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Jay Gary

Avatar and global competence? 5 Replies

Started by Jay Gary. Last reply by Jay Gary Feb 7.

Chris Nickel

How can we as educators, leaders, and students become more globally competent? 5 Replies

Started by Chris Nickel. Last reply by Chris Nickel Jan 21.

A Window to the Middle East website

Do you want to get the most out of the RU Global Roundtable? Then take the time to explore A Window to the Middle East. The website takes you on a tour of Middle East cultures and history via Regent's RU Global initiative:

SEE: Take a virtual tour of the Middle East and Northern Africa.
CONNECT: Understand Middle Eastern communication patterns and their potential impact on the classroom.
LEARN: Explore Middle Eastern Educational Resources.
LEAD: Investigate guidelines for educational leaders.

Did You Know?...

Students from the Middle East may be uncomfortable with a close teacher/student relationship due to the large Power Distance Index. Students expect the teacher to separate themselves from students and not to approach students as a learning facilitator. Non-authoritative approaches to education may make students feel uncomfortable at first and may take some time and extra attention to help middle eastern students understand that they can approach a professor for help.

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Jay Gary replied to Jay Gary's discussion 'Avatar and global competence?'
Julie and I have been talking about how Avatar might relate to global competency, but some Regent students might not get that far upon first look. Apparently the contemporary Christian echo-chamber is deliberating whether AVATAR profanes the concep…
on Sunday
Chris Nickel added an event
Free webinar: Bi-National Learning and the Internet: Grassroots Experiments in Global Education at Online via Elluminate at: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.8B71B60F2931D029AC3837DC06B70D
February 10, 2010 from 1pm to 2pm
Sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research, this session features a presentation and discussion with Dr. William Egnatoff, Queens University, Kingston. Students at a French immersion high school in Ottawa and a school in Bra…
January 29
Jay Gary replied to Jay Gary's discussion 'Avatar and global competence?'
Julie, have you thought about moonlighting as a script consultant? You are good! So global competence in this case builds on an ability to navigate the duality in one's own culture as well as being open to navigate the same tensions in another. For…
January 29
Julie Moustafa replied to Jay Gary's discussion 'Avatar and global competence?'
I saw the duality in the Sky People culture within the Marine culture and the scientific culture in the movie. I believe that Jake Sully took the best from both extreme aspects of his culture, i.e. the physical discipline of the Marines and the curi…
January 28

Did You Know?


…that Arabic is spoken in 24 countries, including the Middle Eastern countries of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia? 

…that there are three forms of Arabic?

  1. Classic, used solely for reading the Koran.
  2. Modern, used in books, newscasts, and for formal communication with speakers of diverse dialects.
  3. Spoken, which includes many different dialects.

Learn a few Arabic phrases in the Bedouin dialect Other useful Arabic phrases

Take the pre-event survey. This survey will help us assess the Regent community's growth toward global competency.

This Did You Know email is brought to you by the QEP Round Table Committee.   Register now for the next RU Global Roundtable, A Window to the Middle East, on February 11, 2010. The Roundtable includes a discussion about skills leaders need to succeed when working with Middle Eastern cultures.  If you’re off campus or just can’t attend, check the Regent portal after 2/18 for a link to the webcast.

Register now for the RU Global Roundtable

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