Examining Race Hate Crime with Students using a Cross Cultural International Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

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Author(s): Julian Buchanan (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand), Steve Wilson (Washington University, USA)and Nirmala Gopal (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 21
Source title: Technology for Facilitating Humanity and Combating Social Deviations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Miguel Vargas Martin (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada), Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz (Algoma University, Canada)and Arthur Edwards (University of Colima, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-094-5.ch006

Keywords: Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter explores the use of a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to bring together students in criminology and social work from three universities across the globe (the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa; the University of Washington in the United States of America; and Glyndwr University in Wales, United Kingdom), to examine the issue of racism and hate crime. The chapter provides a detailed case study of an online learning environment constructed to facilitate a four week international student conference. The chapter draws strongly upon the student experience and voice, extracted from the anonymous completion of online questionnaires at the end of the conference. The student narrative is supplemented by the experiences of the three authors who facilitated and managed the online learning process. The chapter explores the educational opportunities and limitations in respect of: online learning generally; the cross cultural shared experience; and in terms of engaging students in investigating global social issues.

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