{"id":871,"date":"2005-04-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=871"},"modified":"2005-04-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-26T04:00:00","slug":"web-based-program-connects-across-cultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/web-based-program-connects-across-cultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Web-based Program Connects Across Cultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Vo Tong Xuan, president of An Giang University, talks with 91¶ÌÊÓƵ President Loren Swartzendruber and professor Dan Wessner\" src=\"\/news\/images\/91¶ÌÊÓƵVietnam.jpg\" \/><br \/>Vo Vo Tong Xuan, president of An Giang University, talks with 91¶ÌÊÓƵ President Loren Swartzendruber and 91¶ÌÊÓƵ history professor Dan Wessner during his recent campus visit. Dr. Swartzendruber paid a reciprocal visit to An Giang University in March, 2005.<br \/>Photo by Jim Bishop <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<p> The potential for learning in a virtual classroom setting is taking giant steps forward even as several courses are reshaping students&#8217; world views at 91¶ÌÊÓƵ. <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Associate Professor of International and Political Studies Dan Wessner has been crafting computer-based course work to interact with and learn from students at two universities in Vietnam. He terms the approach <a href=\"\/ic3\/\">&quot;IC3&quot; &#8211; Inter-Cultural Communicative Competence<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> Dr. Wessner, associate professor of international and political studies in the history department, arranged for 91¶ÌÊÓƵ students to converse by computer with Vietnamese students on a regular basis at An Giang University and Can Tho University, both in the Mekong Delta. <\/p>\n<p> Wessner drew from his earlier experience as a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in Vietnam and his connections with Mennonite Central Committee personnel serving at An Giang University. This collaborative learning was augmented by Mr. Tran Quoc Thang and Ms. Nguyen Hoang Bich Ngoc, both Vietnamese students in 91¶ÌÊÓƵ&#8217;s MA in education program. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo right\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"1\" alt=\"IC3 participants Kevin Docherty and Erica Kraybill\" src=\"\/news\/images\/KevinErica.jpg\" \/><br \/>Kevin Docherty, an 91¶ÌÊÓƵ senior history\/sociology major from Harrisonburg, and Erica Kraybill, a junior history major from Columbus, Ohio, use the Blackboard computer program to carry on in-depth conversation with students in Vietnam and Iran. Docherty plans to attend 91¶ÌÊÓƵ&#8217;s cross-cultural study seminar to Vietnam in May.<br \/>Photo by Jim Bishop <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<p> The first day of class, each Vietnamese and American student, none of whom was born during the Vietnam-U.S. War, was asked to write a paragraph of &quot;first impressions&quot; of the other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vo Vo Tong Xuan, president of An Giang University, talks with 91¶ÌÊÓƵ President Loren Swartzendruber and 91¶ÌÊÓƵ history professor Dan Wessner during his recent campus visit. 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