MILSA Colloquium Facilitating Students` Intercultural Learning

MILSA Colloquium Facilitating Students` Intercultural Learning

 MILSA Colloquium
Facilitating Students’ Intercultural Learning Through Study Abroad
April 14 and 15, 2016
University of Bern, Switzerland
www.milsa.unibe.ch
Kuppelraum
Main building
Hochschulstrasse 4
3012 Bern
Switzerland
Programme
Day 1: Thursday 14 April
9:00-9:45
Registration and Refreshments
9:45-10:25
Welcome
Ellen Krause, Head of International Office, University of Bern
Introduction to the MILSA Project (Mentoring Intercultural Learning
Through Study Abroad)
Susan Oguro (University of Technology Sydney) and Annie Cottier
(University of Bern)
10:30-11:30
OPTIMIZING INTERCULTURAL LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT ABROAD
THROUGH ONLINE MENTORING
Plenary Address: Jane Jackson (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:35-12:20
WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMS? INSIGHTS FROM A LONGITUDINAL, QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Invited Speaker: Sybille Heinzmann (University of Teacher Education,
Lucerne)
12:20-14:00
Lunch and Poster Session
14:00-14:45
FROM INTERNATIONAL TO INTERCULTURAL: PROMOTING INTERCULTURAL
INTELLIGENCE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. THE CASE OF IESEG SCHOOL OF
MANAGEMENT AND THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY PASSPORT
Invited Speaker: Grant Douglas (IESEG School of Management, Lille)
14:50-15:35
EXPLORING LONG-TERM IMPACT OF JAPANESE PEOPLE’S STUDY ABROAD
EXPERIENCE
Invited Speaker: Hiroshi Ota (Hitotsubashi University)
15:35-16:10
Refreshments
16:15-17:00
SUMMARY AND FEEDBACK
Invited Discussant: Elspeth Jones (Leeds Metropolitan University)
Programme
Day 2: Friday 15 April
9:15-9:25
Re-Cap and Introduction
9:30-10:30
‘THE IMAGINARY IS WHAT TENDS TO BECOME REAL’ (BRETON): MENTORING
STUDENTS’ INTERCULTURAL LEARNING THROUGH A PEDAGOGY OF
IMAGINEERING
Plenary Address: Fred Dervin (University of Helsinki)
10:30-11:00
Refreshments
11:00-11:45
‘CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS’ AS A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING
STUDENTS' INTERCULTURAL EXPERIENCES DURING STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMS
Invited Speaker: Susan Oguro (University of Technology Sydney)
11:50-12:35
BETWEEN RESEARCHING IN INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN STUDY ABROAD
AND TEACHING ABOUT INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: A REFLECTION ON
METHODS AND FINDINGS
Invited Speaker: Josep-Maria Cots (University of Lleida)
12:35-14:00
Lunch and Poster Session
14:00-14:45
OVERALL SUMMARY AND FEEDBACK
Invited Discussant: Mirjam Egli Cuenat (University of Teacher
Education, St. Gallen)
Future Directions
14:45-16:00
Farewell Drinks