The role of technology in internationalising the language of education
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Paper/Presentation Title | The role of technology in internationalising the language of education |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | |
Author | Nooriafshar, Mehryar |
Editors | Athiyaman, Adee |
Journal or Proceedings Title | ASBBS International Conference Proceedings 2004 (ASBBS 2004) |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2004 |
ISBN | 0646437178 |
Conference/Event | 7th American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences International Conference (ASBBS 2004) |
Event Details | 7th American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences International Conference (ASBBS 2004) Event Date 06 to end of 08 Aug 2004 Event Location Cairns, Australia |
Abstract | There is no doubt that English is the most international language used for both formal and informal communication purposes across the globe. For instance, the common language used by businesses, governments and travellers from different linguistic backgrounds is English. This popularity and general acceptance has placed the English-speaking countries in an advantageous position in terms of attracting students from different parts of the globe. This trend is evidenced by the numbers of international enrolments and partnerships between international and English-speaking universities, in particular, for Business related courses. This paper investigates how the latest technologies can be used in creating learning environments with a lower text dependency to suit students from different linguistic backgrounds. In order to determine the learning effectiveness of less language-dependent teaching materials, a visually rich multimedia system on Project Management was used as an instrument. This multimedia system was developed by the author and his colleagues at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. A group of 34 undergraduate students in Operations Management from a Mexican tertiary institute were chosen for this particular study. Spanish was the native language of all of these students. After giving them a seminar on introductory project management via the multimedia system, they were interviewed. The comments and feedback provided by these students have demonstrated that visual features in educational multimedia can remove the dependency on text for understanding the concepts. Hence, it would possible to develop educational multimedia in a generic language such as English and then make it available for students from different parts of the world. |
Keywords | educational multimedia, visually rich, learning environment, language, internationalise |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 479999. Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified |
399999. Other education not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9z77x/the-role-of-technology-in-internationalising-the-language-of-education
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