Using social media to promote international student partnerships |
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Authors: | Bernard M. Garrett Roger Cutting |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T201-2211 Wesbrook mall, Vancouver, Canada V6T 2B5;2. University of Plymouth, Faculty of Education, United Kingdom;1. University of Alabama, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Box 870232, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0232, USA;2. Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Richmond, KY 40475, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, United States;2. Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, United States |
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Abstract: | This paper describes a project to establish and evaluate online study partnerships, using social networking applications, between final year Canadian nursing students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and second year undergraduate science education students at the University of Plymouth (UoP) in the UK. The project took place between 2009 and 2010 and evaluated the use of social networking applications with international interdisciplinary partnerships between Canadian and UK students. A multi-method evaluation strategy incorporating questionnaires, online focus groups and web analytics was used to explore the value of social media to promote the exchange of ideas and discussion of scientific philosophy in different contexts, between students working in disciplines with differing philosophical perspectives principally modern/post-modern, quantitative/qualitative, empirical/theoretical. This project resulted in a very successful collaborative partnership between UK and Canadian students. |
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