As we move further into the twenty-first century, businesses continue to seek employees with global experience and intercultural competence, but the reality is that many students are unable to gain this experience through study abroad programs for a variety of reasons. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is value in using web conferencing technology to provide students with access to international learning activities or ways to internationalize the curriculum for students who are unable to travel abroad. This formative case evaluation is the first in a series of iterative studies aimed at developing a viable, sustainable, technology-based solution through design-based research. The Online Learning Consortium’s (OLC) Quality Framework is composed of five pillars that support successful online learning: access, student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, learning effectiveness, and scale (Online Learning Consortium 2017). Using the OLC Quality Framework, this formative case evaluation focuses on both quality (student satisfaction, faculty satisfaction, learning effectiveness) and value added (access, scale) when web conferencing technology was used to allow participants in the USA to participate live in study abroad activities in a global health management course in Brazil. Researchers found that web conferencing technology appears to be a viable alternative that provides its own set of benefits to students in higher education. Using the OLC Quality Framework to explore the evaluation questions revealed both success factors and areas for improvement in each of the five categories promoted by the international professional organization dedicated to the advancement of quality online learning.

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通过国外在线学习对课程国际化的创新解决方案进行检验

随着我们进入二十一世纪，企业继续寻找具有全球经验和跨文化能力的员工，但现实情况是，由于各种原因，许多学生无法通过出国留学计划获得这种经验。这项研究的目的是确定使用网络会议技术为学生提供国际学习活动的机会或为无法出国旅行的学生提供国际化课程的方式的价值。这种形成性案例评估是旨在通过基于设计的研究开发可行，可持续，基于技术的解决方案的一系列迭代研究中的第一项。在线学习联盟（OLC）的质量框架由支持成功在线学习的五个支柱组成：访问，学生满意度，教师满意度，学习效果和规模（在线学习联盟，2017年）。使用OLC质量框架，这种形成性的案例评估着眼于质量（学生满意度，教职员工满意度，学习效果）和增值（访问，规模），这是通过使用网络会议技术允许美国参与者在国外进行实地学习而进行的。巴西全球健康管理课程中的各种活动。研究人员发现，网络会议技术似乎是一种可行的替代方法，它可以为高等教育的学生提供自己的好处。