Exploring the Literature and Rationale for Global E-Cultural Learning

Exploring the Literature and Rationale for Global E-Cultural Learning

Audrey Faye Falk, Martina Jordaan, Sameerah T. Saeed, Nour El Houda Chaoui, Madasu Bhaskara Rao
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5083-3.ch012
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Abstract

This chapter is the work of scholars across five countries and three continents. This chapter will provide an extensive review of the relevant scholarly literature that grounds the early partnership work of these researchers. The literature will be used to identify gaps and to provide recommendations for future research, policy, and practice toward the advancement of digital engagement across geographical and cultural divides. The authors will draw from related subjects as needed and will delineate the gaps in the literature. The chapter will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in the fields of service-learning, virtual partnerships, and community engagement and others interested in the utilization of technology to build bridges across cultural and geographical divides in higher education and in communities.
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Background

This chapter provides intellectual grounding for a remote intercultural initiative that is in process involving the five authors of this chapter and students from our respective institutions. The chapter has been developed at a unique moment in time as the world continues to confront the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. When academic institutions reverted to remote learning in March 2020, researchers used the term “emergency remote teaching” (ERT) to describe and understand the experiences of students and instructors who were forced to rapidly switch to remote teaching and learning experiences (Falk & Orbon, 2021). At that point, scholar-teachers attempted to capture the experience of the dramatic shift that occurred worldwide at educational institutions for students of all ages while also providing strategies and recommendations for instructors and administrators who grappled with creating meaningful learning experiences in a new modality.

Key Terms in this Chapter

Virtual Partnerships: Collaborations between geographically dispersed institutions, where interaction among the institutions is enabled by electronic modes of communication.

COVID-19: A new type of coronavirus disease that infected people around the world in December 2019 and led to countrywide lockdowns beginning in March 2020.

Township: In South Africa - a suburb of predominantly black occupants, formerly officially designated for black occupation during the apartheid legislation.

Electronic Service-Learning (e-SL): An experiential learning pedagogy in which instruction, service and reflection are conducted electronically.

Global Service-Learning: An approach to applying academic knowledge in the real world in an international, cross-cultural or multi-national context.

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