Learning Experiences in an International Email Exchange Project

Authors

Hyong S. Yeom, James Madison UniversityFollow
Hwa-ok Bae, Gyeonsang National UniversityFollow
Carrie McCann, New York Peace InstituteFollow

Abstract

This study examines students’ learning experience in a semester-long email exchange project as a normal class activity between U.S. and Korean social work undergraduate students in fall 2008 and fall 2009. We used a content analysis to analyze the qualitative data of the email content and of the end-of-semester surveys. The study found this email exchange helped students develop cross-cultural understanding; enhance their knowledge of social or social justice issues in both countries; learn the social work profession and its commonalities and differences in both countries; and expand their interest in other countries. This study also suggests ways to modify the project for a better learning experience in the future, based on students’ end-of-semester surveys and instructors’ reflections on the activities.

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Recommended Citation

Yeom, Hyong S.; Bae, Hwa-ok; and McCann, Carrie (2014) "Learning Experiences in an International Email Exchange Project," International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 8: No. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2014.080106