For Students

2023 COLAB Discussions on CANVAS involve:

• Assignment One

PART A - week 1: Welcome, introductions (personal/professional and cultural information, and experiences of past/present cross-cultural encounters)

PART B - week 2: Sharing childhood memories

• Assignment Two

PART C - week 3: Documenting a "day in the life of an early childhood setting in your context"

PART D - week 4: Researching and presentation of social justice issues in local area

PART E: Final reflection paper

Over the course of 4 weeks students engage in a Collaborative Online Learning Across Borders (COLAB) with preservice early childhood and elementary teacher educators in the United States, New Zealand and Australia. We hope that students will be actively engaged and aim to understand the complexity of doing collaborative cross-cultural work.

COLAB tasks include:

• Use of assigned readings
• Reflections on personal/professional experiences
• Timelines and assignments
• Course and online threaded discussions.
• Comprehension of materials
• Thoroughness in completing all tasks
• Respectful, considerate, collaborative and culturally sensitive language and intercultural exchanges