Working with an international partner takes continuous commitment. I anticipate further advances in successfully teaching all levels in an international setting. I have partnered with Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences since 2013 on informal collaborative classes, but I am now able to incorporate my earlier success into an officially sponsored set of courses and study-abroad program. I was able to bring undergraduate and graduate students together from different programs and skill levels so that they could combine their strengths and work with international students. A student's future career may depend on demonstrating the highly desired collaboration skills they acquire in managing global group projects. Overcoming language, cultural differences, and even time differences prepare them for future roles in organizations whose reach is expanding. Students need to work in a setting with international partners. They acquire the technical skills necessary for the task while enhancing their collaboration skills, their intercultural communication, and learning to work across different time zones and with colleagues with different levels of English to complete group projects that culminate in usable and accessible websites viewable on any device. The students learn to work with international students on an important area of common concern: global information delivery. Instead, this event made us realize even more how valuable our global work has become and how creative we must be in the future to maintain and expand our efforts despite any obstacles." Dr. “ "The global pandemic that separated and isolated us in spring 2020 did not dampen our desire for international collaboration. By incorporating the IUPUI International Learning Goals, I am able to provide an international perspective to information science and enhance student competitiveness in the global marketplace. These students travel to Helsinki for two weeks in late May to meet their collaborators in person and experience intercultural activities that further extend cultural understanding. IUPUI students from S531/I400 who wish to study abroad can enroll in S604/S400 and extend their international experiences. By working with students from around the world who attend Haaga-Helia, IUPUI students practice intercultural communication and cross-cultural teamwork. We work together in Canvas and Microsoft Teams, asynchronously and synchronously with video and audio chat. IUPUI students gain experience in delivering services to international users with this virtual exchange. IUPUI and Haaga-Helia students collaborate on group website projects during the entire spring semester. This course combines IUPUI graduate and undergraduate students with counterparts from Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. My course Information Structures for the Web (S531/I400) incorporated a virtual exchange with our partners in Finland. Library and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computing
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