Geographically Distributed Collaborative Learning

"Going Global, Locally!"

This research area examines geographically distributed collaborative learning between students and faculty in developed and developing countries. The investigation focuses on an interdisciplinary seminar involving graduate students at two universities in the United States and two in other countries outside the U.S. The seminar, entitled “Globalization and the Information Society: Information, Communication and Development” (“Globalization Seminar”), involves students from up to six universities, including participating institutions in the United States, South Africa; Rwanda; and the Caribbean.

Projects

1. Globalization Seminar

Project Leader: Derrick Cogburn.
Researchers: Charles Lewis
From January to April each year since 1999, the Globalization Seminar has brought together students from South Africa with students from the United States in an advanced interdisciplinary seminar called “Globalization and the Information Society: Information, Communication and Development.” Over the past seven years, the Globalization Seminar has included students from Syracuse University, the University of Michigan, American University, Howard University in the United States; and the University of the Witwatersrand, University of Fort Hare, and the University of Pretoria in South Africa. This year’s offering will include the University of the West Indies and Kigali Institute of Science and Technology as partners. This project is supported by Syracuse University.


2. Advanced Interactive Design Environments

Project Leader: Derrick Cogburn
Description forthcoming.