Virtual Education Abroad: Lessons for Creating Innovative Hybrid Programs

Learning Objectives:

• Present the most effective strategies from virtual education abroad programs in a variety of forms including virtual immersions, virtual internships, COIL, and credit-based research programs.
• Understand the most effective ways to design and implement virtual programs conducted through institutions in Canada, Ecuador, and the United States and implemented with host partners across the globe.
• Demonstrate how the most effective strategies from the virtual programs can be translated into creating innovative hybrid programs to ensure greater access for students while developing institutional capacities and strengthening global partnerships.
• Translate learnings from virtual programs to reimagine international education and create new ways to design both virtual and in-person education abroad programs while supporting faculty in introducing new pedagogical approaches to support global learning.