Crossing Global Boundaries: Beyond Intercultural Communication

TyAnna K. Herrington Georgia Institute of Technology

Abstract

This article analyzes the benefits of experiential learning in cross-disciplinary global learning environments by recounting work in the Global Classroom Project, which electronically links students and professors from Russia and America. The author asserts that students learn by experience what cannot be taught and claims that they benefit from synthesizing the viewpoints, ideologies, and frames of reference of diverse co-participants. In doing so, students prepare for a future in which synthetic thinking that leads to innovative, imaginative problem solving and invention will be desirable and necessary.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2010-10-01
DOI
10.1177/1050651910371303
Open Access
Closed

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