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Virtual Mobility: Flipping the Global Classroom Through a Blended Learning Opportunity

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Business professionals are increasingly operating across cultures and time zones as industry globalizes. At the same time, technology is presenting more effective ways to communicate and connect over vast distances. Universities need to create innovative approaches for developing students’ skills to operate in this global multicultural environment. This chapter presents a case study of how a university moved from a traditional learning abroad approach to a blended virtual mobility model in an attempt to provide contemporary skills and more inclusive global learning opportunities. The case study also reveals how communication technology enabled students to develop skills to operate globally. The chapter concludes with a model designed from innovative experimentation that provides more accessibility and scalability in global learning opportunities for students.

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    Sally Parrott & Sandra Jones

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  1. School of Business, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Timothy Hall

  2. School of Education, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Tonia Gray

  3. Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Greg Downey

  4. School of Education, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Michael Singh

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Parrott, S., Jones, S. (2018). Virtual Mobility: Flipping the Global Classroom Through a Blended Learning Opportunity. In: Hall, T., Gray, T., Downey, G., Singh, M. (eds) The Globalisation of Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74579-4_10

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