A NAFSA Webinar on What Our Students Are Learning --- and Not Learning --- Abroad

Student Learning Abroad: What Our Students Are Learning, What They're Not, and What We Can Do About It    May 3, 2012 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (EDT) $149 NAFSA Member; $189 Nonmember Registration Deadline: April 26, 2012  Regional accrediting bodies are asking higher educational institutions across the United States to provide more and better evidence that their students are learning. Education abroad programming is not immune to these calls for accountability, and faculty and staff are increasingly shifting the focus of their efforts from simply working to increase student enrollments to asking what their students are learning abroad.   Webinar Objectives: Hear three student abroad learning experts discuss ongoing shifts in study abroad attitudes and practices.  Review key findings from recent education abroad research.   Gain strategies from six exemplary study abroad programs that are intervening to help students learn and develop more effectively. Gather Your Colleagues to Participate! NAFSA's webinars are a very cost-effective method of staying abreast of the hottest topics facing the field today. With one computer, a projection screen, and a speaker phone, you can invite as many attendees as will fit in a room! Register and Reserve Your Space Today!

Presenters:

Michael Vande Berg, PhD Vice President, Academic Affairs Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)  A founding board member of the Forum on Education Abroad, Vande Berg has authored numerous publications on international education topics and has directed several study abroad research projects. He frequently speaks on education abroad topics and leads teaching and learning workshops in the United States and abroad. R. Michael Paige, PhD Professor, International and Intercultural Education Department of Educational Policy and Administration University of Minnesota In addition to his position with the University of Minnesota, Paige serves on the faculty of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication. As an intercultural and international educator for more than 40 years, Paige has authored numerous intercultural texts, including University of Minnesota's Maximizing Study Abroad. Kris Hemming Lou, Phd Director, Office of International Education Associate Professor, International Studies Willamette University Lou has been in the field of intercultural and international education for more than 20 years, teaching in Japan, Austria, and the United States. He is CEO of Hemming & Weber Consulting, LLC, which provides intercultural consulting services to educational institutions.