is a special session sponsored by Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, the Forum’s official journal. At the Charlotte conference, the second volume of A History of U.S. Study Abroad will be distributed to all attendees. This session will celebrate the completion of this project, a collaborative effort which has involved as authors some of the most experienced colleagues in the field of education abroad. After a brief introduction by the two guest co-editors of this volume, some attention will be given to a history of this History, as well as some comments on how this volume differs from the first volume in conception and execution. Also present will be as many of the chapter authors of the second volume as possible. Following this introduction, the floor will be opened to questions about the project itself and, more to the occasion, why our field needs to know its past, and what the meaning of this past is in relation to the ever-evolving present. This topic is central to the conference theme, in that writing, understanding, and sharing our collective history is central to “the importance of creating and maintaining a compelling vision for education abroad while communicating its value.”
QUIP and the Non-US Institution: Three Universities Explain
Peter Kerrigan, Ellie McHugh,, Kristina Rödder, Trish Tindall
Round-table dialogue
This session brings together three non-US universities that have participated in the Forum’s Quality Improvement Program (QUIP). Panelists from the University of Limerick, the University of Wollongong, and the Freie Universitaet Berlin will guide us through the process from their perspective.
Short-term Programming: A Report on the 2009 State of the Field Survey
Elise Rayner, Charlotte Blessing
Panel presentation
This session will present highlights from the Forum’s 2009 State of the Field Survey. A key component of the session will be the opportunity to actively discuss the short-term programming findings. Panelists will describe their individual/organizational experience with short-term programs and invite participants to discuss the pros and cons of short-term programming.
Challenging the Lens: Visual and Textual Discourses in Shaping the World of Education Abroad
Bradley Rink, Laurie Black, Martha Johnson
Panel presentation
Education Abroad professionals shape the world discursively in a range of identities through promotional materials and program design. The lenses that help to shape the experience for prospective participants—visual discourses from the camera and narrative discourses from texts—are the source of multiple identities of the world, including the romanticized, the terrorized or the colonized. This session will be an opportunity to debate and question current practice in a theoretical and practical environment by means of numerous and thought-provoking photographic and textual examples. Through analysis of narrative and visual texts, this session challenges such discourses in order to reflect on the state of the field.
The Value of Visualizing: Enhancing Host-Country Knowledge Through GoogleMaps
Carolyn Sorkin, Ethan Kleinberg, Emmanuel Paris-Bouvret
Panel presentation
An interactive demonstration of GoogleMaps’ application to study abroad programs as a means of teaching students about the relationship between geography and history in their host cities and countries. This technology offers an innovative faculty-directed method of engaging students in their physical study abroad site and in encouraging independent learning.
Valuing Diverse Voices: Using Research Methods to Assess & Enhance Experiences of Non-Traditional Populations
Katherine Yngve, Zachary Mohs, Carmen Eyssautier
Round-table dialogue
The vision and value of education abroad are diminished when we fail fully to include diverse and under-represented populations. In this session, participants will review case studies on gender and STEM students who study abroad, and develop hands-on expertise in using qualitative research methodologies to diversify education abroad participation.
12 - 1:30PM NETWORKING LUNCH AND ANNUAL BUSINESS
MEETING
Integrating Education Abroad into the Campus Ethos
Larry Braskamp, Gabriele Weber Bosley,Thomas D'Agostino, Dennis Doyle, Steven Duke, Joan Gillespie
Panel presentation
Leaders at five institutions will present one major initiative that integrates education abroad into the campus mission and culture using a framework that connects student development dimensions – cognitive, intrapersonal, interpersonal—and environmental factors – curriculum, co-curriculum, community—to enhance education abroad effectiveness.
When Visions & Values Collide: Multiple Perspectives on the Impact of Communication & Technology On Site (France)
Monique Fecteau, Scott Blair, Shelley Cavaness, Ray Vernon
Panel presentation
France-based panelists representing different programs and institutions will address the impact and potential uses of communication and other new technologies in on-site management and integration of students from an academic and cultural standpoint. How has technology changed interactions among on-site staff, students, faculty and partner institutions? Can these tools be used to enhance learning and engagement with the host culture? On-site staff, faculty and student perspectives will be presented.
What Would Aristotle Do: Taking a Philosophical Perspective on Education Abroad
Andrew Law, Rob Hallworth, Sue Mennicke, Cliff Tironi
Panel presentation
This session will address how differing philosophical perspectives can inform the educational purpose and student-centered learning goals associated with education abroad. Considering some key philosophical approaches, this session will explore these issues in a critical/reflective context in an effort to enrich the discussion of educational purpose in education abroad.
Study Abroad: Privilege, Right, or Requirement?
Scott Manning, Melissa Hardin, Angela Shaeffer
Round-table dialogue
A discussion of the impact study abroad requirements may have on academic, disciplinary, and financial issues, as well as personal responsibility, health and ability concerns, and the work of the education abroad office. Participants will be asked to contribute their own experiences and observations to this dialogue.
The Forum's Code of Ethics
Michael Morrison, Stephen DePaul
Round-table dialogue
Participants and session leaders will examine a range of important ethical dilemmas in this interactive session that will use a series of vignettes to reveal the need to involve resources from several areas of a university or institution in addressing ethical issues in education abroad.
Effective Assessment: Measuring Value in Short-Term, Faculty-Led Programs
Max Savishinsky, Dana Bumpus, Brit Toven
Round-table dialogue
This session will present the results of the 2008 University of Washington Exploration Seminars program assessment as they relate to current best practices in the field, and will seek to demonstrate how assessment communicates value to various stakeholders involved in education abroad. Participants will discuss the benefits and challenges of program evaluation, assessment design, current research in the field, and how assessment informs and shapes future programming.
Assessing our Resources Related to Mental Health and Disability
Michele Scheib, Jim Baker, Laurie Duston
Round-table dialogue
As we envision equal and expanding opportunities to study abroad, the diversity of participants will encompass those with disabilities and health-related conditions. This session brings together insurance providers, disability providers, third-party providers and information service providers to discuss the complex issues that challenge us to use our resources effectively to serve our increasingly diverse students who study abroad
What it's Worth; The Value of International Internships
Kate Moore, Ara Pachmayer, Julie Kelly, beth Rydstrom-Knudson, Laura Sewell, Paige Sindt, Kate Smart
Panel presentation
This session will present how an international internship can provide an avenue for students to develop skills identified as relevant in the entry-level job market while participating in a cultural immersion experience. Focus will be on the details of developing and implementing successful internship experiences abroad from the perspectives of an employer, a third-party provider, and both the sending and receiving institutions. The Forum's Standards of Good Practice and seven critical areas of competency will be used to guide discussion as panelists discuss innovative ways to better prepare students for their internship. The session will culminate with a review and discussion of a case study of internships in London and Sydney, where innovative methods are used to help students gain more than just practical and transferable skills.
Re-Thinking and Re-Designing the International Experience for Today’s Community College Students, 4-Year College Students AND Including Adult Learners
Bernie Yevin
Panel presentation
Today, having a global orientation and experience is a necessity, but for many community college and 4-year school students, including enrolled adult learners, the traditional “semester” or “year abroad” is not a reality. This session presents a model for successfully designing and implementing a short-term, for-credit, quality international experience adaptable to any curriculum in any educational delivery format at any community college which can be easily replicated and has worked successfully with over 135 students, many of whom were adult learners.
3 - 3:45PM Coffee Break
Using National and Regional Organizations: How We Can Help You
Megan Brenn-White, Robert Guitierrez, Peter Kerrigan, Mary Catherine Scarborough
Panel presentation
In a time where “value” is critical, it makes more sense than ever before to take advantage of the services, scholarships, and expertise that international education organizations have to offer, not all of which are obvious at a first glance. Well-known regional and national organizations are offering new programs and opportunities.. This session will give participants the opportunity to hear directly from representatives of three leading and well-established organizations in the international educational exchange field about how they can help institutions and administrators achieve their international education goals.
Participants will be encouraged to share their experiences with these or other organizations, and discuss ideas for new initiatives and ways to collaborate.
Current Challenges in Managing an International Education Office
Timothy Lynn Elliot, Adrian Beaulieu, Mary Dando, Monica Pagano
Town-hall meeting
This session will focus on current challenges faced by those who manage international education offices. The challenges discussed will be topical and could include the practical aspects of dealing with pandemics, coping with decreased institutional financial support for education abroad programs, and/or effectively managing an education aboard staff. Participants should come prepared to share and discuss their challenges.
The Ethics of Advising: Advocating for the Student While Promoting the Experience
Michelle Gere, Traci Chupik, Martha Johnson
Panel presentation
The Forum’s Code of Ethics for Education Abroad calls upon international educators to remember their responsibility to students and to advocate for their best academic and personal interests. While we work to articulate and promote the vision and value of the study abroad experience in general, and certain programs specifically, how do we negotiate the fine line between advocating for a student’s best interests and our desire to send them abroad? This session will introduce specific ethical dilemmas, and suggest some solutions from different perspectives in the field, to assist participants to identify how they can enhance advising practices. For pre-session information and resources, please go to: www.tinyurl.com/advisingethics.
Questioning the “Global” in Study Abroad
Richard Mitten, Ross Lewin, Jeffrey Peck, Talya Zemach-Bersin
Panel presentation
Study abroad is no longer merely about creating an elite cadre that can move seamlessly between homogenous cultures. It is about preparing a mass of students that can navigate in a globalized world suffused with cultural diversity, advanced capitalism and transnational problems. This session interrogates the tension between some study abroad practices and the changing mission of study abroad to create global citizens.
Male Students and Study Abroad: Improving participation by Improving the Value of Education Abroad
James Lucas, Sue Mennicke, Inge Steglitz
Round-table dialogue
This session addresses whether our marketing of study abroad and its value appeals to ale students, and what we may need to do to revise our messages to increase male participation in study abroad. Discussion will focus on a number of factors related to male students and their potential interest in study abroad, such as: How does your institution articulate the value and purpose of study abroad? How is the value of study abroad linked to students’ academic majors, graduate school, or professional interests? How can our reconsidering the value and purpose of study abroad lead to greater participation by a more diverse student population, including males? How can we increase the academic value of study abroad and effectively communicate this value to students?
Latest Developments from the Forum BEVI Project: From Theory and Data to Real World Application and Research
Craig Shealy, Mell Bolen, Dawn Pysarchik, Lee Sternberger
Round-table dialogue
The Forum BEVI Project (http://www.forumea.org/research-bevi.htm) assesses the processes and outcomes of international learning (e.g., who learns what and why, and under what circumstances). This interactive session presents the initial results and their implications, and focuses on the real world application of the BEVI via its individual, program, and institutional assessment reports, and linkage to other assessment methods.
Study Abroad, Demographic Change, and Inclusion—A Standards Committee Session
Michael Steinberg, Heather Barclay-Hamir, Joy Carew
Round-table dialogue
The Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad and the Code of Ethics both have points about non-discrimination but do not go into great detail. The roundtables will focus on challenges with respect to the implementation of the Standards, with a consideration of whether the Standards need to be augmented with respect to diversity.
A Fair Alternative: On-Campus Conversations
Brad Stepan, Barbara Colyar, Antonia Lortis, Stacey Shimizu
Panel presentation
While study abroad fairs work well on many campuses, different models may work more effectively at other campuses. This session explores alternatives to the traditional fair model and attempts to inspire participants with new ideas in order to maximize effective collaboration between study abroad programs, education abroad offices, faculty, and students.
Internationalize your Institution through Faculty
Wendy Williamson, Elizabeth Brewer, Laura McGee, Cornell H. Menking
Panel presentation
Internationalization is not just an administrative process or task to be completed; it is a cultural framework driven by a variety of people. Having a globally-minded faculty is key to this process and should be a priority for institutions that are serious about international education. Institutional leaders and internationally-minded faculty will lead a discussion about how best to utilize faculty to propel organic internationalization.
Engaging Study-Abroad Alumni: Creating Community and Outreach Opportunities
Jannan Poppen, Jen Nielsen, Joyce Tullbane
Panel presentation
This session will explore the question of the value in creating community and outreach opportunities among education abroad alumni. We will also examine the ways in which international educators can encourage study abroad alumni to become engaged upon their return. Groups will work together to examine the value of alumni engagement from the perspectives of both international educators and students within the context of student ambassador and peer advisor programs. How do international educators/students benefit? Is experiencing community an expected outcome of studying abroad? What types of community and outreach opportunities can we create and how do international educators facilitate these opportunities? Is it too late to create communities once students return? The groups will then share highlights from the discussions. All participants will then create action points from the discussion.
6-8PM NETWORKING RECEPTION
HARVEY B. GANTT CENTER FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ART + CULTURE
(Directly across the street from the Westin Charlotte.)
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