Print VersionA Sampling of CIBER-Funded Curriculum Development
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First-Year Arabic Intensive Summer Course
Moneera Al-Ghadeer, assistant professor of African languages and literature, UW-Madison
The current international crisis focused on the Middle East has stimulated a surge of interest and enrollment in Arabic language courses, yet no summer Arabic classes have been offered at UW-Madison in recent years. As an innovative approach to meeting this demand, Al-Ghadeer plans to develop a new eight-week summer course that would allow students to achieve early intermediate (beginning of second year) proficiency. It also would include a strong cultural component such as films, music and meals, and may also include a live-in dormitory environment.
Germany-Ukraine Study Tour Professional Development Program
Bonita Bissonette, director of International Education, Northcentral Technical College
The purpose of the project is to finalize the development of a Germany-Ukraine Study Tour program. Two school administrators from Northcentral Technical College plan to travel from Wausau to Germany and Ukraine in the fall of 2003. This will enable the final arrangements for the first group of faculty, staff and local business community representatives to conduct a Germany-Ukraine Study Tour in 2004.
Business in Italy: Field Trip and Instructional Materials
Thomas Cravens, professor of Italian, UW-Madison Luigi Ferri, French and Italian lecturer, UW-Madison
This project combines work and expenses for enhancement of the student experience related to our course Business Italian (Italian 313). Activity is articulated in two phases: 1) instructor-led student field trip to small/medium-sized firms in Northern Italy during this summer’s three-week session beginning May 27, 2003, and 2) production of CD and Web materials based on videotaped interviews with management and labor, and on tours of facilities, supplemented by materials gathered in Italy. An important aspect is to draw on Madison’s twin city link with Mantova, an ideal base for all trip activities.
Wisconsin/Germany Faculty Exchange Program
Alan Dohm, Chippewa Valley Technical College
The focus of the project is to further enhance international integration in the manufacturing curricula at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC). In 2002, the German state of Hessen sent a delegation of approximately 20 educators from their vocational/technical education system to observe the Wisconsin Technical College System for two weeks. CVTC plans to send one or two representatives to Germany this spring to complete the partnership exchange. The CVTC representative(s) will explore distance education opportunities, as well as gather information on best practices within the German education and manufacturing systems.
Internationalizing Business Curriculum
Dawn Humburg, Iowa Central Community College
Iowa Central Community College has plans to internationalize the curriculum in its Business Department. A faculty member will attend the North American Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE) conference in April, and then lead a workshop (together with a consultant) for ICCC faculty members to develop international modules for Accounting 1, Introduction to Business and Marketing courses for fall 2003.
Summer Intensive Courses in Beginning Japanese
Masako Lackey, UW-Whitewater
The purpose of this project is to reach out to more students, especially those who may not have easy accessibility to regular UW-Whitewater courses. Lackey plans to make Japanese I and II available to UW-Whitewater business students, to high school students in the community and to employees of local companies with ties to Japan. The courses will prepare students to function in most everyday situations, enhance their international communication skills, and heighten their awareness of global views.
International Business Education & East Africa
Rod Matthews, senior lecturer in real estate, UW-Madison
Under this proposal, Matthews will travel to the Faculty of Commerce and Management of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in January of 2003. During Rod’s visit, he will research how international business and real estate are taught in Africa and explore ways to use long distance education for inclusion in several UW-Madison School of Business courses. Ultimately, Rod will incorporate research findings into several UW-Madison School of Business Courses in the Spring of 2003: International Business 200 and Real Estate 306 (The Real Estate Process). This is an introductory visit that will initiate and strengthen School of Business linkages with Africa and provide a new perspective to the international business curriculum at UW-Madison.
Using Real Options to Value New Technologies in Emerging Markets
Jim Seward, associate professor of finance, investment and banking, UW-Madison Cynthia Horner, director of Applied Corporate Finance Program (ACFIN), UW-Madison
Wisconsin/Denmark Technical College Exchange
Wendy Way, Center on Education and Work, UW-Madison Richard Carpenter, president of the Wisconsin Technical College System
The Wisconsin Technical College System and the Danish Technical College System wish to strengthen the technical education and business community relationships between the two countries through an exchange program for teachers, administrators and business representatives. The Wisconsin Technical College System plans to send executive college administrators to Denmark in March 2003 followed by a Danish return visit in May 2003. Actual staff exchanges between the colleges and business sector are planned to be implemented for the 2003-2004 academic year.