Reaching Beyond Reaching Beyond With Cross-ListingWith Cross-Listing

Tim Westbrook, M.A.

twestbrook@harding.edu

Today’s GoalsToday’s Goals

• To demonstrate effective uses of cross-listing in a global classroom.

• To provide our basic foundation for instructional design.

• To discuss the use of groups and selective release in combined courses.

Harding UniversityHarding University

Searcy, ArkansasSearcy, Arkansas

Liberal artsLiberal arts

Christian schoolChristian school

4,154 undergraduate students4,154 undergraduate students

2,178 graduate students2,178 graduate students

International ProgramsInternational Programs

• Florence (HUF)• Athens (HUG)• London (HUE)• Australia (HUA)• Chile (HULA)• Zambia (HIZ)

Bridging the CampusesBridging the Campuses

• Cross-cultural anthropology• World religions• Cross-cultural communication• Broadening one’s worldview• Interactive, global classroom

Experiential Learning ModelExperiential Learning Model(John D. Hendrix, Nothing Never Happens: Experiential Learning and the Church [Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys,

2004], 19.)

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Blackboard Tools and Cross-Blackboard Tools and Cross-ListingListing

Groups

Assessments

Assignments

Discussions

What Do We Gain?What Do We Gain?

• Global community of learning• Real-life cross-cultural reflections• A new way of learning• Life-changing experiences