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.

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.

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 Related Articles:

• Causes and Remedies for Marginalization and Underrepresentation in Global Virtual Exchange Initiatives
• Causes & Remedies for Marginalization & Underrepresentation in Global Virtual Exchange Initiatives: Presentation at IVEC 2021
• MUBS and Stanford Researchers Develop Virtual Exchange in Global Health