Virtual Exchange Program

About:

Virtual Exchange Program (VEP) links courses in the US, Europe and MUBS in Lebanon. The program uses advanced collaboration technologies, including web videoconferencing, virtual whiteboards, shared text annotating, discussion boards, and chat rooms, around a challenging problem-based learning curriculum developed in close cooperation with scholars from International Educational entities such as Stanford University and Princeton University.

2015

Launched

6 Courses

Delivered

320 Students

Participants

Cultural Objectives:

Human beings tend to form positive stereotypes of those they resemble, and negative stereotypes of those who are different, creating in-groups and out-groups. Stereotypes are then used to explain behaviors not only of groups, but also of individuals. Read More.

Benefits:

The benefits of face-to-face student exchange are well known. Empirical research has shown that those who have the opportunity to study abroad exhibit "higher levels of international political concern, cross-cultural interest, and cultural cosmopolitanism" (Carlson & Widaman, 1988, p. 13), as well as "a greater change in intercultural communication skills" (Williams, 2005, p. 356). Student exchange "can profoundly influence individuals’ pursuit of further graduate studies, career paths, and global engagement" (Paige, et al., 2009, p. 15). Read More.

Courses:

Stanford University: Collaboration in Humanitarian Response -

SJSU: Investigating Stereotypes -

Cardiff Met.: Confronting the Refugee Crisis -

Global Partners in Education (GPE): Collaboration in Global Understanding course -

Stanford University: Educational Technology Course (Fall 2020) -

Princeton University: Global History Course (Fall 2020) -

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Testimonials

Our Pride

Thank you for everything and the opportunity to learn something new and we hope we get more opportunities like this.

YES - Education Student

I am so glad I was accepted in YALA! Program. It unlocked my potentials and gave me the opportunity to sharpen my skills with respect to communication, leadership and everything related to political management.