Abstract

The interconnected modern world requires business professionals to adopt a global mindset and function effectively in multicultural environments. The authors introduced multicultural experiences to their students through virtual partnerships, in which online technologies are used to virtually connect classrooms across borders. The students internalized experiences gained through such partnerships and developed multicultural awareness and competence during the process of conducting a series of joint assignments. This paper describes our use of these assignments and discusses how the virtual partnership could be improved by using a new theoretical model of Multicultural Experiences.

摘要

互联互通的现代世界要求商业专业人士采用全球思维并在多元文化环境中有效发挥作用。作者通过虚拟伙伴关系向他们的学生介绍了多元文化体验，其中在线技术被用来虚拟地跨界连接教室。学生将通过这种伙伴关系获得的经验内化，并在进行一系列联合作业的过程中培养了多元文化意识和能力。本文描述了我们对这些任务的使用，并讨论了如何通过使用多元文化体验的新理论模型来改善虚拟伙伴关系。